Talk:University of Pittsburgh
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To the person who edited Vladimir Zworykin out of the alumni list: See "25 Ways..." in this pdf (http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/wbball/media/files/02-03/103-107.pdf). The extent of his work at Pitt I don't know, but he's officially an alumnus. Also, check this external link from his personal entry (http://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/legacies/zworykin.html): "He also enrolled as a graduate student at the University of Pittsburgh where he received the Ph.D. in 1926." -- Hesychast
Can someone cite a source for Pitt being a private university? To the best of my knowledge, it is public.
Actually, Pitt is a "state related" university. Not exactly public, but not exactly private, either. --Kurtbw.
If we take a look at the offical University of Pittsburgh fact book (http://www.ir.pitt.edu/factbook/) we can read... "The University of Pittsburgh of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education is a nonsectarian, coeducational, state-related, public research university." The research part is what makes it so expensive. This article does not give the place justice. Someone with more time that I should fix it. - bethlynn BSIS 12/2000
As an alumnus (BSChE/MSChE), I assure everyone that Pitt is not properly designated as a "private" university. In Pennsylvania, there are three basic types of "public" schools: state schools (e.g., Indiana University of Pennsylvania), state-related (Penn State only, I believe), and state-affiliated (Pittsburgh, Temple, and Lincoln). Unless the original author is using "private" in a nonstandard parlance (non-US, perhaps?), I'm confused. Flyers13 04:20, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
Lincoln, Temple, PSU, and Pitt are all state-related. According to the PA Dept of Ed, Pitt is public. Khanartist 05:39, 2005 Jan 30 (UTC)
Sitting in my dorm room on pitt's campaus right now.... Pitt is "state related", at least how we all understand it here. We get funding from the state, but we aren't a state school. Lyellin 22:06, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)
