Pitt Chronicle

The University of Pittsburgh has recorded its best fundraising year ever, raising $183 million in gifts and pledges in fiscal year 2008, $64 million more than in FY 2007. Included in that overall total were record-setting gifts and pledges of $84.9 million from individuals and $72.1 million from foundations. This has brought total commitments to Pitt’s $2 billion Building Our Future Together capital campaign goal to $1.273 billion.

The Renal-Electrolyte Division in Pitt’s School of Medicine has been awarded a nearly $4 million, five-year Kidney Research Center grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), one of only eight such centers in the United States.