THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH, FOUNDED IN 1787, IS ONE OF THE OLDEST INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND ONE OF THE NATION'S TOP PUBLIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES. FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES, THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH HAS SERVED THE NEEDS OF ITS HOME REGION, THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND THE NATION AS A LEADER IN EDUCATION, A PIONEER IN RESEARCH AND A PARTNER IN COMMUNI…