In a move described as a financial decision, Pitt is closing its Downtown Computer Learning Center (CLC), an information technology training organization in the College of General Studies (CGS). The July 31 closing means the elimination of 15 part-time jobs and one full-time position, including that of CLC’s founding director, Carla Depperman. Depperman said that […]
CGS to close Computer Learning Center, cut jobs >
July 10th, 2003Pitt service workers sign 3-year contract >
July 10th, 2003Pitt service workers agreed to a three-year contract June 26, but the employees’ union said the fight for affordable health care benefits, a sore spot during contract negotiations, isn’t over. Pitt’s 400 service employees, which include cleaners, movers, groundskeepers and pool operators, are members of Local 585, Division 29 of the Service Employees International Union […]
Pitt details the correct way to dispose of outdated computers >
July 10th, 2003You just took delivery on a faster, more powerful computer. Now the question is: What do you do with your old, outdated model? You might be tempted, but throwing it in the trash is a no-no. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently classified electronics waste as “universal waste”; as such, it is prohibited from […]
Bacterium to be named for GSPH emeritus professor >
July 10th, 2003A dream of many microbiologists is to have a bacterium named after them. That dream should come true soon for Robert B. Yee, professor emeritus in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH). Investigators at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta recently proposed […]