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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.

Pitt-Bradford will host the kickoff event for “50 and Beyond: The Campaign for the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford” on March 23 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in the Bromeley Family Theater in Blaisdell Hall.

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford has been recognized as one of the 150 “Best Value Colleges” in American for 2012 by The Princeton Review.

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Two dozen students, staff and alumni from Pitt-Bradford joined Dr. Livingston Alexander, president, and 500 supporters of the University of Pittsburgh in Harrisburg Tuesday to lobby against cuts proposed to Pitt’s state appropriation by Gov. Tom Corbett.

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Alumni Association will honor Tamra Minnier, chief quality officer at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, as the recipient of the Alumni Award of Distinction.