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How the Cathedral of Learning went from grandiose idea to enduring landmark

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This Pitt team keeps the Cathedral of Learning in tip-top shape

Here’s how the University’s facilities management office ensures the academic skyscraper will be functional and beautiful for another hundred years.

A project co-led by Rachel Bezanson ‘expanded our view of the early universe’

The American Astronomical Society is honoring the James Webb Space Telescope UNCOVER team for changing researchers’ understanding of cosmic evolution.

Meet some of the people who helped build the Cathedral of Learning — and their Pitt-connected descendants

These alumni triplets have a unique connection to Pitt's campus and its famed tower, which was shaped by their great-great-great-uncle, Charles Zeller Klauder.

Pitt ranks No. 24 among the nation’s public universities, says U.S. News & World Report

The University lept 24 places in undergraduate research and creative projects while maintaining high national rankings for nursing and bioengineering.

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Announcements and Updates
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Pitt adds a doctoral hooding ceremony to its annual winter commencement celebrations

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Senior vice chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine search begins with virtual forums

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Nominations are now open for 2 Provost’s Awards

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The Dick Thornburgh Forum’s American Experience Distinguished Speaker lecture is Sept. 17

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Accolades & Honors
Hadi Noori

Hadi Noori won an NSF grant to develop an energy-efficient welding process

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Sept. 6 is now ‘Vernard Alexander Day’ in Pittsburgh

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Pitt is globally ranked in 33 subjects, per ShanghaiRanking

Adam Lowenstein poses with George Romero film memorabilia.

The story of Pitt’s Horror Studies Center was published in Film Quarterly

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