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Issue Date: 
June 6, 2011
The University has launched a new program, Pitt’s People for Pets, to help local families who, because of tough economic times, are unable to feed their beloved pets. During June and July, Pitt will participate in Animal Friends’ Chow Wagon, which provides pet food to area food banks to ensure that pets and their families can remain together. Pitt Police Department Officer Riggs (below, four legs, wearing leash) has agreed to serve as the Pitt drive’s honorary chair; he poses with his partner, Officer David Nanz, for a publicity photo. Pitt sponsors are Office of the Chancellor, Office of Community Relations, Department of Public Safety, and the University Library System. Online monetary donations can be made by visiting <a href=www.thinkingoutsidethecage.org and clicking on the Pitt’s People for Pets link. Donations of canned and dry cat and dog food, kitty litter, and dog and cat treats can be dropped off at the following collection sites: • Cathedral of Learning, ground-floor elevator lobby; • William Pitt Union, main-floor information desk lobby; • Posvar Hall, main-floor elevator lobby; • Scaife Hall, 4th-floor Terrace Street entrance; • Public Health, 5th Avenue Auditorium lobby; • Craig Hall, main lobby; • Hillman Library, ground-floor lobby and all ULS Oakland Campus libraries; and • Public Safety Building, main lobby." width="252" height="305" />
"ALL THIS FOR A BIRD BAND?" Four peregrine falcon chicks received a health checkup on May 19 after being cautiously removed from their nest on the 40th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. The three females and one male were brought inside, checked by a veterinarian, and found to be healthy. The birds also were banded so they can be monitored and tracked throughout their lives. The checkup and banding were overseen by officials from the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the National Aviary, which created the Urban Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project in an effort to increase local peregrine falcon populations."ALL THIS FOR A BIRD BAND?" Four peregrine falcon chicks received a health checkup on May 19 after being cautiously removed from their nest on the 40th floor of the Cathedral of Learning. The three females and one male were brought inside, checked by a veterinarian, and found to be healthy. The birds also were banded so they can be monitored and tracked throughout their lives. The checkup and banding were overseen by officials from the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the National Aviary, which created the Urban Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project in an effort to increase local peregrine falcon populations.
The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration held its 47th Annual Business Alumni Awards Program on April 15 in Pitt’s University Club. Pitt Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Tritch (MBA ’77), retired chair of Westinghouse Electric Co., received the H.J. Zoffer Medal for Meritorious Service. Standing, from left, are Katz Dean John Delaney, Tritch, and Pitt Business Alumni Association President Jeff Marzina (MBA ’87).BUSINESS ALUMNI AWARDS The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration held its 47th Annual Business Alumni Awards Program on April 15 in Pitt’s University Club. Pitt Board of Trustees Chair Stephen Tritch (MBA ’77), retired chair of Westinghouse Electric Co., received the H.J. Zoffer Medal for Meritorious Service. Standing, from left, are Katz Dean John Delaney, Tritch, and Pitt Business Alumni Association President Jeff Marzina (MBA ’87).