News-Gazette (April 11) -- Rob Rutenbar, head of the esteemed University of Illinois computer science department will leave UI for a research post at the University of Pittsburgh. Rutenbar said that he could not pass up the opportunity to return to Pittsburgh and lead research enterprise on campus. Rutenbar said his decision to leave has not been shaped by the state’s budget troubles for higher education. Also: ASEE FirstBell (April 12).