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Gurudev Dutt’s physics research received funding from four major foundations

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation partnered to fund 11 innovative “tabletop” experiments.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Thomas Songer won the 2023 Abraham Lilienfeld Award

The American College of Epidemiology’s most prestigious award is conferred for extraordinary contributions to the field.

  • Faculty
  • School of Public Health
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Pitt received a 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

It’s the seventh-straight year the University has earned this honor.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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15 undergraduate students received 2023 Gilman Scholarships

The U.S. State Department program supports undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants with up to $5,000 to pursue study abroad opportunities.

  • Global
  • Undergraduate students
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Pitt’s partnership led to record POGOH ridership in 2023

Of the 200,000 Bike Share Pittsburgh trips this year, 110,000 came from University students, faculty and staff.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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Pitt-Bradford students finished first in a global business simulation

Business management capstone students ranked first in earnings worldwide during the week of Nov. 13.

  • Undergraduate students
  • Pitt-Bradford
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Alumnus Willie Kinard III published his debut poetry collection

Their book, “Orders of Service,” won the 2022 Alice James Award.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Alumni
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A person moves leaves into a pile using a backpack leaf blower.

The University grounds team is making campus cleanup quieter and more sustainable

The facilities management and sustainability offices collaborated to implement battery-powered equipment that helps mitigate carbon emissions and noise pollution.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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Jessica Merlin published a perspective piece on methadone and cancer treatment in the New England Journal of Medicine

The director of Pitt’s Challenges in Managing and Preventing Pain clinical research center highlighted systemic flaws with a patient case study.

  • School of Medicine
  • Health and Wellness
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Pitt joined Europa University Viadrina in leading a global research and education network on EU foreign policy

Scholars from 18 countries will conduct research to better understand the EU’s future role in global governance.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Ukraine
  • University Center for International Studies (UCIS)
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Shyam Visweswaran was appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee

The professor in Pitt’s Department of Biomedical Informatics will work to assess how researchers use racialized groups and ethnic categories.

  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt is on Time magazine’s first Best Colleges for Future Leaders list

The University is among 100 schools ranked based on an analysis of the 2,000 top leaders in the U.S. and where they were educated.

  • University News
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
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3 student founders of a Pitt health care startup were listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Their company, HEARTio, is developing an algorithm to help doctors more quickly identify coronary artery disease.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Students
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Kay Brummond published an editorial on Organic Syntheses’ century of service

The Department of Chemistry professor has served on the journal’s board of editors and board of directors.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
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23 Pitt researchers are included on Clarivate’s annual Highly Cited list

Faculty from departments across the University rank in the top 1% by citations for their field over the past decade.

  • Faculty
A person waves an LGBTQ+ pride flag in front of the Cathedral of Learning

Todd Reeser and Angie Bedford-Jack will chair Pitt’s new LGBTQIA+ Steering Committee

They will organize an advisory board to improve the climate and culture at Pitt.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Anne Marie Lennon is the next chair of Pitt’s Department of Medicine

The accomplished physician-scientist whose research has advanced early cancer detection will join the School of Medicine in March.

  • University News
  • School of Medicine
Foladare takes a selfie with a group against an Ecuador flag

This recent graduate is following in her father's footsteps all the way to Ecuador

And, Mollie Foladare was among the first to serve with the Peace Corps post-pandemic.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • Alumni
Gabel

Chancellor Joan Gabel was elected as chair of the APLU Council of Presidents

Gabel will lead the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities' council of chief executives of member colleges and universities and systems.

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Clare Sierawski won a Distinguished Alumni Award from Pitt’s Department of Geology and Environmental Science

Hear from the USDA senior energy counselor at a Nov. 16 talk.

  • Sustainability
  • Alumni
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences