The University of Pittsburgh contains 17 schools, 93 departments, and 27
special centers, including the Center for Russian and East European
Studies (REES), one of only 16 such facilities to be recognized as a
National Resource Center and granted Title VI funding by the US
Department of Education. REES coordinates activities pertinent to the
people, history, politics, economics, and culture of Central and Eastern
Europe and the territory of the former Soviet Union. REES also maintains
REESWeb, a comprehensive
electronic index of Internet resources on
and emanating from the Balkans, the Baltic states, the Caucusus, Central
Asia, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, and the
former Soviet Union.