University Times

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy, elected June 19 to chair Pitt’s Board of Trustees, said he thought long and hard before allowing himself to be nominated for the position. “I had to be sure that I would have the time to do the job properly,” Cappy told his fellow trustees after they […]

Pitt is scheduling a series of emergency preparedness evacuation drills to comply with a new ordinance. City of Pittsburgh Ordinance 29, enacted in February, requires the development and implementation of an All Hazard Plan (AHP) for high-rise buildings within the city limits, more than 300 buildings in all. Each high-rise building, defined as 7 stories […]

Last week, University negotiators and union representatives reached a tentative agreement on a new contract for Pitt’s 400 service employees. SEIU members were voting on the proposal yesterday, June 25, as the University Times went to press. The service workers, which include cleaners, movers, groundskeepers and pool operators, are members of Local 585, Division 29 […]

Pitt officials said they felt gratified, validated — and relieved — by the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 23 rulings upholding the right of universities to consider race as a factor in admissions while forbidding racial quotas. The court ruled 5-4 to uphold a plan used by the University of Michigan’s law school to assure a […]

In addition to electing Ralph J. Cappy as board chairperson, Pitt trustees June 19 elected five new members and re-elected five others. New members included: • Frederick W. Hill of New York, executive vice president and director of corporate marketing and communications of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Hill joined Chase Manhattan in 1997, prior […]

“Can anybody here tell me what’s missing?” Catherine D. DeAngelis asked her fellow Pitt trustees as she scanned the names of 17 people they had just named to the executive committees of Pitt’s Board of Trustees and the UPMC Board of Directors. “Women?” someone suggested, after an awkward pause. “Ah, thank you,” DeAngelis said. “Just […]

Pitt is closing in on the $600 million mark in its $1 billion fund-raising campaign, Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg reported at the June 19 trustees meeting. “This year, in the midst of a terribly challenged economy, we expect to have received more cash contributions — about $90 million — than at any year in our […]

Heading out of the country this summer? If so, you need to be aware of safety and security issues, travel regulations and restrictions, health concerns and country-specific laws. But experts say, above all: Use your common sense. “What has been lost in international travel, I think, in recent years and especially post-9/11, is the carefree […]