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The University of Pittsburgh ranks third among public institutions of higher education and fifth among all universities, public and private, in its federally financed research and development (R&D) expenditures, according to the latest figures issued by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). The annual rankings, released by the NSF this week, cover fiscal year 2010. Pitt’s federally derived R&D expenditures for that period totaled $594.7 million; its total FY 2010 R&D expenditures added up to $822.5 million. The other two top public universities in the rankings of federally financed R&D expenditures were the University of Washington-Seattle and the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor; the top two private institutions in the rankings were Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania.
Legal scholar William M. Carter Jr.—widely respected for his scholarship in constitutional law, international human rights law, and issues of social justice—has been named dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pitt Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson announced April 25. Carter, who is currently professor of law at the Temple University Beasley School of Law and has served on the faculty of Case Western Reserve University School of Law, will become the Pitt law school’s dean on July 1, 2012.
The University of Pittsburgh ranks as the top value in Pennsylvania for in-state students in The Kiplinger 100: Best Values in Public Colleges, 2011-12, published in the February 2012 issue of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, currently available on newsstands. In addition, Kiplinger’s ranks Pitt as the nation’s 15th-best value for out-of-state students and the country’s 29th-best value for in-state students. The rankings can be accessed online at www.kiplinger.com/links/college.
University of Pittsburgh faculty, staff, and retirees once again demonstrated their dedication to the larger Pittsburgh community with donations totaling $616,751 to the “Live United for a Greater Pittsburgh,” United Way’s 2011 fundraising campaign. The total is up more than $6,000 from the previous year.
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