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Gabby Yearwood wearing grey suit with patterned blue bowtie

This Pitt anthropologist studies race, class and sports. Here’s what he thinks about the 2022 Olympics.

Gabby M.H. Yearwood turned his experience as the only Black kid on the ice rink into a career of thinking critically about the cultural importance of sports.

  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Doctor pricking a patients finger with a needle to test blood sugar

A new global study will address disparities in access to insulin

Pitt has been awarded a grant to determine whether long-acting analogue insulin is better than other treatments for Type 1 diabetes.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • School of Medicine
Pittsburgh Campus Aerial View

New name and new era for Pitt Public Health

The School of Public Health is dropping “graduate” from its name to reflect its expanding offerings.

  • Health and Wellness
  • University News
  • School of Public Health
The Cathedral of Learning with surrounding trees during the daytime

All Angles, a new Pitt speaker series, will help students explore differing viewpoints

The series kicks off with national political reporter Salena Zito and BridgeUSA CEO Manu Meel.

  • University News
  • Students
Paul Supowitz speaking at a podium

Pennsylvania's next budget has high stakes for Pitt's in-state students and families

Legislators are starting to work on the state’s budget, and Pennsylvania students’ tuition discount is at risk. Here’s what you need to know.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Students
Elayne Arrington standing with her arms folded in front of chalkboard

Meet one of Pitt's ‘hidden figures’

After becoming the first Black woman to graduate from the Swanson School of Engineering, Elayne Arrington made aerospace history, too.

  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
  • Swanson School of Engineering
UPMC doctor speaking to student at a desk

A new Pitt-UPMC residency program is bringing better health care to patients in rural Pennsylvania

Second- and third-year residents will work in Tioga and Potter counties as part of the only such program in north-central Pennsylvania.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Medicine
Space station floating in space above Earth

The International Space Station got new Pitt-designed computers and sensors

The toaster oven-sized system can see cars, roads and trees from space.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Illustration of woman with flowers covering her mouth

There's more to health inequities than income

Modern medicine promises bountiful health, so why have Black Americans been left behind? The risk factor is not race, but racism and its legacy.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Medicine
Tim Stevens standing outside wearing black coat during winter

Advice for activists from a former Pittsburgh NAACP president and Pitt alumnus

Tim Stevens has been advocating for Black people’s civil rights for 50 years.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
Adam Change wearing Pitt hoodie and posing for photo with a friend in orange hat

Meet the Pitt alumnus giving a voice to NFL China

Adam Chang started commentating football games for Tencent Sports in September.

  • Global
  • Alumni
Two people forming a heart shape with their hands

Advice for the best relationship from a Pitt psychologist

This Valentine’s Day, relationship expert Amanda Forest shares her research on how to be a supportive partner.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Pitt lacrosse team wearing gear on field

Pitt's new lacrosse team kicks off its inaugural season Feb. 11

Head coach Emily Boissonneault also debuts in the match. Here's how you can watch.

  • University News
  • Athletics
Anna Balazs wearing a purple sweater and smiling

Pitt professor named to the National Academy of Engineers

Anna Balazs is the first Swanson School faculty member to also have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

  • Faculty
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Close-up view of plants growing in micro-farm

4 new hydroponic micro-farms are feeding Pitt students

Over winter recess, Pitt became home to the largest installation of micro-farming units on any campus in the country.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
Pregnant woman in yellow dress sitting in a kitchen using a blood pressure monitor.

Pitt and UPMC researchers improve heart-disease monitoring after pregnancy

Their at-home system for tracking blood pressure and providing ongoing care recently won a federal award.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Medicine
Two people smiling and celebrating Juneteenth

The University of Pittsburgh adds Juneteenth as an observed holiday

Beginning this academic year, all campuses will close in observation of Juneteenth, often referred to as Black Independence Day.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Street Medicine workers helping the homeless near a bridge

Street Medicine at Pitt serves Pittsburghers without homes — and educates future medical professionals

On a cold night in January, students headed downtown to provide health care, cold weather supplies and a listening ear.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
Michael Hatridge with two students in lab

Pitt physicists built their very own quantum computer

While impressive for its size alone, the Lego-like computer’s real innovation is in how its components are connected.

  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Art exhibition with drawings of people's faces on brown paper bags

See the University Art Gallery’s longest-running Black women’s exhibit

Quilts, photos, paintings and other artworks from 22 artists form the Women of Visions exhibit, which is on display through Feb. 25.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences