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Google Arts & Culture features items from Pitt archives

Pittsburgh joins just four other American cities in being featured on the prestigious platform.

  • University News
  • Cathedral of Learning
  • Global
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Board of Trustees names emeritus members

September saw the addition of Robert M. Hernandez and Jack D. Smith as emeritus trustees.

  • University News
  • Alumni
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Pitt named one of America's 'Coolest Schools' for sustainability leadership by Sierra Magazine

The University moved up 120 places in 2021 to rank in the Top 125 Most Sustainable Schools nationwide.

  • University News
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Sabrina Helbig receives Charles LeGeyt Fortescue Graduate Scholarship

The award is given to a beginning graduate student for one year of full-time graduate work in electrical engineering.

  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Technology & Science
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Pitt Community Engagement Center exceeds backpack drive goal

The Community Engagement Center in Homewood packed more than 100 backpacks for area school children.

  • Community Impact
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$25 million grant-funded radio spectrum project includes Pitt professors

A new $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation will fund researchers from 29 organizations developing new approaches and techniques for divvying up the valuable and highly contested real

  • Technology & Science
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • School of Computing and Information
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Yunxing Lu receives Geothermal Rising Marcelo Lippmann Graduate Award

The award is given to five graduate students based on academic record, student activities, geothermal industry experience and career goals.

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Innovation and Research
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See this year’s winners of the annual Pitt Alumni Awards

From law to healthcare, government hearings to courtside, these alumni from across six decades shine bright.

  • Alumni
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Historian Keisha N. Blain named New America Fellow

New America is an organization committed to investing in thinkers who generate ideas that impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day.

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Innovation and Research
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Pitt receives Forbes Best-In-State Employers 2021 recognition

The survey evaluated aspects such as working conditions, salary, potential for growth and diversity.

  • University News
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Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation names Melissa Bilec as new co-director

The engineer has worked closely with the City of Pittsburgh and Green Building Alliance, as well as the Larimer community.

  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Paul Supowitz named special assistant for strategic initiatives

The new role will be under the Office of the Chancellor.

  • Staff
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Charles Kotuby Jr. named executive director of Center for International Legal Education

The alum leaves a position in Washington, D.C., to return to Pitt.

  • School of Law
Darris Means wearing suit, smiling

Darris Means selected for Rockefeller Fellowship to study rural education

The Richard P. Nathan Policy Fellow of the Rockefeller Institute of Government will fund his work on state policy-focused research related to rural education and equity.

  • School of Education

Postdoc Denis Newman-Griffis wins dissertation award

His work is on natural language processing.

  • School of Medicine
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James Huguley Named Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the School of Social Work

The inaugural position will lead continued antiracist initiatives at the school.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Ariel C. Armony named Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo fellow

The fellowship is sponsored by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.

  • Global
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Scott Bernotas promoted to vice chancellor, facilities management

Bernatos joined Pitt in 2015 and has built a strong safety culture.

  • University News
  • Staff

New National Science Foundation Center Aims to Produce Breakthrough Research

Case Western Reserve University and the University of Pittsburgh will launch a joint center this fall that uses cutting-edge data science and materials research to help companies make more reliable

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Leigh Patel Publishes New Book

Leigh Patel, a professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations and Policy, has published her new book titled, “No Study Without

  • School of Education