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John Wallace Named Interim Director of the Center on Race and Social Problems, New Initiative Announced

  • Center on Race and Social Problems
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Ryan McDermott received $300K from the National Endowment for the Humanities

The funding will support the associate professor of English's project on the origins of modernity.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Department of English
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

University Library System Releases New Journal Issue on Telehealth

If you visited a doctor by video chat during the pandemic, you had an experience with the field known as telehealth or telemedicine. Pitt’s University Library System (ULS) recently published a new

A portrait of Geovette Washington

Geovette Washington was elected chair of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh board of trustees

The University's senior vice chancellor and chief legal officer joined the board in 2017 and was named vice chair earlier this year.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus

Pitt Leaps Eight Spots in Worldwide Patent Ranking

The University of Pittsburgh made a significant move up the list of the top recipients of U.S. utility patents among worldwide universities in 2020, according to the National Academy of Inventors and

Anette Nance (SOC WK ’20) Named to Governor’s Advisory Commission on African American Affairs

Master of Social Work Alumna Anette Nance (SOC WK ’20) has been sworn in as commissioner on Gov. Wolf’s Advisory Commission on African American Affairs (GACAAA). The commission was established in 2015

  • School of Social Work
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William Wagner and Savio Woo are inducted to International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering

To date, there are fewer than 250 fellows of the academy throughout the world.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

School of Education to Serve as New Home Base for International Society

The School of Education now serves as the new home base of the Comparative and International Education Society, following the recent appointment of M. Najeeb Shafiq as executive director. Shafiq, who

Two From Pitt Receive Grants from National Endowment for the Humanities

The National Endowment for the Humanities granted awards to two Pitt professionals for their work in the following categories: Institutes for Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities and Landmarks of

Pitt Faculty Members' “Making Montgomery Clift” Wins Documentary Feature Award

The documentary “Making Montgomery Clift,” directed by Pitt assistant professor of film and media studies Robert Clift and his wife, senior lecturer Hillary Demmon, has been honored by the University

Six Rising African American Leaders Recognized at 2019 Sankofa Homecoming Farewell Brunch

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • School of Education
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Paul Leu Receives Award to Lead Effort for Better Smartwatch and TV Screens

  • Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Swanson School of Engineering