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Interior of the Chevron Science Center
December 27, 1973
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Title
Interior of the Chevron Science Center
Date
December 27, 1973
Identifier
CHM10.UA
Description
The lecture halls shown inside Chevron Science Center. Dedicated in 1974, the Chevron Science Center is home to Pitt's Chemistry Department. Founded in 1875, it is among the nation's largest undergraduate chemistry departments. It also has awarded more than 1,000 doctorate degrees and counts among its alumni Nobel Prize-winner Paul Lauterbur, who helped develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Other alumni and researchers in the department have made important discoveries in fields like recombinant DNA technology, nanotechnology, and alternative fuels, and have pioneered innovative drug and transplant therapies.
Type
still image
Subject
University of Pittsburgh
Chevron Science Center (University of Pittsburgh)
Buildings--Design and construction
Geographic Subjects
Oakland (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Source
University of Pittsburgh Historic Photographs, 1884-present
Collection
Pitt Photographs
Pitt Campus Life
Contributor
University of Pittsburgh
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