Search | Archive | Media Contacts | Faculty Experts | Publications | University Fact Book November 10, 2009 Pitt Provost James V. Maher to Step Down in 2010 Dr. James V. Maher, provost and senior vice chancellor at the University of Pittsburgh, announced his intention to leave that position and return to the faculty at the beginning of the next academic year or as soon after that as his successor can be in place. The University's chief academic officer since June of 1994, Provost Maher has served with distinction and is widely credited with helping to lead Pitt through a period of unparalleled progress. More > November 9, 2009 Pitt Nationality Rooms Committees to Decorate Ethnic Classrooms for Holiday Season Nov. 14 Each year, the rooms that encircle the Cathedral of Learning's Commons Room, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland, are trimmed to reflect their ethnic heritage, including such decorations as Lithuanian geometric straw ornaments, Polish paper cutouts, German gingerbread cookies, a French crèche, and a hand-carved Austrian manger scene. Guides will adapt their daily presentations to include descriptions of holiday traditions celebrated throughout the world. More > November 13, 2009 Pitt to Present Forum on Philanthropy Dec. 1 Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of the Acumen Fund, a nonprofit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solving global poverty, will lead a discussion titled “The Future of Philanthropy: Making Markets Work to Serve the Poor,” to be held at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 1, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, 4215 5th Ave., Oakland. More > November 6, 2009 University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Nov. 18-25 The following events are open to the public. More > Recent Headlines Pitt 2008 Truman Scholar Eleanor Ott Named 2010 Rhodes Scholar University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Dec. 2-9 Pitt School of Education Alumnus Libby Cataldi to Read and Sign Her Book “Stay Close: A Mother's Story of Her Son's Addiction” Nov. 20 Mastery of Data: At 150, Darwin's On the Origin of Species Endures as Pre-Internet Network Marvel, Watershed of Scientific Presentation University of Pittsburgh Names Phil Williams Posvar Chair, New Director of the Matthew B. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies University of Pittsburgh Calendar of Events, Nov. 25-Dec. 2 Racial Inequality in the Classroom Subject of Nov. 19 Pitt Lecture Oakland's Schenley Plaza Wins International Sustainable Project Award Pitt in Brief: News, Awards, and Developments From the University of Pittsburgh Donald Goldstein, Retired Pitt Professor and Renowned Military Scholar, Available to Comment on Veterans Day Pitt Professor Available to Discuss Newly Released Unemployment Figures Pitt Senior Wins 2009 Pitt-BNY Mellon Jazz Scholarship Pitt to Host 24th Annual Polish Festival Nov. 8 Pitt in Brief News, Awards, and Developments From the University of Pittsburgh Fall of the Berlin Wall Is Subject of Pitt Symposium Nov. 5 U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam To Give Lecture at Pitt Nov. 10 on U.S., Vietnam Relations From Solar Power to Proteins, New Generation of Pitt Faculty Receives Awards to Explore Future Technologies and Health Care Pitt Political Science Professor Says Polls Indicating Shift in Political Party Allegiance With More Independents Are Misleading

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