Pymatuning is best known for wildlife both regal and grotesque. The 30,000-acre Pymatuning Natural Area straddling the Pennsylvania and Ohio state line, with some of its land protected from human intrusion, provided Pennsylvania’s only site where the bald eagle nested in the 1960s and 1970s. Now, the area is frequented by families of about 14 […]
Pitt at Pymatuning: Where eagles soar & ducks walk on fish >
July 7th, 2005Semester at Sea captain dies >
July 7th, 2005Antonios Kritikos, captain of the Semester at Sea (SAS) program’s ship, the MV Explorer, died of an apparent heart attack July 4 during the summer voyage. He was 59 and had served as captain on three prior SAS voyages. The ship made its scheduled stop at St. Petersburg, Russia, yesterday (July 6) according to SAS […]
UCSUR names Manners award winners >
July 7th, 2005Pitt’s University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) has awarded the fifth annual Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards, established in memory of the center’s assistant director who died in 2000 at age 49. The awards, according to UCSUR director Richard Schulz, are intended to “continue the trend begun by Steve Manners, which was […]
Corrections >
July 7th, 2005Corrections In the June 23 University Times, part of Provost James Maher’s description of damage done to the MV Explorer was mischaracterized. The provost said the ship suffered dramatic damage to the hull; there was a distorted section 30 feet high and 15 feet wide, he added. Also, the faculty advisory committee reviewing the Semester […]
Vote expected soon on Pitt appropriation >
July 7th, 2005The state legislature could increase Pitt’s educational and general (E&G) appropriations by 2.5 percent to $154.15 million for fiscal year 2006, which began July 1. As the University Times went to press Wednesday afternoon, the legislature still was deliberating the commonwealth’s budget. Passage of the budget and the non-preferred appropriations (including Pitt’s) is expected soon, […]
Endowed chair honors Nordenberg >
July 7th, 2005Thanking Pitt’s Board of Trustees and others for keeping a $2.4 million secret, board chair Ralph J. Cappy surprised Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg by announcing an endowed University chair in Nordenberg’s name. At the June 24 trustees meeting, Cappy said that trustees, board members of the Pitt Alumni Association and other Pitt alumni and friends […]
Chancellor details decade of progress >
July 7th, 2005In his annual state-of-the-University report to Pitt trustees, Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg veered from his usual one-year progress summary to review highlights of Pitt’s accomplishments over the past decade. “The period from 1995 to 2005, at least in American history, will long be remembered for the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. This decade also brought […]