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James W. Gallaher, Jr. will lead Pitt HR

The new vice chancellor will oversee all human resources teams, programs and services, starting Dec. 1.

  • University News
  • Staff
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A little-studied brain circuit could have big effects on learning

New research led by a Pitt undergrad and psychology’s Jamie Hanson could inform interventions to help children who experience high levels of stress.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt teams tapped to develop 'Google Maps' of cells important in aging

The National Institutes of Health has given two Pitt projects $31 million to create a molecular atlas that could help researchers understand age-related diseases as diverse as cancer and dementia.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • School of Medicine
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Extremism prevention experts gather in Pittsburgh to ‘Eradicate Hate’

The inaugural summit features Pitt notables including Bailey Dean of the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Kathleen Blee and Chancellor Emeritus Pittsburgh Mark Nordenberg.

  • Community Impact
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Relationship Violence Awareness Month offers ways to support survivors

Speak with advocates, break through the bystander effect, and talk about healthy relationships.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
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4 scary stories from Pitt’s Nationality Rooms

Quo Vadis is giving Halloween tours. Go — if you dare.

  • University News
  • Students
  • Cathedral of Learning
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A laser concept developed by Pitt physicists could surpass a 60-year-old limitation

The proposed design, which uses tech borrowed from quantum computers, is so radical that it doesn’t even qualify as a laser.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt researchers receive National Institutes of Health grants to support 'trailblazing' ideas in biomedical science

“The science put forward by this cohort is exceptionally novel and creative and is sure to push at the boundaries of what is known,” the NIH director said.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt undergrads take on the world for a $1 million prize at the Indianapolis Autonomous Challenge

“The whole global autonomous community will be watching.”

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • Students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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This play about climate collapse and butterflies was sustainably produced

You can see the Department of Theatre Arts’ play ‘Somewhere’ through Oct. 22.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Students
  • Department of Theatre Arts
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Award-winning virologist Paul Duprex wants the best and brightest working on vaccines

The place to start? Kids in Pittsburgh.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Johnstown
  • Center for Vaccine Research
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Computer science alum wins Sheth award for making internet access more equitable

Ihsan Qazi is working to make cheap smartphones as efficient as more expensive models and re-engineer websites to render on affordable devices.

  • Technology & Science
  • Alumni
  • Global
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How Lina Dostilio and the new Office of Engagement and Community Affairs connect Pitt to the larger world

In this Q&A, the new vice chancellor explains what “community engagement” is and how her created office continues to foster Pitt’s long legacy of community partnerships.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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Civic Action Week gets students, faculty and staff out in the city

The second annual week of events prompted the Pitt community not just to volunteer, but to engage with bigger questions around civic responsibility and organizing.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Latinx Student Association helps students feel at home

Members and advisors of the group say it’s an important cultural and social space for Pitt’s growing Latinx student population, which has doubled since 2011.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Why some education reforms stick and others don't

A study by Eleanor Anderson in the School of Education shows what it takes to make educational reforms rise above the ‘churn.’

  • School of Education
  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
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Facilities apprenticeship program brings new levels of Hill District community partnership and collaboration

The new program is providing meaningful career opportunities for residents like Lemel Alexander.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Festival showcases Latin American and Caribbean cultures

Food, fun and feather headdresses made for a vibrant scene outside the William Pitt Union during the Center for Latin American Studies’ annual festival, held at Pitt since 1979. See the photos.

  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Center for Latin American Studies
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Pitt CFO Hari Sastry testifies before Pennsylvania House of Representatives

“Universities will look different,” he warned, if state appropriations are cut.

  • University News
  • Students
  • Community Impact
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Behind the scenes of Antony Blinken’s campus visit

See the researchers, projects and spaces that greeted the Secretary of State.

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • Center for Vaccine Research