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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Dr. Brian Primack will step down from his position as dean of Pitts Honors College.

Q&A with new UHC dean Brian Primack

By The Pitt News Staff June 20, 2017

Brian Primack, a Pitt alumnus and professor in the School of Medicine, gained another title earlier this month when Pitt named him to replace Edward Stricker as dean of the University Honors College. In...

Former basketball coach Jamie Dixon topped Pitts 2016 salary disclosure. (Photo by Theo Schwarz/Senior Staff Photographer)

Pitt announces finances, top employee earners

By Henry Glitz | News Editor June 13, 2017

Pitt’s annual financial disclosure, which it released last month in compliance with the Right to Know Law, revealed a pay structure with University athletics once again at the top. The University,...

Edward Michaels (Photo Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh)

Michaels dismissed from Pitt after child pornography possession charges

By John Hamilton / Editor-in-Chief June 12, 2017

Edward Michaels has been dismissed from Pitt, according to a University spokesperson, after he was charged with possessing child pornography on May 24. Michaels is the former director of Pitt’s counseling...

University of Pittsburgh-Titusvilles J. Curtis McKinney II student union also functions as a gymnasium and a dining hall. (Photo Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh)

Pitt considers closing Titusville campus

By Caroline Bourque | Staff Writer June 7, 2017

Pitt is considering several options to deal with a lack of steady enrollment at Pitt-Titusville, including shuttering the branch campus, mainly due to a lack of steady enrollment, according to a report...

Dr. Brian Primack will step down from his position as dean of Pitts Honors College.

University names Brian Primack new UHC dean

By Janine Faust | Staff Writer June 7, 2017

Pitt announced researcher and medical doctor Brian A. Primack as the new dean of the University Honors College Monday. Primack will succeed Edward Stricker as the third Bernice L. and Morton S. Lerner...

Edward Michaels (Photo Courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh)

Students react to counseling center director’s arrest

In the six days following the counseling center director’s arrest, Pitt students responded to the latest controversy at the center, while the University has largely stayed quiet and given little additional...

Edward Michaels name was removed from the counseling centers staff webpage after he was arrested on charges of possessing child pornography Wednesday.

Pitt counseling center director charged with possessing child pornography

By John Hamilton / Editor-in-Chief May 25, 2017

The director of Pitt’s counseling center — Edward Michaels — was arrested Wednesday on charges of possessing child pornography. Allegheny County police arrested Michaels, 67, of Wilkinsburg, on...

Engineering dean Holder announces resignation

By Henry Glitz | News Editor May 11, 2017

Dean of Engineering Gerald Holder announced yesterday he will step down and return to the faculty after 21 years of leading the Swanson School of Engineering. Holder’s departure from the position...

Pitt named Paul R. Dean the founding dean of Pitts School of Computing and Information. Photo courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh

Paul Cohen named first dean of School of Computing and Information

Paul R. Cohen will become the founding dean of Pitt’s new School of Computing and Information — the first new school established at Pitt since 1995 — which will enroll its first students in the fall. The...

Pitt named sociology Professor Kathleen Blee as the new dean of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences on May 1

Pitt names Kathleen Blee new Dietrich School dean

By Henry Glitz | News Editor May 1, 2017

Concluding a search process begun last summer, Pitt announced the hiring of a new dean of the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Monday. Kathleen Blee is set to start as dean on August 15. Blee is...

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