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Pitt Sounds

How two first-year students got their start at WPTS radio.

  • Students
  • Arts and Humanities
An AA Energizer battery on the bottom of a shoe

Taking charge

Pitt engineers show how a simple AA battery can prevent workplace slips and falls.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Hoberman

Tubes vs. antibiotics

A trial led by Alejandro Hoberman and published in the New England Journal of Medicine found no long-term benefit for tubes over antibiotics for childhood ear infections.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  • Department of Pediatrics

Pandemic Podcast Partnership

A collaboration between WPTS and the English department created opportunities for undergraduate students and highlighted Pitt Humanities’ perseverance during the pandemic.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Covid-19
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Gloved hands pull a vaccine into a syringe

Alumni Heroes and the Next Generation

Pitt alumni and students are doing their part on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, both at home and abroad. Hear their stories.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Alumni
  • Covid-19

Men’s Soccer Headed to NCAA Semifinal

The team will advance to the College Cup for the first time in program history. Check out a recap of their May 10 quarterfinal win against Washington and watch a recent Pitt: Beyond the Script

A researcher in a mask uses a pipette in the lab

Beyond the shot

It was March 2020, and Meghan Hodgson (NURS ’03) was working a regular night shift in the emergency room at her suburban New Jersey community hospital. But for the registered nurse, nothing about this

  • Innovation and Research
  • Alumni
  • Covid-19

Journalist Alum Brings Home Emmy

When Justin Carter (A&S ’12) started his journey to become a TV journalist, he promised his parents his first Emmy. It now sits on their mantle.

  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Department of Communication
  • Alumni

Pitt Acquires Papers of Playwright Rob Penny

The collection comprises approximately 150 boxes, which include correspondence, writing tablets, photographs, scripts, audio and video recordings, awards and more. The acquisition adds to Black voices

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Department of Africana Studies

Introducing Pitt Perspectives

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Pitt leaders and staff kept our campuses safe and functioning. Watch how it all happened in “Reinventing Life on Campus during COVID-19,” part of the new Pitt

  • Covid-19

Pitt Bestows Three Honorary Doctorates

Bestselling author Rebecca Skloot, disability rights leader Judy Heumann and nurse educator Susan Hassmiller are among the newest awardees of honorary Pitt degrees.

Won’t You Be His Neighbor?

A new book co-authored by Ryan Rydzewski (A&S ’09) captures the lingering lessons from Pittsburgh’s favorite teacher and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.”

  • Alumni
A doctor in a mask and a face shield gives a vaccine to a masked man

Real-world results confirm vaccine effectiveness in older adults

Researchers from Pitt were part of a multisite study that analyzed real-world nationwide CDC data to confirm the effectiveness of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Covid-19

Chancellor Emeritus Named to Redistricting Commission

Mark A. Nordenberg has been appointed chair of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, a bipartisan group tasked with drawing Pennsylvania’s legislative districts.

  • Institute of Politics
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

How the Act of Speculating Became a Financial Mania

Gayle Rogers, professor in and chair of Pitt's Department of English and author of the forthcoming book, “Speculation: A Cultural History from Aristotle to AI,” writes about financial speculation

  • Department of English

An Artista’s Triumph

Senior Colleen Mars took the shock of a halted study abroad trip in Italy and turned it into a world full of color, fear and closure on canvas. Her piece, “Things that Scare Me,” won the Hindsight 20

  • Students
  • Department of Studio Arts

Seniors Named to National Top 100 List

Rohil Chada and Katie Gerber from the College of Business Administration were named to Poets & Quants’ Best & Brightest Business Majors of 2021 list.

  • Students

Watch: Leadership Award Winners

See the finalists and winners of the Emma W. Locke and Senior of the Year awards, which honor seniors who embody scholarship, character, leadership and devotion to Pitt.

  • Students
  • Department of Neuroscience
  • Department of Chemistry

Senior Jazzes Up History

David Zahniser’s album, “The Crossroads,” is a musical exploration of the Hill District that blends standard Jewish tunes with jazz to create a soundscape of the neighborhood’s working class history.

  • Students
  • Department of Music
  • Department of History

Ambassador of Good Trouble

This first-generation college student felt welcomed from the moment she set foot on campus. She’s worked to elevate equity and social justice to make the University community even more welcoming for

  • Students
  • Department of Africana Studies
  • Department of Political Science