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SOUTHPOINTE, Pa., March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ANSYS, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANSS), a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced it is a sponsor of the Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. This is the first permanent exhibit in the world to feature scientifically accurate, immersive environments that are composed of original fossil specimens. It is unique in that the dinosaurs are posed in active, engaging stances based on modern scientific conceptions, rather than the long-held notion of lumbering, tail-dragging, cold-blooded, lizard-like creatures.

ANSYS is sponsoring the dinosaur exhibit as part of its corporate citizenship program. The Company honors a commitment to make "community" an area of focus, a way for it to improve and enrich life in the locales where employees reside and work. ANSYS has a long history of making annual contributions toward community resources, and the museum dinosaur exhibit is the latest example. "We are pleased to be in a position to give back to our community," said Jim Cashman, president and CEO of ANSYS, Inc. "The museum is a source of pride for Pittsburgh, as it is the city's largest and most far- reaching cultural organization as well as a showcase and educational experience for the many people who come to visit." In celebration of the sponsor agreement, ANSYS hosted a "Night at the Museum" so its employees and their families could learn first-hand the significance of the exhibit.

"Dinosaurs in Their Time gives the museum's world-class fossil collection a home worthy of its immense scientific importance," said Dr. Zhe-Xi Luo, acting co-director and associate d
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