University Times

The University Times has been moved administratively to the Office of Public Affairs. Chancellor Mark Nordenberg notified the University Times editor of the move, which was effective Aug. 1. Robert Hill, executive director for Public Affairs, will serve as publisher of the newspaper. The University Times advisory board, which has been dormant for several years, […]

A new scholarship at the Bradford campus will benefit students from Allegany, Olean and Portville, N.Y. The Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Laskey Memorial Scholarship has been established by Louis and Rose Marie DiSorbo of Allegany in honor of Rose Marie's parents. "My parents always believed in the youth of the area," said DiSorbo. "They strongly […]

The telecommunications program in Pitt's School of Information Sciences (SIS) recently received a $100,000 gift from the AT&T Foundation. Chancellor Mark Nordenberg said, "The success of our telecommunications program would not be possible without the support of industry partners like AT&T." "Pittsburgh is a vital market for AT&T Wireless Services, and we are committed to […]

Pitt sponsors a bewildering variety of Health Sciences lectures, seminars, grand rounds and other public events. How can anyone keep track of them all? The most comprehensive electronic source is the Health Sciences Web calendar (www.health.pitt.edu/webcalendar). The continually updated Web site posts detailed information on events sponsored by Pitt's six Health Sciences schools as well […]

As a boy, Mike Sajna roamed the woods around his family's home in tiny Standard Shaft, Pa., pretending to be Natty Bumppo from James Fenimore Cooper's "Leather-Stocking Tales." After graduating from California State University of Pennsylvania in 1973, Sajna retraced the footsteps of his new hero, Ernest Hemingway. Sajna spent a summer in Spain and […]

Pitt's full-time faculty, some 3,200 members strong, includes 350-plus new faces this academic year. In his July 26 University Update, Chancellor Mark Nordenberg lauded what he called a recent series of "remarkable recruitment successes, which have included established academics attracted to the opportunities available at Pitt, as well as talented individuals accepting their first faculty […]

Staff and faculty salary raises will show up in end-of-September paychecks, retroactive to July 1. This year's 4.5 percent increase in the pool of money for salary increases will be allocated as follows: 2 percent distributed to responsibility centers for maintenance of salaries of employees judged to be doing satisfactory work, 2 percent distributed to […]