Pitt’s new health insurance benefits package will maintain existing medical services, and participating staff and faculty won’t have to change their doctors or prescription drugs. But, when the new package takes effect July 1, most employees will be paying higher monthly premiums as well as higher co-pays (and more of them). Under the new package, […]
Higher-cost health plan shifts much of burden to those who use it most >
April 17th, 2003Engineering gets $10.5 million >
April 17th, 2003The estate of George M. Bevier has donated $10.5 million to Pitt’s School of Engineering, the largest gift in the school’s history. Bevier, a geologist who earned a B.S. in petroleum engineering from Pitt in 1913, is credited as the inventor of a seismograph used to locate oil and gas fields. The gift continues the […]
FAS and CAS: School of Arts and Sciences? >
April 17th, 2003Should the Faculty and College of Arts and Sciences be renamed the School of Arts and Sciences? At the unanimous recommendation of the FAS Council and with the support of faculty members at the April 16 Arts and Sciences faculty meeting, faculty in Pitt’s highest-enrolled unit will vote on the name change. Dean N. John […]
O’Neill to address commencement; 1st to be held in Petersen Center >
April 17th, 2003The first Pitt commencement convocation to be held at the John M. and Gertrude E. Petersen Events Center will feature former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill. O’Neill will deliver the commencement address, titled “New Directions: The Opportunity Ahead,” at the ceremony, which begins at 1 p.m., Sunday, April 27. A special adviser since […]
School-specific graduation events and ceremonies >
April 17th, 2003APRIL FRIDAY 25 School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony and Reception Soldiers & Sailors, 7 p.m., followed by a reception in the Cathedral of Learning Commons Room. (Contact Sandy Bell:412/624-2405; e-mail: sbell@pitt.edu) SATURDAY 26 School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Recognition Day Ceremony and Reception Soldiers & Sailors, 11 a.m., followed by a reception in Posvar […]
Candidates announced for SAC officer elections >
April 17th, 2003Staff Association Council (SAC) April 9 announced the candidates for the four officer positions. Candidates for president are incumbent Barbara Mowery and steering committee chair Rich Colwell, who also is immediate past president. For vice president for steering, candidates are Tammeka Banks, who is currently SAC treasurer, and Carol Neuner, a former vice president for […]