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Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. has donated a technology portfolio consisting of more than 50 patents to Pitt. The patents involve process technologies in the manufacture of N-vinylformamide (NVF) and its derivative products. NVF is a unique, low-toxicity monomer (a molecule that can be chemically bound as part of a polymer) for environmentally benign applications […]

Richard Hugh McCoy, emeritus professor of biochemistry and associate dean emeritus of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, died Oct. 10, 2000, at Sherwood Oaks retirement community in Cranberry Township. He was 91. McCoy spent more than 38 years at the University as researcher, teacher and administrator before retiring in 1978. McCoy was raised in […]

The University's fund- raising campaign, which began with its "quiet" phase July 1, 1997, is launching its "public" phase this week. Typically, major fund-raising efforts attempt to reach at least half the overall goal before going public. Pitt's campaign is expected to run through June 2003, according to Carol A. Carter, vice chancellor for Institutional […]

George W. O'Bannon, director of Pitt's Office of International Student Services from 1968 to 1975, died of lymphoma Oct. 2, 2000, in Tucson, Ariz. He was 64. In 1971, O'Bannon organized an exchange program between Pitt and Afghanistan's University of Kabul, with funding from the U.S. State Department. An authority on oriental rugs, particularly those […]

Pitt targeted about 20,000 donors and potential donors to invite to the Discovery Weekend events, which the University is offering free-of-charge. About 1,500 accepted the invitation. According to Carol A. Carter, "We like to get the donors closer to campus to see the academic programs, and see students and faculty interact, to get a tangible […]

As part of Discovery Weekend, the University will honor 33 alumni as the inaugural class of Legacy Laureates, a new program developed to recognize alums for their personal and career achievements. They will be honored at a ceremony on Friday. Members of the group represent an array of disciplines, including business, medicine, journalism, law, government, […]

The Pitt Campaign Chronicle, a new weekly publication, began appearing this week in campus building lobbies and in mailboxes of alumni, trustees, major donors to the University, community and business leaders, legislators, government officials and the news media. Campaign Chronicle publisher Robert Hill, Pitt's executive director of Public Affairs, said the 8-page, four-color weekly will […]

Acknowledging a large number of computer network disruptions and system failures during this academic term, the provost has recombined two administrative units serving Pitt's computer network systems. In an Oct. 24 memo to deans, directors and department heads, Provost James V. Maher said that for the immediate future he was "eliminating the separate organizational boundaries […]