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Pitt trustees hear $53.5 million gift, new space-medicine institute and updates on research, enrollment and bargaining
Summary
At a public meeting, Chancellor Gable announced a $53.5 million gift from the Orland Bethel Family Foundation, a $25 million Trivedi Institute for Space and Global Medicine, improved career-outcome and research figures, and ongoing collective bargaining talks for graduate students and staff.
The University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees heard several major announcements at its public meeting, including a $53,500,000 gift from the Orland Bethel Family Foundation and a $25,000,000 commitment to a new Trivedi Institute for Space and Global Medicine.
Chancellor Gable told trustees the Bethel family's third gift will expand the Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center and invest in Pitt Inc, the university's commercialization fund. "We recently announced a $53,500,000 gift by the Orland Bethel Family Foundation," Gable said. She also described the Trivedi Institute, to be led by Dr. Kate Rubins, as "one of the first dedicated institutes focused on…
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