The University of Pittsburgh is gaining notoriety as a first-class institution as it is ranked no. 2 in the survey "Saviors of Our Cities: A Survey of Best College and University Civic Partnerships". The survey came from the president of Westfield State College in Massachusetts. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Dr. Dobelle is the former president of the New England Board of Higher Education, who announced the list in Philadelphia at a meeting of the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities.
Also on the list is the University Of Pennsylvania, coming in at a modest no. 1, tied with USC. CMU drops in at no. 19. Pittsburgh's East End is basically an expanded college town. We got Pitt, CMU, Chatham, Carlow, all basically on Fifth Avenue, and then if you keep going down Fifth, you run into Duquesne, not to mention the community colleges. What Pittsburgh needs now is a way to keep these kids here after they receive their diplomas, which brings me to basic intention of this blog: show yinz why Pittsburgh is a great place to live!
Hail to Pitt(sburgh)!
10.13.2009
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Plus, the city of Pittsburgh itself was voted number one as top sports down according to Sporting News magazine.
ReplyDeleteYeah-- I meant Sports "Town" not down..
ReplyDeleteGoing along with the comment I left on the Qdoba post... provide a personal account of this. What was your favorite Pitt sports experience, for example? It doesn't have to be recent. But give us your own perspective of what makes Pitt special in your own way.
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