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Issue Date: 
October 18, 2010
High unemployment and a tight economy prompted Pitt students and alumni to pack the Petersen Events Center on Sept. 30 for Pitt’s daylong Fall 2010 Career Fair. The event was a success, with more students attending this year, and there were 261 participating employers, an increase of 28 percent from last year.High unemployment and a tight economy prompted Pitt students and alumni to pack the Petersen Events Center on Sept. 30 for Pitt’s daylong Fall 2010 Career Fair. The event was a success, with more students attending this year, and there were 261 participating employers, an increase of 28 percent from last year.
Deborah Walker (standing), student conduct officer and assistant to the dean in Pitt’s Office of Student Affairs, was selected to be a presenter at the Oxford Round Table in Oxford, England, for five days in July. Walker’s presentation, “Responding to Crime at an Urban-Based Research University,” was followed by a roundtable discussion. The conference, which drew about 40 participants from around the world, was hosted by the Oxford Round Table, Ltd., a not-for-profit educational and charitable organization whose mission is to promote education, art, science, religion, and charity through academic conferences and the publication of scholarly papers.Deborah Walker (standing), student conduct officer and assistant to the dean in Pitt’s Office of Student Affairs, was selected to be a presenter at the Oxford Round Table in Oxford, England, for five days in July. Walker’s presentation, “Responding to Crime at an Urban-Based Research University,” was followed by a roundtable discussion. The conference, which drew about 40 participants from around the world, was hosted by the Oxford Round Table, Ltd., a not-for-profit educational and charitable organization whose mission is to promote education, art, science, religion, and charity through academic conferences and the publication of scholarly papers.
Nicole Constable (middle) was the keynote speaker during a Sept. 29 reception held in Posvar Hall by the Pitt Office of the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Women’s Concerns and Pitt’s Women Studies Program. Her talk was titled “Telling Tales of Migrant Workers: Religion, Activism, and Women’s Life Scripts.” The reception welcomed new women faculty. From left, Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia A. Beeson; Alberta Sbragia, vice provost for graduate studies; Constable, a professor of anthropology and associate dean for graduate studies and research in the School of Arts and Sciences; Jean Ferguson Carr, a professor of English and director of the Women’s Studies Program; and Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg.Nicole Constable (middle) was the keynote speaker during a Sept. 29 reception held in Posvar Hall by the Pitt Office of the Provost’s Advisory Committee on Women’s Concerns and Pitt’s Women Studies Program. Her talk was titled “Telling Tales of Migrant Workers: Religion, Activism, and Women’s Life Scripts.” The reception welcomed new women faculty. From left, Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia A. Beeson; Alberta Sbragia, vice provost for graduate studies; Constable, a professor of anthropology and associate dean for graduate studies and research in the School of Arts and Sciences; Jean Ferguson Carr, a professor of English and director of the Women’s Studies Program; and Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg.
Senior Pitt officials met with the directors of four German academic-research exchange programs on Sept. 27 in Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg’s office. The exchange programs’ representatives explained their programs designed for students, postdocs, and faculty members to conduct research or study in Germany or with German researchers. From left, George Klinzing, Pitt vice provost for research; Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia A. Beeson; Sebastian Fohrbeck, director of the German Academic Exchange Service in New York; Cathleen Fisher, president of the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Max Voegler, director of the German Research Foundation’s North American office; Joann Halpern, director of the German Center for Research and Innovation; Chancellor Nordenberg; and Provost Emeritus James V. Maher, Pitt professor of physics and astronomy and senior science advisor.  Senior Pitt officials met with the directors of four German academic-research exchange programs on Sept. 27 in Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg’s office. The exchange programs’ representatives explained their programs designed for students, postdocs, and faculty members to conduct research or study in Germany or with German researchers. From left, George Klinzing, Pitt vice provost for research; Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia A. Beeson; Sebastian Fohrbeck, director of the German Academic Exchange Service in New York; Cathleen Fisher, president of the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Max Voegler, director of the German Research Foundation’s North American office; Joann Halpern, director of the German Center for Research and Innovation; Chancellor Nordenberg; and Provost Emeritus James V. Maher, Pitt professor of physics and astronomy and senior science advisor.