University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (also called Pitt ) is a university in Pittsburgh in the US state of Pennsylvania . The university is a member of the Association of American Universities , an association of leading research-intensive North American universities that has existed since 1900.
The university has around 12,000 employees, including 3,800 full-time teachers who teach around 34,000 students.
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) performs more organ transplants than any other institution. Stem cell research is also remarkable .
The main building is the 163 m high Cathedral of Learning .
history
Originally founded as the Pittsburgh Academy by Hugh Henry Brackenridge in 1787 , it was renamed The Western University of Pennsylvania in 1819 and its current name in 1908.
Sports
The Pitt football team are the Panthers . The university has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since 2013 .
Famous Graduates
- Harry F. Bisel , American oncologist
- Mike Ditka - American football player and coach, television presenter
- Tony Dorsett - American football player
- Larry Fitzgerald - American football player
- Gene Kelly - American dancer, singer, actor, director
- Dion Lewis - American football player
- Dan Marino - American football player
- Curtis Martin - American football player
- Joe Schmidt - American football player and coach
- Tony Siragusa - American football player, television presenter
- Mary Speer - mathematician and university professor
- Herb Stein - American football player, businessman
- Mark Stepnoski - American football player
- Darrelle Revis - American football player
- David Tepper - Hedge Fund Manager
- John Ulam - metallurgist and all-clad entrepreneur
- Aaron Donald - American football player
- Steven Adams - basketball player
International cooperation
There is a partnership with the University of Augsburg .
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Individual evidence
Coordinates: 40 ° 26 ′ 40.4 " N , 79 ° 57 ′ 11.8" W.