• Discover Johnstown - the Friendly City
• The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown
• The University of Pittsburgh
• The City of Pittsburgh

Discover Johnstown - the Friendly City

Money Magazine rates the Johnstown Metropolitan Area Number 1 for quality of life in small towns in Pennsylvania and Fourth overall in the East (Small Cities Category) in 1998. Clean air and water, low taxes and low crime make Johnstown Pennsylvania's best-kept secret.

We're proud of the recognition, but we've known that Johnstown is someplace special all along.

While you're visiting, be sure to stop in at some of our more unique attractions like the Johnstown Inclined Plane and the Flood Museum. Take in a professional baseball game at the Point Stadium, home to the Johnstown Johnnies. During hockey season, the Johnstown Chiefs of the East Coast Hockey League can be found battling for the puck at the War Memorial Arena.

And don't overlook our many cultural offerings, including the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, The Community Arts Center and the Allegheny Highlands Regional Theatre.

If you're in the mood to shop, The Conference Center at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown is only minutes away from the Galleria Mall which features over 90 specialty shops and a variety of restaurants.

For outdoor enthusiasts, lake fishing can be found at Glendale Lake near Patton, Duman Lake near Belsano, Lake Rowena in Ebensburg and lake Somerset in Somerset. The Ghost Town Trail in Dilltown and the Allegheny Highlands Trail in Rockwood offer the best in rail-trail biking and hiking with bike rentals available at some of the trail heads. And the truly adventurous may want to try whitewater rafting on the Youghiogheny River. Most touring companies offer excursions to match different levels of skill and experience.

For a truly spectacular outing, a trip to Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater in Mill Run is in order. Fallingwater has often been called Wright's best work and the American institute of Architects named it the best all-time work of American architecture in 1991. Tours are available by appointment, and group reservations must be made at least three weeks in advance and require a deposit.

For more specific information about what Johnstown has to offer, visit the Greater Johnstown/Cambria County Convention & Visitors Bureau at: http://www.visitjohnstownpa.com, and to learn more about the Greater Johnstown region, visit these websites: CitiPage, Johnstown Flood Museum, The Heritage Discovery Center

The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown was founded in 1927 as one of the first regional campuses of a major university in the United States. It is a four-year degree-granting fully accredited, coeducational, residential undergraduate college of the University of Pittsburgh.
With 2,700 well-qualified full-time students and a suburban campus of striking beauty, The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown combines the strong academic reputation and outstanding resources of a major research university with the personal appeal of a smaller college.

Located in a suburb of Johnstown, a city of 40,000 only 70 miles east of Pittsburgh, the spacious 650-acre wooded campus is recognized as one of the most attractive in the Eastern states. The University's facilities blend easily with the rustic setting, creating a campus of distinctive natural beauty. Shops, entertainment, and cultural activities are conveniently available, and the city is in the heart of Pennsylvania ski country.

For more information about the Pitt-Johnstown campus, see our website at http://www.upj.pitt.edu/

The University of Pittsburgh

Founded in 1787, the University of Pittsburgh is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States. Today Pitt is an internationally recognized center of learning and research, strong in the arts and sciences and the professions.

Pitt serves approximately 34,000 students, including 10,000 graduate students in the 17 schools of the Pittsburgh campus. The University's 180,000 alumni include individuals whose accomplishments range from managing Fortune 500 corporations to unlocking the secrets of DNA. Pitt is an elected member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an association of the 60 leading research universities in North America. For more information about the University of Pittsburgh, see our website at http://www.pitt.edu/

School of Information Sciences(SIS) at University of Pittsburgh is a host of this conference. SIS is one of the nation’s pioneering schools in the education of information professionals, with a history that reaches back more than a hundred years to the days of Andrew Carnegie. Throughout that history, we have built and sustained a tradition of innovation and excellence. Today, our programs are among the very best in the country and attract students and visiting scholars from around the world. SIS positions itself at the nexus of technology, information, and society. The challenges and opportunities confronting society in the 21st century require professionals who are not only technologically capable, but also are skilled in the management of information and understand how technology and information converge to serve the interests of the individual and society.

The City of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is established in 1758. It is the largest inland port in the U.S., providing access to the nation's 9,000 mile inland waterway system. There are 29 colleges and universities in southwestern Pennsylvania including Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne University, Point Park College, and Geneva College. Pittsburgh cheers for four major sports teams, the Penguins, Pirates , Steelers, and Riverhounds. The Pittsburgh International Airport was ranked one of the top five U.S. airports by Conde Nast Traveler. An average of 3.9 million people visit Pittsburgh annually.

Pittsburgh ranked in the top five Most Livable Cities in the 1983, 1985 and 1989 editions of the "Places Rated Almanac."

For more information about Pittsburgh, go visit http://www.pittsburgh.net/