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Summer Pitt Public Health programs spark passion for the field

High schoolers and undergraduate students worked closely with faculty mentors at Pitt and presented their research for their mentors and educators — and even the CDC.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Public Health
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What’s on President Gregerson’s back-to-school playlist

The Pitt-Greensburg leader and musicophile suggested 11 bops to help you succeed in the new school year.

  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Pitt Arrival
A group of incoming medical students pose in their white coats

Pitt welcomed its newest class of medical students

More than 150 incoming students received their white coats and recited the Hippocratic Oath during ceremonies this summer.

  • University News
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program has a new hybrid option. It’s changing online learning.

Students from across the country are completing their coursework online, then coming to Pittsburgh to hone their skills in person. Here’s how program could be transformative for underserved areas.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Light shines around the edge of Saturn's moon Enceladus

We should investigate Saturn’s moon Enceladus for life beyond Earth, this Pitt volcanologist says

Ian Flynn argues that plumes of water shooting from below the moon’s surface merit a closer look for organic matter — and NASA agrees.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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5 fun outdoor adventures near Pitt-Johnstown

Experience kayaking, geocaching, gardens and more — all within a 30-minute drive from campus.

  • Pitt-Johnstown
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There’s a dire shortage of Black K-12 teachers. This Pitt program is drawing students to the field.

In partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools, Genius, Joy and Love is showing young adults the transformative power of teaching and diversifying local schools.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education
Metamaterials constructed with Alavi's algorithm

Survival of the fittest, AI style

Pitt engineer Amir Alavi built an algorithm that’s producing new materials with unique properties. Here’s how they could help build the future.

  • Technology & Science
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Bruce stands in front of a graffiti wall

Why public art is essential to community, from Pittsburgh to Paris

Associate Professor Caitlin Bruce studies how murals and graffiti vivify public spaces.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Binh Khanh Mai and Peng Liu sit on a classroom desk in front of a whiteboard

A new chemical process makes it easier to craft amino acids that don’t exist in nature

The research, published in Science by a team including Pitt chemists, could open the door to new protein-based therapies.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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These paid Pitt apprentices will fill gaps in the dental industry

The School of Dental Medicine’s 14-month dental assistant training program aims to address shortages while preparing students for the career.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Students
  • School of Dental Medicine
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This alumna fought to swim while at Pitt; she hasn't left the water since

60 years after starting Pitt's women's swim team, Georgia McDaniel is returning to the pool that started it all.

Duprex stands in his lab

Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research is already preparing for the next pandemic

Three years after the emergence of COVID-19, Pitt scientists are studying the families of viruses that might produce the next one.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Center for Vaccine Research
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Public Health
A researcher in gloves and a lab coat takes notes in the Aging Institute laboratory

A $1 million grant will fund aging research at Pitt

These latest awards, which will fund four faculty projects, follow $750,000 in grants also made by the Richard King Mellon Foundation in fall 2022.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Breast milk contains unique antibodies, Pitt researchers found

A new study from Pitt Med researchers might explain why some babies develop life-threatening gut diseases and others don’t.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
Cassaro holds an antique music book in front of a shelf of boxes of archives

What did silent films sound like?

A newly digitized collection of silent film music at Pitt is already getting attention from historians recreating an important era of cinema.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The Perseverance rover on Mars

New Perseverance rover research provides more signs of possible organic molecules on Mars

Though not conclusive, the paper in Nature co-led by a Pitt PhD student strengthens the Martian evidence for chemicals that could be associated with life.

  • Space
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A portrait of Gabel

Pitt welcomes Joan T.A. Gabel as its 19th chancellor

Watch the leader’s first official message to the Pitt community and share your thoughts with her in a survey.

  • University News
  • Chancellor
The Cathedral of Learning

3 Pitt Med researchers were named AAAS policy fellows

Stephanie Mutchler, Amelia Stephens and R. Anne Stetler will learn the ins and outs of policymaking while sharing their scientific knowledge during yearlong assignments at federal agencies.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt announces 4 new associate deans

The role of Associate Dean for Equity, Faculty Recruitment, and Community Engagement is new.

  • University News
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences