University Times

The School of Medicine has received a $750,000 grant from the National Cancer Institute to integrate end-of-life issues into the school's curriculum so that medical students can better learn how to care for dying patients and their families. David Barnard, professor of medicine and director of Palliative Care Education at the Center for Bioethics and […]

Beginning this fall the Bradford campus will offer a four-year baccalaureate degree in radiological science in partnership with the Bradford Regional Medical Center (BRMC). Students will be able to earn a bachelor's in radiological science after taking the required courses at Bradford and completing BRMC's two-year School of Radiography program. "This is one of the […]

In his first interview as chairperson of Pitt's Board of Trustees, William S. Dietrich II: * Defended next fall's 7.5 percent tuition hike, the highest at Pitt since 1988. * Gave Chancellor Mark Nordenberg a strong vote of confidence. "I would not have taken this job in the first place had I not been very […]

The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) has received a five-year, $12 million federal grant to study lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The award from the National Cancer Institute is called a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE). UPCI is one of only six centers to receive the […]

Pitt's capital campaign has raised nearly $412 million toward its $500 million goal, more than any other nonprofit institution in western Pennsylvania has ever raised, Chancellor Mark Nordenberg told the Board of Trustees on June 28. The University is completing the fourth year of its fundraising campaign, which continues through June 30, 2003. Nordenberg said […]

During J.W. Connolly's six years as chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Pitt senior administrators' pay raises far outstripped those of most faculty and staff, both in dollars and percentage increases. But Connolly — whose final term as board chairperson ended June 30 — believes Pitt has yet to institute a compensation system that appropriately […]

Starting today, Pittsburgh campus staff, faculty and students must change their telephone dialing habits at work as well as at home. Pitt is dropping the 1 from the old 9-1 dialing system needed to get an outside line from the Pittsburgh campus. The change coincides with a mandated change to 10-digit dialing for all local […]

Sharon L. Johnson, vice provost for Student Affairs and dean of students since last July, has stepped down to assume a faculty appointment in the School of Education, according to Provost James V. Maher. The provost has named Vice Provost Jack L. Daniel interim dean of students, effective July 2. Robert Pack, vice provost for […]