| The University marked the halfway point in construction of the Biomedical Science Tower 3 May 17 with a topping-off ceremony to hoist the final steel support beam into place. Signing the beam are, from left, Ana Guzman, Pitt associate vice chancellor for Facilities Management; Arthur S. Levine, senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and dean of the Pitt School of Medicine; Susan G. Amara, Thomas Detre Professor of Neuroscience, chair of the Department of Neurobiology, and codirector of the Center for Neuroscience; Jeffrey A. Romoff, president of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center; Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg; The Honorable Ralph J. Cappy, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and chair of Pitt’s Board of Trustees; Pitt alumnus John C. Mascaro (ENG ‘66, ‘80), president and CEO of the building contractor Mascaro Construction Company; and Jerome Cochran, Pitt executive vice chancellor. MORE >> |