University Times

The Bradford campus has received nearly $1 million from the estate of Alice M. Meisel, a Pitt alumna. Meisel's gift of more than $928,000 represents the largest bequest made to Pitt-Bradford in the history of the campus. It also is the second largest single gift from an individual. "The impact of Alice Meisel's philanthropic gift […]

UPMC Health Plan welcome kits will be mailed to participants' homes next week. The kit will be specific to an employee's medical plan selection and will include a detailed certificate of coverage, member handbook and other information, according to Pitt's Human Resources office. Participants who have not received their packets by the end of October […]

World War II hero Anthony "Bib" DeLucia's memory will live on through a newly established scholarship at Pitt's Bradford campus. DeLucia's brothers, Elmer and Augie, with help from area veterans, have initiated the Anthony "Bib" DeLucia Memorial Scholarship, which will benefit undergraduate students. Augie DeLucia is a retired Bradford campus employee. "We truly appreciate that […]

Ellen P. Rudy, dean of Pitt's School of Nursing since 1991, will step down at the end of the current academic year. She has served as dean and professor here since arriving from Case Western Reserve University's Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, where she held the Edward J. and Louise Mellen endowed chair in […]

Steven D. Manners, a researcher and administrator at Pitt's University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) for the last 26 years, died Sept. 15, 2000, of complications of Fourniers' gangrene. He was 49. Hired as a programmer and analyst at UCSUR in 1974, Manners eventually rose to the rank of assistant director. But according […]

Problems with the University's network services likely will continue through the academic term, Pitt's provost and chancellor both acknowledged. Provost James V. Maher told Senate Council this week that he was acutely aware of the network's recent failings. "I'm very concerned about it. I'm going to do everything I can to get a good explanation […]

Pitt employees who are subscribers to the UPMC Health Plan point-of-service self-referred option or comprehensive option must notify the UPMC customer service group of scheduled hospital admissions and certain scheduled outpatient surgical procedures prior to the procedures. For patients who fail to pre-notify, there is a $200 penalty. An article in the Sept. 28 University […]

On the eve of the formal launching of Pitt's capital campaign, the chancellor gave a brief preview this week to members of Senate Council. Mark A. Nordenberg said that over the past three years, during the "silent phase" of the campaign, Pitt has raised enough money to fund 120 endowed scholarships and fellowships, 20 endowed […]