Central air conditioning throughout the Cathedral of Learning? Undergraduate classes restricted to the Cathedral's ground-through-third floors — eliminating elevator traffic jams caused by hundreds of students simultaneously trying to reach, or return from, upper floor classrooms? Those long-held dreams should come true by the end of the decade, Pitt administrators told a University Senate committee […]
Change in ID cards on Pittsburgh campus poses problems for regional staff, SAC told >
March 22nd, 2001Staff at Pitt's regional campuses have been denied certain services enjoyed by their Pittsburgh campus counterparts, according to a Greensburg campus staff official. Nancy Young, vice president of the Greensburg campus Staff Association Council, told the Pittsburgh campus Staff Association Council (SAC) that Greensburg staff with I.D.s had been denied access to Pitt libraries and […]
Wellness Fair scheduled >
March 22nd, 2001Health screenings, exercise demonstrations, specialized booths and free food are some of the features of the annual Wellness Fair, a free event for the Pitt community. This year's fair will be held 10-2 p.m., March 29, in the William Pitt Union. The event has grown so much over the years that the fair now is […]
Pre-registration accepted for Stargate Internet services >
March 22nd, 2001Pitt faculty, staff and students can preregister for dial-up or high-speed DSL (digital subscriber line) Internet access service under the University's recently announced Internet service provider partnership with Stargate. (See University Times, Feb. 8.) Pitt entered an agreement with Stargate on Feb. 5. Services are expected to become available by March 31. Under this plan, […]
ULS gets Cultural Trust archives >
March 22nd, 2001Pitt's University Library System has acquired the archival records of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust. The collection was donated by the Cultural Trust and covers the period 1984 (the first year of the trust's operations) through 1999. The records include many of the organization's office files, development plans and proposals, architectural drawings and business records spanning […]
Machining tool donated to MAC >
March 22nd, 2001Machine tool manufacturer Agie Limited has donated a rare machining tool, one of only 14 in the world, to the Manufacturing Assistance Center at the School of Engineering for use in its training and cooperative manufacturing programs. The AGIECUT 200VHP wire EDM (electric discharge machine), valued at more than $500,000, removes metal from extremely hard […]
3 new Nationality Rooms >
March 22nd, 2001Three more Nationality Rooms — Filipino, Turkish and Latin American/Caribbean — are in the early planning and fundraising stages, and could be dedicated as early as 2008. Among the Cathedral of Learning's 26 existing Nationality Rooms, the conception-to-completion record was set when the Indian Room opened in January 2000, eight years after initial fundraising began. […]