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Calling Pitt’s decision sad but necessary, Provost James V. Maher reported to rapt Senate Council members June 13 on why the University decided to end its 24-year relationship with the Semester at Sea (SAS) program. Pitt and the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE), which administers Semester at Sea, reached an agreement June 9 whereby the […]

At the June 13 Senate Council meeting, Pitt Provost James V. Maher reported on the three-year history of the deterioration of the relationship between the University and the Semester at Sea (SAS) program, administered by the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE), that culminated in a June 9 separation agreement. (See related story and Pitt/ISE joint […]

Joint statement by the University of Pittsburgh and the Institute for Shipboard Education concerning Semester at Sea, June 9, 2005 The Institute for Shipboard Education (“ISE”), the nonprofit 501(c)(3) that operates the Semester at Sea study-abroad program (the “program”), and the University of Pittsburgh (“University”), which provides academic credit to the program’s participants, have come […]

The largest single donation ever given to Pitt and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center — $20 million from two of the Hillman family foundations — will provide start-up money for scientists to explore new areas of cancer research. The Hillman gift to the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI), announced June 20, also kicked […]

While the University is entangled in lawsuits alleging shoddy work at the three-year-old Petersen Events Center, a new $5.6 million roof project was approved by the Board of Trustees property and facilities committee yesterday, June 22. That committee has authority to approve construction projects in excess of $1 million. Work on the roof is expected […]