Also in the Pittsburgh area, the Allegheny Observatory, the Carnegie Science Center, the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center and the Carnegie Museums, among other resources. All have hosted PGSS visits. The faculty is largely drawn from Carnegie Mellon Unviersity but also includes educational leaders from other institutions. Guest lecturers in the past have included scientific specialists from science institutes in the Pittsburgh religion and from around the nation. Carnegie Mellon University is an urban campus.
Students reside in supervised, gender-separate residence halls.
There is a planned program of recreational activities.