Robert J. and Mary B. Weiss of Warren have donated the six-story Bradford Seneca Building to Pitt’s Bradford campus. The building is valued at $1.2 million. The gift is among the five largest outright donations that Pitt-Bradford has received in its 42-year history and is the most valuable gift of real estate ever made to […]
Building donated to Bradford campus >
February 2nd, 2006UPB gets gift for off-site program >
February 2nd, 2006Pitt-Bradford has received a $35,000 gift from the Stackpole-Hall Foundation, which will be used to enhance academic programming at UPB’s off-campus site in St. Marys. Pitt-Bradford will use the gift to implement two new programs at the Elk/Cameron Higher Education Council — an executive R.N. to B.S.N. program and an associate degree in information systems […]
SIS partners with Virgin Islands university >
February 2nd, 2006With support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Pitt’s School of Information Sciences (SIS) and the University of the Virgin Islands-St. Thomas have entered into a unique partnership. IMLS granted $965,910 to the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI) to fund 25 students as they earn their M.L.I.S. degrees via the FastTrack […]
Annual African-American read-in set for Feb. 5 >
February 2nd, 2006Ogle Burks Duff, professor emerita in Pitt’s School of Education, again will coordinate the annual African-American read-in chain, 3-5 p.m. Feb. 5, in the First Baptist Church, 159 N. Bellefield Ave. Richard Teaster will direct a combined First Baptist Church Choir and Pitt Women’s Chorale and Glee Club, starting at 2:45 p.m. The event is […]
Fossil-rich Wyoming land donated to Pitt >
February 2nd, 2006A Wyoming rancher with no previous ties to Pitt has given the University Honors College 4,700 acres of land in eastern Wyoming containing rich dinosaur fossil beds and likely other important fossil finds. Philanthropist Allen Cook’s gift, valued at approximately $7 million, will make possible the preservation of what could be a national treasure rivaling […]
Minority health archives launched >
February 2nd, 2006Pitt’s Center for Minority Health, part of the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH), and the University Library System (ULS) jointly have launched the Minority Health Archive (MHA) as an on-line repository for minority health documents. MHA takes advantage of the latest information technology used by Pitt’s library system. In addition to being the first […]
Endowment up to 30th in national survey >
February 2nd, 2006Pitt’s endowment continues to outpace the growth of higher education institutions nationally. The University’s endowment as of June 30, 2005, was $1.53 billion, up 12.1 percent from the previous year. The national average increase was 9.3 percent, according to a national survey released last month. Pitt rose a notch to 30th nationally in total endowment […]