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A Pitt-Bradford program that had been in hibernation during the fall semester due to funding limitations is back in business thanks to a gift from Pennsylvania General Energy of Warren, part of an educational tax credit program through the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development.

More than 50 students at Pitt-Bradford will be recognized for their academic achievements and contributions to campus life at the university’s annual Honors Convocation to be held Friday, April 13.

University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Mark Nordenberg has selected Christina Graham of Bradford as a recipient of the 2012 Chancellor’s Award for Staff Excellence in Service to the University.

More than 70 students from the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will present papers and research ranging from environmental studies of campus to excerpts from in-progress novels on Friday as part of the university’s annual Honors Day.

When Shane Close of Bradford decided to leave home for the first time, he really went for it, spending 16 weeks in Russia, Europe and the United Arab Emirates.

College students who frequently text message during class have difficulty staying attentive to classroom lectures and consequently risk having poor learning outcomes, finds a new study by three Pitt-Bradford professors accepted for publication in the National Communication Association’s journal Communication Education.

The popular annual lecture by Dr. Marvin Thomas, professor of history, will this year focus on a watershed event in the history of the Victorian age, the British Empire and modern warfare.

Pitt-Bradford will offer new youth camps this year along with a summer enrichment series for high school students and bring back its X-Treme Science Camp.

Pitt-Bradford launched the public phase of its 50 and Beyond fundraising campaign today to raise $17.5 million by the end of its 50th anniversary year in 2014.

The more than 1.3 billion Chinese living in China, where social networks such as Twitter and Facebook are blocked, still have access to a social network that can quickly and easily answer their questions about the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.