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1 in 2 Black adolescents faced online racial discrimination in 2020, a Pitt study found

That’s significantly higher than previously documented, say the Pitt researchers who studied more than 600 youth over an 8-month period.

  • Technology & Science
  • Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC)
  • School of Education
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Learn to fight inequity at this year’s Diversity Forum

The University’s signature inclusion event features 65 free sessions that will help participants learn, heal and grow. Here’s a preview of the workshops, performances and art.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Meet the University’s only female motorcycle officer

In addition to cruising campus, Sgt. Jessica Urban coordinates Pitt Police’s participation in the Special Olympics of Pennsylvania and serves as a field training officer.

  • Our City/Our Campus
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9 Pitt students and alumni named Fulbright scholars

The study abroad fellowship is among the most prestigious and competitive awards for American scholars.

  • Global
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Education
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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This alumna is helping Chile usher in a new era

Lucia Dammert (GSPIA ’97) is at the center of the country’s rebirth as chief of advisors to President Gabriel Boric.

  • Global
  • Alumni
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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A program to help under-resourced students succeed got him through pharmacy school

First-generation student Jerry Mascara says TRIO Student Support Services gave him the sense of belonging and study skills he needed to launch his career.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Pharmacy
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Pitt researchers pulled 700,000 years of glacial history from an Andean lakebed

It’s the longest-ever glacier record for the tropics, and it could help scientists better understand modern-day climate change.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
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Stimulating the spinal cord helps improve arm control in paralyzed macaques, a Pitt study found

The team’s new technology could help humans with limited arm function regain movement.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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This Pitt-supported free job training program is filling a dire need in research

A partnership with Manchester Bidwell Corporation is making sure the region’s clinical research studies have the talent they need to make groundbreaking discoveries.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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Pittsburgh’s Neighborhood 91 will be home to futuristic manufacturing

A recent event at the Neighborhood 91 campus brought together the regional defense manufacturing community and showed the promise of 3D printing for industry.

  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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She's the first winner of a new scholarship to support LGBTQ+ medical students

Elyse Mark, student coordinator for Pitt’s Medical Student Pride Alliance, received the inaugural Dena Hofkosh Award.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Medicine
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Here’s what Pitt is doing to spend more money with diverse businesses

Meet Jennifer Barnes, Pitt’s supplier diversity and sustainability coordinator who’s helping Pennsylvania businesses thrive at Pitt.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Robots are driving their US co-workers to substance abuse, a Pitt study found

Analysis of data from the U.S. and Germany found that automation reduces workplace injuries but has a negative effect on American workers’ mental health.

  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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State lawmakers voted to fund Pitt and save the in-state tuition rate

The University of Pittsburgh will receive nearly $152 million in state funding for the 2022-23 academic year, which will help nearly 17,000 undergraduates and their families.

  • University News
Frederick, Sophia Lynn, Baroness Valerie Amos and Chancellor Gallagher

A gift from David C. Frederick will benefit students at the University of Pittsburgh and University College at Oxford University

The David C. Frederick Honors College at the University of Pittsburgh is named in honor of the Pitt alumnus (A&S ’83) and Rhodes Scholar.

  • Global
  • Alumni
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt alumna’s book explores what happens when a nurse becomes a patient

Theresa Brown (NURS ’07) got cancer — and a whole new perspective on the medical system. The best-selling author shared her experience in her latest book, "Healing."

  • School of Nursing
  • Health and Wellness
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Rick Esch has been appointed president of Pitt’s Bradford and Titusville campuses

Esch, a Pitt-Bradford alumnus, has been serving as interim president for the past year.

  • University News
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Pitt-Titusville
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6 ways to get outside this July

There’s plenty to do this month, including baseball games, the return of Picklesburgh, and movies in the park.

  • Our City/Our Campus
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Pitt’s first Black provost, Donald M. Henderson, dies at 91

Henderson (A&S ’67G) “transformed the role of provost, and the University of Pittsburgh itself, during his tenure here,” Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said.

  • Staff
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Go behind the scenes of the Pitt Nationality Room that portrays colonial life in America

Get a closer look at how English colonists lived before the founding of the United States of America.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Nationality Rooms Program and Intercultural Exchange