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Anna Li’s million-dollar idea helps patients help themselves
The MD/PhD student has already designed a medical device, earned a patent and launched a company — but it’s what she hasn’t yet accomplished that keeps her going.
Step inside this innovative Pitt lab that looks a lot like your grandma’s house
The technology tested and developed in Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab is making it safer for older adults to age in place.
Pitt engineers are leading the charge to improve the US power grid
As the aging network faces pressures it's never encountered before, these Swanson School researchers are carrying on Pitt's legacy as an electricity powerhouse.
How Pitt Magazine’s new editor-in-chief touched down in Western Pennsylvania
'Life is like a book,” Pitt and NFL football great Larry Fitzgerald said in 2022. “I’m simply turning the page to the next chapter in my life.' Pitt Magazine's new editor-in-chief can relate.
‘The Good Mother Myth’ and more summer reading from Pitt alumni authors
Nancy Reddy's first work of narrative nonfiction asks "What makes a good mother?"
If ChatGPT wrote this poem, would you like it more?
A study from Pitt Professor Edouard Machery suggests "AI-generated poems are now 'more human than human.'"
5 of the top Yinzer-approved moments from HBO Max hit ‘The Pitt’
Pitt's Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, an assistant professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, served as a consultant for the writers of the show starting Noah Wyle.
Is it OK to scratch that itch?
New research from the lab of Dan Kaplan, a professor in Pitt’s Department of Dermatology, not only helps to resolve that conundrum but also explains why we itch at all.
Alumni updates, summer 2025
Pitt alumni recently wrote books, opened rural health facilities in Africa, signed contracts to play professional volleyball, earned honors from NASA and the Whiting Foundation, and more.
In memoriam, summer 2025
Remembering lost members of our Pitt community
Cecile Springer, former Pitt Alumni Association president, died at 94
Former PAA leader’s legacy at Pitt continues with the Cecile M. Springer Endowed Scholarship, a need-based scholarship for undergraduate students.
Meet 4 graduate students who took unconventional paths to Pitt
Their journeys showcase the changing dynamics of who’s seeking graduate education and when.
Home field has a deeper meaning for Pitt-Bradford lacrosse
When the newly minted DIII team takes the field in March, they'll be playing for more than just a winning record.