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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
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
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
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
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
Kamron Khodjaev sitting  on steps outside with his hands folded

This startup is helping the insurance industry understand autonomous vehicles

Self-driving cars need to be insured if they’re going to become part of our daily lives. Koop Technologies, formed by international students at Pitt-Bradford, is collecting the data to make it happen

  • Technology & Science
  • Alumni
  • Pitt-Bradford
De’Jovia Davis wearing blue and gold uniform

Pitt’s first Black female assistant drum major marches with passion and persistence

De’Jovia Davis may have been raised in the South, but she discovered her home at Pitt Band.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Valerie Kinloch holding up her hand and smiling with a young girl

New Pitt School of Education program supports future Black educators

The initiative seeks to add 35 Black teachers to the Pittsburgh Public School District over seven years.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Education
  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
Haben Girma wearing red shirt in front of blue background

Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems marks 20 years with lecture on disability justice

Hear from human rights lawyer and White House Champion of Change Haben Girma Feb. 2 at 4:45 p.m.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
People gathered in the Cathedral of Learning wearing black shirts

Save the date for these Black History Month programs at Pitt

See the Blue, Gold and Black Experience Gallery, contribute to a new digital archive and attend the Black Excellence Bash.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Blue Pitt box truck parked next to EV charging station.

Latest greenhouse gas inventory shows Pitt's progress toward carbon neutrality

A report led by grad student Jessica Vaden shows a decrease in campus emissions by almost a third since 2008.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Colorful illustration of microorganisms

How fecal transplants could transform cancer care

Changing bacteria in the gut can cause remarkable effects in some melanoma patients, Pitt researchers proved.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
Multiple red lanterns lit up in the dark to celebrate the Lunar New Year.

Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Pitt student groups

Here are three ways to ring in the Year of the Tiger, beginning Feb. 1.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion