University of Pittsburgh

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Chancellor	Mark A. Nordenberg
School type	State-Related
Religious affiliation	none
Founded	1787
Location	Main Campus: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Branch Campuses: -Bradford, PA -Greensburg, PA -Johnstown, PA -Titusville, PA
Enrollment	34,000 (all campuses)
Faculty	3,800
Endowment
Campus surroundings	URBAN
Campus size	132 acres (main campus)
Sports teams	Panthers
Mascot	Panther

The University of Pittsburgh is a university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is frequently referred to simply as "Pitt".

The University of Pittsburgh campus is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh just west of Schenley Park. The main campus is roughly bordered by Robinson Street to the west and Boundary Street to the east; Forbes and Fifth Avenues traverse the campus from west to east. The university also has branch campuses in Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville. Carnegie Mellon University is almost adjacent to the campus, and many Pitt professors also hold adjunct professorships at CMU.

The University was founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787. In 1966 it was designated by Pennsylvania as a "state-related" university. Pitt receives public funds and offers reduced tuition to Pennsylvania residents, but it remains a private institution.

Arguably the most famous Pitt professor in history was Jonas Salk, inventor of the first polio vaccine.

Moreover, Pitt is considered to be the main international center of the philosophy of science.

Pitt is widely believed to be a key university in the development of a bioterrorism defense system, due to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. George W. Bush has, for this reason, visited the university twice during his presidency.

Pitt is home to the Cathedral of Learning, which at 42 stories and 535 feet makes it the tallest educational building in the western hemisphere and second-tallest in the world.

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Athletics

Pittsburgh's sports teams are called the Panthers. The school's athletics department prefers the complete city name to the Pitt nickname. The Panthers participate in NCAA Division I (Division I-A for football) and in the Big East Conference.

Education

Bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs are offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Business, the School of Dental Medicine, the School of Education, the School of Engineering, the College of General Studies, the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the Honors College, the School of Information Sciences, the School of Law, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, the School of Pharmacy, the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, the Graduate School of Public Health, and the School of Social Work. The University also runs the Semester at Sea program.

Famous Alumni

Mike Bilirakis, U.S. representative
Ben Cardin, U.S. representative
Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
Mike Ditka, American football hall-of-famer
Tony Dorsett, American football hall-of-famer
Tom Feeney, U.S. representative
Freddie Fu, expert in sport medicine
Orrin Hatch, U.S. senator (law degree)
Dan Marino, American football player
Andrew W. Mellon, Banker, philanthropist, U.S. Secretary of Treasury, and founder of the Mellon Institute of Science, which is now part of Carnegie Mellon University
Jim Moran, U.S. representative
John Murtha, U.S. representative
Leo Robin, American composer and songwriter
Rick Santorum, U.S. senator
Elmer Eric Schattschneider, political scientist
Dick Thornburgh, U.S. Attorney General (law degree)
James A. Traficant Jr., U.S. representative
Lap-Chee Tsui, genetic scientist
Albert Wynn, U.S. representative