Difference between revisions of "University of Pittsburgh"
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| + | The '''University of Pittsburgh''' ('''Pitt''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[Commonwealth System of Higher Education|state-related]] [[research university]] in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]]. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its [[Urban university|urban]] Pittsburgh campus, home to the university's central administration and 28,391 undergraduate and graduate students. | ||
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| + | Pitt is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]], a selective group of major research universities in North America, and is classified as an [[Research I university|R1 University]], meaning that it engages in a very high level of research activity.<ref>http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/classifications/sub.asp?key=748&subkey=16063&start=782</ref> Pitt was the third-largest recipient of federally sponsored health research funding among U.S. universities in 2018 and it is a major recipient of research funding from the [[National Institutes of Health]].<ref>http://www.brimr.org/NIH_Awards/2013/Institution_2013.xls</ref> | ||
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| + | The campus is situated adjacent to the flagship medical facilities of its closely affiliated [[University of Pittsburgh Medical Center]] (UPMC) and its flagship hospital, [[UPMC Presbyterian]], as well as the [[Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh]], [[Schenley Park]], and [[Carnegie Mellon University]]. | ||
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| Motto | Veritas et Virtus (Latin) |
| Type | State-related |
| Other name | Panthers |
| The third-largest recipient of federally sponsored health research | |
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the university's central administration and 28,391 undergraduate and graduate students.
Pitt is a member of the Association of American Universities, a selective group of major research universities in North America, and is classified as an R1 University, meaning that it engages in a very high level of research activity.[1] Pitt was the third-largest recipient of federally sponsored health research funding among U.S. universities in 2018 and it is a major recipient of research funding from the National Institutes of Health.[2]
The campus is situated adjacent to the flagship medical facilities of its closely affiliated University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) and its flagship hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, as well as the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Schenley Park, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job |
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| James Lyons-Weiler | Faculty member |
Alumni on Wikispooks
| Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Bossert | 1974 | Spook Lawyer "Terror expert" | Former US/Homeland Security Advisor | ||
| Sundaa Bridgett-Jones | US | Deep state functionary | Rockefeller Foundation allied deep state functionary, Georgetown alumna | ||
| Tom Feeney | 21 May 1958 | Lawyer | Requested (and was supplied with) software to rig a US election. | ||
| John Taylor Gatto | 15 December 1935 | 25 October 2018 | US | Author Whistleblower Teacher Statecraft/Analyst | Probably the most famous teacher in USA, who became an unschooling activist, having turned up irrefutable proof that the forced schooling system was never intended to benefit children, but quite the reverse. |
| Orrin Hatch | 22 March 1934 | ||||
| Ryan Morhard | US | Doctor | Works for Ginkgo Bioworks "building a platform to enable customers to program cells as easily as we can program computers" | ||
| Rick Santorum | 10 May 1958 | ||||
| Richard Mellon Scaife | 3 July 1932 | 4 July 2014 | Businessperson | ||
| Jim Traficant | 8 May 1941 | 27 September 2014 | US | Politician | Began a grassroots campaign in July 2014 to, among other things, try to abolish the Federal Reserve. Died in September 2014. |
