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The 2023 Vanscoy Winter Academy focused on demystifying the brain

Presentations during the Naples, Florida, event covered novel imaging for the eyes, ketamine treatment for depression and stroke interventions.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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This Pitt program is helping small minority-owned businesses succeed

The Mentor-Protege Program pairs large construction firms with smaller companies to create a more resilient regional economy.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Ann E. Cudd will depart Pitt for Portland this summer

The provost and senior vice chancellor will become Portland State University’s next president.

  • University News
  • Provost
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Here are the 2023 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum awardees

Pitt celebrated contributions to COVID-19 mitigation, drinking water quality and more at the March ceremony.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Why movies like ‘Black Panther’ matter

Ahead of the Oscars, Pitt professor and Hollywood veteran Kevin Smith discusses the importance of Black representation in cinema and why Stan Lee is a model for allyship.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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14 Pitt faculty members won 2023 Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards

Honor thought leaders, educators and innovators from across the University at a March 16 ceremony.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faculty
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Register for Pitt’s Faculty Honors Convocation on March 16

The ceremony celebrates distinguished faculty members’ teaching, research and public service.

  • University News
  • Faculty
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Pitt students get invaluable career experience in this organization

The Incline Consulting Group builds students’ professional development and community by offering pro-bono consulting for nonprofits. Here’s how to join.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Circle Up conversations empower students to discuss agency and intimacy

The pilot program, funded by a Pitt Seed Grant, helps groups explore relationships and consent in a comfortable setting.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Social Work
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Pitt PhD students played key roles in a new study that helped stroke patients regain hand movement

With the help of implanted electrodes, two patients recovered everyday skills like holding a soup can. See video of the tech in action.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Medicine
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A Pitt lab shows phage attacks in new light

The development of new imaging methods allowed researchers in Graham Hatfull’s lab to watch, in detail, as killer phages attached to bacteria — and as resistant bacteria fought off an attack.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
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The Pitt Vaccination and Health Connection Hub is expanding its services

With more vaccination offerings, biometric screenings and a new website, the Hub on Fifth Avenue is becoming an even more important health resource for the Pitt community and beyond.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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29 faculty projects earned 2022-23 Pitt Momentum Funds awards

Since 2019, the funding has supported high-quality research and creative endeavors at all stages of the research cycle.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
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7 free things to do in March

Check out Women’s History Month events, a spring festival and a poetry workshop. Plus, there’s pie.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Heinz Chapel
  • School of Computing and Information
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Alexa, congratulate these Pitt graduate students

A team of doctoral students in the School of Computing and Information is working to make AI more inclusive. Their efforts landed them among 10 finalists in this year’s Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge.

  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Computing and Information
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More than 9,400 alumni and donors raised $2.4 million during this year’s Pitt Day of Giving

See which schools, programs and student organizations won additional challenge funds.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies joined an international consortium on Afro-Latin American studies

Universities from five countries will examine how African descendants contributed to Latin American history and culture.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Center for Latin American Studies
  • University Center for International Studies (UCIS)
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Meet 6 local heroes of Black resistance

Pitt will honor the champions for equality, inclusion and anti-racism initiatives at a Feb. 22 night of celebration.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Social Work
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center named a new director

James Barr von Oehsen, who was also named vice chancellor for research computing, will lead the Pitt-Carnegie Mellon venture.

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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A Ukrainian Pitt professor on the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion

Economist Tymofiy Mylovanov has been documenting daily life in the war zone. Here’s what he has to say about the conflict and the future.

  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences