University of Pittsburgh

The Université of Pittsburgh is a public university located at Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, called Pitt .

Presentation

The medical school ( University off Pittsburgh School off Medicine ) and the medical center ( University off Pittsburgh Medical Center ) of the university are known like centers transfusion of famous body. UPMC employs more: 40000 people with an annual income higher than 5 billion Dollars what makes of it the largest employer of the west of Pennsylvania.

In February 2004, the university is classified with the 7th rank of the institutions of the National Institutes off Health and in 2006, it is the 14th best hospital of all United States.

The university also has a big role in the search for defense system against the Bioterrorisme.

In addition to the excellent reputation of the university at the medical level, the University of Pittsburgh is also known to be one of best on the level of finances. Thus, the department of teaching of finances ( Joseph Mr. Katz Graduate School off Business ) is currently classified 36e on the worldwide and 56e in the world (classification of the Financial Times of London). Moreover, according to Wall Street Journal , the university is among the ten first of the public schools in the United States.

Pitt accommodates off the Cathedral Learning (Cathédrale of training), building of 535 feet heights (163 meters). It is about the second school building in the world after the tower of the Université of State of Moscow (Russia).

Dates reference mark of the University

Originally founded by Hugh Henry Brackenridge as a Pittsburgh Academy (Academy of Pittsburgh) in 1787, the University of Pittsburgh belongs to a group of universities and colleges founded with the XVIII {{exp|ème}} century with the the United States.

In 1819, the university is famous Western University off Pennsylvania (Western University of Pennsylvania) then takes its current name in 1908.

In 1966, the Pennsylvania indicates the university as “a State-related ” and thus as such, Pitt receives government aid. Currently, this help rises with the height of 200 million Dollars per annum and Pitt grants registration fee reduced for the residents of the State. The university is often regarded as a public university.

Jonas Salk and other researchers of Pitt invented the Vaccin against the Poliomyélite (or quite simply polio) in the research laboratory on the Virus of the university.

In 1984, an operation of double transplantation of body is carried out (first in the world).

In 1991, the chancellor Wesley Posvar takes its retirement after 24 years of collaboration with the university. It is replaced by Mark Nordenberg since 1996.

In 1999, Pitt Stadium , the historical stage of the Pitt Panthers is shaven.

The campus

The principal campus of the university is located in the district of Pittsburgh d' Oakland and the university also has local antennas with Bradford, Greensburgh, Johnstown and Titusville in Pennsylvania.

The Université Carnegie Mellon is almost adjacent with the campus of Pitt and the two universities face on each side of the Vallée: Panther Hollow .

Education

Certain professors can teach for both university of Pittsburgh and the students of the university can obtain the rank of Master or doctor in the following fields: Pharmacy, Care male nurse, Medicine, Dentist, Finances, Engineering, Right,…

Sport

The teams of sport of the university are called the Panthers and take part in the university competitions organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Pittsburgh belongs to divisions:

Big East Conference.
Division I-A for the American football

American football

The football team American gained with many recoveries the championship (1915, 1916,1918,1929,1931,1934,1936,1937 and 1976). ^,

Old high-speed motorboats of Panthers

Tony Dorsett
daN Marino
Kevan Barlow
Shawntae Spencer
Antonio Bryant
Andy Lee
Curtis Martin
Larry Fitzgerald

Stage

Traditionally, the football team American evolved/moved in Pitt Stadium but in 1999 it is shaved and two years should have been waited before the team of the Steelers de Pittsburgh lends her ground, the Heinz Field, with the academics. The evenings of victories of the éuquipe, Cathedral off Learning is illuminated colors of Panthers (yellow and blue).

Basketball

The male team of tennis shoe of Pitt also gained championships (1928 and 1930). More recently, at the time of the six last years, the team gained three consecutive titles of the regular season of the Big East Conference. The team even gained the tournament of Big East Conference in 2003.

The room of tennis shoe is called Peterson Events Center and the Pittsburgh Xplosion of the Continental Basketball Association evolve/move there from time to time.

Fraternities on the campus

A fraternity , English fraternity , is a secret society or pseudo-secret students and former university students. These organizations are found in great number with the the United States and the Canada.

Student mediae

WPTS-FM is a noncommercial Radio station belonging to the university of Pittsburgh. The radio can be listened in Pennsylvania or on the Net.
The Pitt News is an independent newspaper held by the students. The newspaper is published the every day in school period and each Wednesday during the summer holidays.
Telefact is a phone line which answers the questions of the students.
Friday Nite Improvs is a spectacle of theatrical improvisation which exists since 1989. The spectacles take place off each week in the Cathedral Learning .
UPTV is an internal television channel managed by the students. Only the students on the campus can collect the emissions of the chain.
Three Rivers Review and Collision is two publications of the biannual Undergraduate treating Poésie.
the Redeye Theater Project is a festival of theater which is held each year during 24 hours.

Former students or professors

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