Greg Scott, the senior vice chancellor for business and operations, is leaving Pitt to pursue other opportunities.

A senior Pitt official has taken a leave of absence effective Tuesday, University officials said Thursday.

Formally established over the last several weeks, three task forces and 20 working groups within those task forces will investigate many different aspects of what life at the University could look like.

Thousands of Oakland residents pass through “Light Up,” the large yellow sculpture in Posvar Hall Plaza, on their way to classes or meetings everyday, not thinking twice about it. But on Thursday, it was the center of attention.

The University will announce a major initiative regarding art on campus later this month, according to the University Times.

Up ahead in the distance on Fifth Avenue, Pitt students may soon look up and see a shimmering light — a University-owed hotel and conference center may soon come to sit across from Litchfield Towers.