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About the University of Pittsburgh

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University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh (aka PITT) is a state-related research university in western Pennsylvania. It was founded on the edge of the American frontier as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787, and evolved into the University of Pittsburgh in 1908. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and serves 28,766 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The university has an annual operating budget of approximately $2 billion that includes nearly $900 million in research and development expenditures. A member of the Association of American Universities, Pitt is the sixth largest recipient of federally sponsored research funding among U.S. universities in 2013 and is a major recipient of research funding from the National Institutes of Health. Pitt has been placed among the top public universities in the United States and has been listed as a "best value" in higher education by multiple publications.

Overview of library resources

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  • The Archives of Scientific Philosophy: serves as the legacy of the major philosophers of science of the 20th century and strives to collect the personal papers, professional papers, manuscripts, and other working materials of leading philosophers of science or scientist/philosophers.
  • The Frick Fine Arts Library and University Art Gallery, both located in the Frick Fine Arts Building at the University of Pittsburgh, contain valuable information on the architectural history of the Frick Fine Arts Building, the permanent collection in the University Art Gallery, as well as the Nicholas Lochoff frescos. Architectural elevations are currently being digitized.
  • Over 1000 finding aids online that describe our archival and manuscript holdings; some have links to digitized objects.
  • The University Library System at the University of Pittsburgh publishes more than 35 scholarly, peer-reviewed online journals. We publish with partners from the Pitt community as well as scholars from universities and scholarly societies around the world.

Current Visiting Scholars

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Barbara (WVS)

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Barbara Page

Barbara (WVS) (talk · contribs) (also edits as Bfpage) was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh from 2015-2019. Barbara contributes to a wide range of topics, often inspired by the University of Pittsburgh's collections on historical topics. In March 2017, Barbara celebrated her 10-year anniversary as a Wikipedian.

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Past Visiting Scholars

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Seattle

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Seattle

Seattle (talk · contribs) was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pittsburgh from 2015-2017, focusing on topics related to the history of Pittsburgh.

Highlights
  • Added dozens of images from the University of Pittsburgh's collections to Wikimedia Commons, including a set of photos of Pittsburgh mayors. See all of Seattle's uploads in this gallery.
  • Created or improved more than 75 articles, including:
Robert Schmertz (artist)
Mark Baldwin (baseball)
The Ohio Company: Its Inner History
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Position announcements

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The University of Pittsburgh is not currently accepting applications. Please see Wikipedia:Visiting Scholars/Apply for other options.