Patricia Beeson Archives

Provost’s office accepting OER grant applications

By Jon Moss and Benjamin Nigrosh • January 16, 2020

The University is accepting proposals from faculty until Feb. 19 for projects to adapt, adopt or create open education resources for current course offerings.

Board appoints new Provost, inducts five new trustees

By Kieran Mclean | Staff Writer • July 11, 2018

The Pitt Board of Trustees appointed former Boston University Dean of the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Ann E. Cudd, as Pitt’s new provost Friday, June 29. The board also inducted...

SGB updates on provost search

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer • February 7, 2018

At Student Government Board’s weekly meeting Tuesday, Senior Vice Chancellor of Research Rob Rutenbar said the provost search committee involves no smoke or bunkers. “The search committee I am chairing...

University Senate avoids union, frat

By Janine Faust and Mackenzie Rodrigues | News Editors • January 25, 2018

While the Pitt community is buzzing about both the recent suspension of Pitt’s Sigma Chi chapter after a student was hospitalized Jan. 19 and the faculty union organizers’ card-signing campaign kickoff...

Provost Patricia Beeson to step down, return to faculty

By Janine Faust / Assistant News Editor • November 7, 2017

Provost Patricia Beeson will step down from her position in fall 2018, Pitt announced Tuesday. The University currently has three deans who will also be stepping down at the same time as Beeson, leaving...

Editorial: On union, University should stay on sidelines

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 14, 2017

The push to unionize grad students at the University, while in the works since the beginning of 2016, has heated up significantly in the past few months. When Pitt graduate students arrived in the common...