Pitt was included among the nation’s top graduate schools in several disciplines and subspecialties in U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings of America’s best graduate schools. Each year, the magazine measures graduate programs in five major disciplines (business, education, engineering, law and medicine), using measures such as entering students’ test scores, faculty/student ratios and […]
Pitt schools place in U.S. News rankings of graduate programs >
April 17th, 20032011: As baby boomers turn 65, pressure on the U.S. health care system will be enormous, lecturer warns >
April 17th, 2003Accessing health care in this country is like wrestling with an octopus, the head of AARP said. That’s today. Tomorrow may be even worse, because the United States is not prepared for the upcoming flood of aging Americans. “In 2011, the first members of the 76 million baby-boomer generation will turn 65,” said William Novelli, […]
Largest FY02 faculty pay hikes go to high-priority schools, departments >
April 17th, 2003The highest percentage pay raises for Pitt full-time, continuing faculty this year were awarded in the engineering school (7.34 percent), the University Library System (ULS, 5.9 percent) and the natural science departments in the arts and sciences (5.82 percent). University-wide, the average raise for full-time, continuing faculty was 4.47 percent. While those numbers may not […]
Report shows fewer faculty than originally reported got higher raises >
April 17th, 2003When trustees awarded Pitt senior administrators raises ranging from 5.4 percent to 13.9 percent last December, chairperson William S. Dietrich II said the increases were compatible with Pitt practices that produce varied sizes of raises due to performance and market factors. Using faculty raises as an example, he noted that while Pitt’s budget for employee […]
SAC refuses to endorse HR raise guidelines for staff at top of salary range >
April 17th, 2003Staff Association Council (SAC) voted April 9 not to endorse Human Resources guidelines on awarding pay raises to staff who have reached the maximum pay range in their job classification. Under the Staff Classification System, implemented July 1, 1999, a staff member’s base pay cannot exceed the maximum of the salary range, except under two […]
BPC goes to bat for staff on salary issue >
April 17th, 2003A University Senate committee wants Pitt to award retroactive pay increases to staff who performed satisfactorily but didn’t get raises this year because their salaries were at the top of the pay scales for their jobs. The Senate’s budget policies committee (BPC) on April 4 approved a resolution “strongly recommending” that: • Such employees should […]
Building engineers’ assignments changed >
April 17th, 2003Facilities Management will explain its new system of re-assigning Pittsburgh campus building engineers to the Senate plant utilization and planning (PUP) committee. Faculty Assembly passed a resolution April 1 requesting an explanation of why building engineers now are assigned on a rotating basis, instead of having a dedicated engineer assigned to a specific building. Assembly […]
City planning okays dorms >
April 17th, 2003Last week, Pitt jumped another hurdle to expanding its on-campus undergraduate residence halls capacity, when the Pittsburgh City Planning Commission approved the University’s request to build new dorms on the upper campus. According to the city planning department’s Bob Reppe, the commission approved Pitt’s proposal, which now goes to City Council for a vote. “The […]
Pitt food drive continues through April >
April 17th, 2003Pitt’s 2003 Partnership for Food Drive will be held throughout April to benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Nonperishable food and household items will be accepted at designated campus collection sites. The most needed food items include baby formula and food, chunky soups, peanut butter, packaged meals, tuna, meats and cereals. Items such as […]