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The School of Education is tackling the teacher shortage with an innovative, multifaceted approach

With its new undergraduate teacher education program, Pitt wants to get more qualified teachers into K-12 classrooms faster.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education
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Preventing violence among youth could start on the field

Pitt researchers are studying a national antiviolence program that is instilling healthy relationship and mental health practices in young male athletes through their coaches.

  • Teaching & Learning
Darris Means leans on a railing

What if … we could remove roadblocks for rural students?

Darris Means has spent the last decade examining how to build resources for Black youth in rural districts.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
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A Pitt alumnus is developing ‘green steel’ to revolutionize the industry

Boston Metal CEO Tadeu Carneiro says, “We are privileged, all of us, to be living in the decade during which we will save the planet.”

  • Technology & Science
  • Sustainability
The Webbs stand on a track

Pitt’s father-son coaching team is keeping track in the family

Their one-on-one approach helps student-athletes sprint toward their best selves.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Athletics
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An R.K. Mellon Foundation award will help Pitt train Pennsylvania workers in responsible data science

The Office of the Provost initiative will use the funding to build online programs to ensure the region’s workers are job-ready.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Provost
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In Memoriam

Remembrances.

Ken Gabriel

Pitt BioForge appointed its inaugural CEO

Ken Gabriel will lead the Hazelwood Green facility and serve as director of Pitt’s Advanced Biomanufacturing Institute.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
Brandolon Barnett

'Dreams Deferred' memoir chronicles a path from poverty to social impact

Brandolon Barnett writes about “recession, struggle and the quest for a better world.” And, more books by Pitt alumni, out now.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Alumni
Brent Rondon and Roberto Bellido-Diaz stand in an office

How Pitt’s Small Business Development Center supports Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs

Pittsburgh’s Hispanic population is small but growing. Brent Rondon saw that they needed support.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Small Business Development Center
Brent Rondon and Roberto Bellido-Diaz stand in an office

Cómo el Centro de Desarrollo de Empresas, SBDC por sus siglas en Inglés, ayudan a los emprendedores que hablan Español

La población hispana de Pittsburgh es pequeña pero está creciendo. Brent Rondón se dio cuenta que ellos necesitaban ayuda.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Small Business Development Center
Sastry

Hari Sastry is stepping down as Pitt’s chief financial officer

He’s headed to Georgetown University after a five-year stint at Pitt that included record research funding, increased transparency in the budget process and a focus on diverse supplier initiatives.

  • University News
  • Staff
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A Pitt Law alumnus is speaking out to inspire companies to achieve the unthinkable

A chance encounter taught Ron Mitchell the value of his voice, which is now a bright light for businesses large and small.

  • Alumni
A man stands on a rooftop overlooking the city of Havana.

How Jesse Horst is connecting students to the history and heartbeat of Havana

In part thanks to relationships he built in Cuba’s capital as a Pitt graduate student, this alumnus has created a competitive and immersive study abroad experience.

  • Global
  • Teaching & Learning
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This CGS alumna helped bring honor to nontraditional students

The 50th anniversary exhibit of honor society recalls outreach to part-time and nontraditional students.

  • University News
  • Alumni
Loftus speaks at a Pitt press conference

University of Pittsburgh Police Department Chief James Loftus retires

Loftus steps down after more than 10 years of service to Pitt. Deputy Chief Holly Lamb will be promoted to chief of police.

  • University News
  • Staff
Graduates dance in celebration as confetti falls

Winter Commencement 2024 in photos

See the gallery celebrating nearly 700 Pitt graduates who crossed the stage on Dec. 17.

  • University News
  • Students
  • Commencement
The interior stairway of the Healthy Home Lab

This Central Oakland house is actually an innovative lab for aging in place

Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab aims to create new ways for a growing population of older adults to better their health and retain mobility and independence at home.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Kelly Gilliam

Meet Pitt’s United Way campaign manager

Two-time breast cancer survivor Kelly Gilliam views the University’s campaign as an extension of her life’s mission to make a difference.

  • Community Impact
  • Staff
An Xray of an impacted wisdom tooth

Why do people have wisdom teeth?

The answer has a lot to do with the distant past — and a bit about the present day, too.

  • Technology & Science