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Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg will host a by-invitation-only reception to celebrate the publication of a new book by William E. Strickland, Pitt trustee and CEO of the Manchester Bidwell Corporation. Strickland’s book, Make the Impossible Possible: One Man’s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary, focuses on his belief that each of us has the potential for remarkable achievement, and that we can accomplish the impossible in our lives. More

Acclaimed inventor, business founder, and University of Pittsburgh engineering alumnus and trustee John A. Swanson was honored today for the greatest generosity by an individual donor in Pitt’s 220-year history—$41.3 million to the University’s School of Engineering as part of the $2 billion Building Our Future Together Campaign. In recognition of this extraordinary generosity, the University will rename the school the John A. Swanson School of Engineering. More

The University Club will undergo a major overhaul as part of a $66.86 million package of campuswide construction and renovation projects approved recently by the University Board of Trustees’ Property and Facilities Committee. Together, the package’s nine construction and renovation projects across the campus are expected to create 359 construction and 144 construction-support jobs. In addition, the University will pay building permit taxes of $53,437 on the construction costs and $19,683 annually in real estate taxes on a third-party lease that is part of the deal. More