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Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit group that builds affordable housing for low-income families, has chartered a collegiate chapter at the Pitt-Bradford.

The 2011 edition of Baily’s Beads, the literary magazine of the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, has been chosen Most Outstanding University Literary Magazine for 2011 by the American Scholastic Press Association.

Sixteen residents of the region graduated Dec. 10 from the Master of Social Work program at Pitt-Bradford.

The New York State Oil Producers Association has created the Karney Cochran Scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, in memory of a prominent Wellsville, N.Y., oil producer.

Sandy Green, executive assistant to the president at Pitt-Bradford, will retire at the end of 2011 after 29 years of service to the university.

Dr. Ron Binder, associate dean of student affairs, was the 2011 recipient of the Robert H. Shaffer Award from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors.

Students from Pitt-Bradford traveled to Washington, D.C., to present to the Appalachian Regional Commission research they conducted on the creation of a trails hub in the area.

It’s hard for a college or program to say that it can guarantee a graduate a job, but Dr. Assad Panah, director of the petroleum technology program, can come pretty close.

Two students at Pitt-Bradford have been awarded a total of $1,350 in NEXT STEP Business Grants to start their own businesses.

Students from Pitt-Bradford presented research on a variety of different topics from campus sustainability to a study of funeral directors at the 12th annual Penn-York Undergraduate Research Conference held at the Venango Campus of Clarion University last month.