University Times

Staff Association Council (SAC) elected new officers yesterday. Rich Colwell, who was serving as vice president for steering, was elected president. The new vice president for steering is Carol Neuner, co-chair of the salary and job classification committee, and the new treasurer is Carol Hodgkiss, chair of the benefits committee. Elections committee chair Elizabeth Homonai […]

In nominating Paula K. Davis for the 2003 Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Award, third-year medical student Leon McCrea called the School of Medicine’s assistant dean for student affairs and minority programs “an adviser, mentor, friend and confidante” to minority students. “Dean Davis has created a space within the hallowed halls of the medical school where it […]

Sick of checking your e-mail, only to find dozens of messages offering special deals on Viagra, refinancing your mortgage and kicking your cigarette addiction? If unwanted e-mail — “spam” — is clogging your in-box, you’re not alone. E-mail is becoming an endangered mode of communication, some computer system managers say, because users increasingly can’t be […]

The dichotomy of Eastern and Western views on ethics and life seems forever a gulf unbridged. But for Pitt-Bradford assistant professor Kong Ho, the two divergent cultures merge in his life, and, hence, in his artwork. “For years, like many other artists of my generation, I have been content to refer to myself as a […]

Computing Services and Systems Development announced that the University’s web portal service for faculty and staff, my.pitt.edu, is now available to permit employees to customize their viewings of Pitt’s various web sites and services as well as commonly used Internet-based services, such as Google. My.pitt.edu has been available for students since August. Faculty, staff and […]

In collaboration with Family Hospice and Palliative Care, Pitt has established the Institute to Enhance Palliative Care, a community of scholars and health professionals from diverse fields who have joined together to improve care for the seriously ill and dying. The institute’s goal is to improve end-of-life care by expanding the number and quality of […]

Carol Ann Hoffmann, associate curator of the Ford E. and Harriet R. Curtis Theatre Collection in Hillman Library, died June 4, 2003, following a brief illness. She was 53. Hoffmann had been employed at Pitt since 1996, when she was appointed administrative assistant to the then-chair of the Department of Library and Information Science, Edie […]

Nancy O’Brien-Bleil, manager of advanced training and user services in the Office of Institutional Advancement, died suddenly May 31, 2003, of an apparent heart attack. She was 61. “What people are commenting most about was how optimistic and positive Nancy always was,” said her supervisor, Margaret A. Duronio, associate vice chancellor for advancement services. Duronio […]