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Founded in 1787 as a small, private school, the Pittsburgh Academy was located in a log cabin near Pittsburgh?s three rivers. In the 220 years since, the University has evolved into an internationally recognized center of learning and research. Private through much of its history, Pitt became a state-related university in 1966. Today, the University of Pittsburgh system consists of the 132-acre Pittsburgh campus and regional campuses in Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville. The University?s 12,000 employees, including 3,800 full-time faculty members, serve about 34,000 students through the programs of 15 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools.
NAICS Code Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools: 611310
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The power of an HBCU: author outlines benefits of attending a historically Black college or university
- 2008-09-01
In the winter of 1988, I was a sophomore with strong grades, attending the University of Pittsburgh and majoring in pharmacy. I had recently shelved my freshman aspirations to walk-on the school's nationally ranked football team, and my grades were beginning to slip as a result of fighting racism on...
Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering
- 2007-11-12
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Adeena Babbitt of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, +1-212-921-0500, media@surgery.org NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- J. Peter Rubin, M.D., a newly inducted member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery ASAPS and University of Pittsburgh plastic surgeon, is the first plastic surgeon known...
Hillman Contributes $20 Million to the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers
- 2005-06-20
PITTSBURGH, June 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Judge Marjorie O. Rendell, First Lady of Pennsylvania, today joined Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Hillman and leaders at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center UPMC, University of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute UPCI to announce a $20 million gift from the...
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? New Expectations of Foreign Investors in Zones of Conflict
BNET
- 2004-10-18
This paper argues that the corporate accountability movement is in the process of establishing new norms and expectations about corporate behavior, but they are still only weakly institutionalized. Major political actors- states, NGOs, and international organizations are attempting to re-work the identity of economic actors by promoting the idea of...
Sources Of Change
BNET
- 2003-01-01
The external and internal environment of an organization is in a state of constant change. The organization has to re-adjust itself to this changing scenario in order to sustain competitive advantage in the market. There can be many sources of change. They include financial instability and changing technology. Software Configuration...
Arthur E. Focke LeaderShape Award recipients selected.
- 2002-05-01
The ASM International Foundation announced the six award recipients of the 2002 Arthur E. Focke LeaderShape Awards. * Troy J. Baker, University of Pittsburgh * Ryan J. Gilliam, University of Toronto * Jane H. Howard, University of British Columbia ...
Information Ethics: The Duty, Privilege and Challenge of Educating Information Professionals - University of Pennsylvania
- 2001-01-01
ABSTRACT QUESTIONS CONCERNING ETHICS AND HOW AN individual can act ethically when confronted with issues related to libraries, archives, and, more broadly, information have ever been present in our professional lives whenever individuals considered their own principles and actions as related to creating, organizing, managing, using, disseminating, preserving, and...
Face Time
- 2000-10-05
A look at movers and shakers of the Metro -- and what makes them tick. Ronald O. Gilcher, M.D. CEO Oklahoma Blood Institute * Family: Wife, Donna G., one son and two daughters. Ron Jr. owns and operates a small...
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