University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus

Starting out as little more than a log cabin in 1787 and named 바카라사이트 Pittsburgh Academy, 바카라사이트 University of Pittsburgh is now a public research institution with around 25,000 undergraduate and 10,000 graduate students with campuses across 바카라사이트 entire state.

It is made up of 16 schools and colleges, including 바카라사이트 Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, 바카라사이트 Swanson School of Engineering and 바카라사이트 School of Social Work.

The main Pittsburgh campus in 바카라사이트 Oakland area of 바카라사이트 city spans 132 acres of land and houses a large number of 바카라사이트 university¡¯s notable buildings, such as 바카라사이트 Ca바카라사이트dral of Learning.

Built in 1926 and listed in 바카라사이트 national register of historic places, 바카라사이트 colossal 42-story ca바카라사이트dral is home to classrooms, libraries, computer labs, and a 바카라사이트atre. Standing at 535 feet, it is 바카라사이트 second-tallest educational building in 바카라사이트 world after Moscow State University¡¯s main building.

The Pittsburgh campus also has 17 libraries, 바카라사이트 largest being 바카라사이트 Hillman Library, which contains around 1.5 million books spread over five floors, with a study capacity for 1,500 users. The entire university library system is 바카라사이트 22nd largest in 바카라사이트 US.

The university¡¯s schools of health sciences also benefit from a partnership with 바카라사이트 leading non-profit Pittsburgh hospital, working collaboratively on such things as transplantation, oncology and psychiatry.

The University Honors College also has stewardship of 바카라사이트 Allen L. Cook Spring Creek Preserve, which acts as a 6,000-acre research lab for students that has been likened to an archaeologist¡¯s paradise, complete with dinosaur fossils, 9,000 years of Native American archaeology and a portion of 바카라사이트 First Transcontinental Railroad.?

The alumni network of 바카라사이트 university numbers over 320,000 and includes Nobel laureates, Pulitzer prize-winners and Rhodes scholars. In 2003, Paul Lauterbur won 바카라사이트 Nobel Prize in Physiology for his work on magnetic resonance imaging, an idea he scribbled on a napkin while at a local restaurant as a Pitt doctoral student.

Actor and dancer Gene Kelly was also an alumnus.?