Pitt Chronicle

Sharon P. Smith, vice chancellor for academic affairs, provost and vice president for academic affairs, and special projects advisor for National University and for the National University System, has been named president of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, effective July 1. Jem Spectar, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Oregon University, has been named president of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, effective July 1.

A quiet Sunday morning for the peregrine falcons living atop Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning erupted into a bloody struggle for territory when a third falcon attempted to overtake their nest.

A simple, inexpensive filter that removes arsenic from drinking water has won its inventor, Pitt alumnus Abul Hussam, the $1 million Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability. The device, called the SONO filter, is saving lives in Hussam’s native Bangladesh.