Awarding cost-of-living raises to University employees who do satisfactory work should be a high priority, but it never has been the primary goal of Pitt's salary policy, senior administrators said last week. With Pitt salary budgets running only a percentage point or two above inflation in recent years, overemphasizing cost-of-living raises can worsen pay inequities […]
Cost of living raises for satisfactory work is not primary goal of salary policy, Council told >
May 17th, 2001Phrasing attributed to Pitt salary policy was UPBC's >
May 17th, 2001According to Pitt's salary policy, faculty and staff judged by their supervisors to have done satisfactory work should receive cost-of-living raises equal to the previous year's inflation rate. But, contrary to a story in the May 3 University Times, the policy does not specify that cost-of-living raises may be less than the full rate of […]
Report details subsidy of athletics: $11 million in direct, indirect costs >
May 17th, 2001Pitt subsidized its intercollegiate athletics program by nearly $11 million last year, according to a study by the University's Office of Budget and Controller. The $11 million figure included both direct and indirect support. Direct support attributed to athletics includes coaches' salaries, travel and business expenses, and student financial aid, among other operating expenses. For […]
Boulevard of the Allies restrictions scheduled to begin May 22 >
May 17th, 2001Outbound lanes from Downtown on the Boulevard of the Allies will be closed beginning May 22 at 9 a.m. while the state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) repairs a 1.6-mile stretch of roadway. PennDOT will repave the Boulevard between the Liberty and Birmingham bridges and anchor the road to the hillside. Outbound lanes are expected to […]
Ballot initiatives: The wrong way to create laws, columnist insists >
May 17th, 2001Unquestionably, there is distrust and cynicism toward the U.S. system of representative government, according to a prominent national political pundit. But the most popular "solution" to this problem is moving the country in the wrong direction, away from its founding principles and potentially into a system of unjust laws. "The widespread preference for writing laws […]
Broder discusses changes in journalism >
May 17th, 2001Washington Post correspondent David Broder said his newspaper is pumping $40 million-$50 million a year into its web site (and losing about half of that money) in the hope of luring and retaining readers in the digital age. The site averages 1 million hits daily, so the gamble is paying off in terms of readership, […]
Electrical outage affects 20 buildings >
May 17th, 2001An electrical equipment failure May 11 at the Posvar Hall main circuitry vault caused much of the lower Pittsburgh campus to lose power between 3 and 9 p.m., according to the Office of Facilities Management. The following buildings were affected by the temporary outage: Posvar Hall, the Law Building, Mervis Hall, William Pitt Union, Litchfield […]
Pitt chosen to participate in Beckman Scholars Program >
May 17th, 2001The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation has selected Pitt for its Beckman Scholars Program, which supports undergraduate research in biochemistry, chemistry, and biological and medical sciences. Pitt's first two Beckman Scholars, both molecular biology majors, were chosen earlier this month: junior Robert J. Lee and senior William H. McCoy IV. Lee will work with Jeffrey […]