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The Pitt Volunteer Pool, in conjunction with Jumpstart Pittsburgh and the Greater Pittsburgh Alliance of Black School Educators, is collecting children's books to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. The drive will run from Jan. 15 to Feb. 9. Jumpstart Pittsburgh is an AmeriCorps literacy program that pairs Pitt student volunteers with inner-city […]

Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) has received a $75,000 gift from LaVonne and Glen Johnson to fund a two-year pilot program on ethics and accountability in public and nonprofit organizations. The gift is the first step by the Johnsons to establish a trust for GSPIA that will permanently support a program […]

The search for a new dean of Pitt's Gradu- ate School of Public Health (GSPH) has narrowed to four candidates: * Bernard D. Goldstein, director of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, jointly administered by Rutgers and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. * Thomas A. Pearson, Albert D. Kaiser Professor […]

Pitt employees who are subscribers to the UPMC Health Plan can consult with a health plan representative by appointment the third Thursday or Friday of each month. A health plan customer service representative will be available in Craig Hall, second floor, to field questions from UPMC Health Plan participants. The by-appointment-only schedule replaces the walk-in […]

Pitt has launched a national search for a new School of Social Work dean. The search committee plans a total of five meetings to hear constituents' recommendations for what to look for in a dean. Social work faculty members were invited to address the committee on Dec. 6. Three sessions for student groups — bachelor's, […]

Pitt's Department of Economics will hold a tribute to the late Professor Emeritus Reuben E. Slesinger on Jan. 17 at 4 p.m. in Heinz Chapel. Slesinger, who taught economics at Pitt for more than 60 years, died Oct. 30, 2000, at 84. Although he retired in 1986, Slesinger maintained a regular teaching schedule until the […]

Pitt's computer network problems have been countered significantly in recent weeks, including improving the stability and efficiency of a popular instructional software program, according to an official in the Provost's office. Plagued by network disruptions and system failures throughout the fall term, the administration ordered an analysis of network use and engaged a three-pronged strategy […]

Public and International Affairs professor emeritus Joseph A. James died Dec. 23, 2000, of cancer. He was 77. He served on the faculty of GSPIA for more than 25 years, retiring in 1984. James helped to develop courses in financial administration and municipal management at GSPIA. He taught courses in fiscal management, intergovernmental relations, revenue […]

Gazing from a window at Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) at the hospitals and Health Sciences schools that dominate the Oakland skyline, Stephen B. Thomas observes: "In those buildings are some of the world's leading health researchers. And yet, in neighborhoods that are almost literally in the shadows of those buildings, people are […]