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Pitt Joins Wellcome Leap’s Global Network to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Human Health

The University of Pittsburgh joins 21 other leading academic and research institutions in the Leap Breakthrough Network. Its charge? Spark breakthrough scientific and technological solutions in human

  • Innovation and Research

Katz MBA Rises to New Heights in The Economist Rankings

Now ranked No. 30 in the world, the Master of Business Administration program in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business jumped 23 spots in The Economist’s 2020-21 rankings. The Katz MBA also

A black-and-white photo of Ella P. Stewart writing on paper at a desk

Meet Ella P. Stewart, the first Black woman to graduate from Pitt's pharmacy school

The first Black woman to graduate from Pitt's pharmacy school triumphed over racial barriers "with dignity and an effortless grace."

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Pharmacy

Students: Keep Connected and Safe with These Three Apps

Pitt IT encourages students on all campuses to download the Pitt Mobile, Rave Guardian and Duo Mobile apps.

K. Leroy Irvis

This Pitt Law alumnus was the first Black American since Reconstruction to serve as speaker of a state House of Representatives.

Creating a Just Community at Pitt

Special honors were given this week to Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems and Department of Africana Studies Chair Yolanda Covington-Ward, who led the development of Pitt’s new Anti-Black

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Department of Africana Studies
  • Center on Race and Social Problems

Jean Hamilton Walls: The First African American Woman to Earn a PhD at Pitt

The first African American woman to earn a PhD at Pitt went on to a distinguished educational career spanning four decades.

Scholars at Risk Program Provides a Home for Vietnamese Pop Star-Turned-Activist

Mai Khoi, in exile because of her political beliefs, has found a home at Pitt and is thriving under the Scholars at Risk program. Watch her latest performance, “Bad Activist,” on Jan. 27 at noon.

  • Department of Theatre Arts

New Pitt-Greensburg Reading Series Focuses on Diversity of America

Voices: Celebrating the Beauty and Diversity of America’s Literary Landscape launches Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. The free virtual series brings together student writers and award-winning authors.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Alumna, Instructor founds National Society of Black Physician Assistants

Kathryn Reed (SHRS ’14 ’16G) wants to make Pitt and the physician assistant profession itself more inclusive.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Pitt-Led NIH Trial Platform Shows Blood Thinners Decrease Need for Life Support in COVID-19 Patients

Early results of the trial, which is part of a three-trial platform consortium spanning more than 300 hospitals worldwide, found that full doses of heparin, a blood thinner, were not only safe but

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Surgery
  • Covid-19

Annual Social Justice Symposium Sought Common Ground for the Common Good

Miss yesterday’s symposium? We’ve got a recap of the conversations, which ranged from what to call protestors, how trauma relates to violence and how storytelling can foster belonging.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Gabriella Ogude in a black scarf and tan jacket in front of the Washington Monument

Pitt senior on Presidential Inaugural Committee’s media and logistics team sees history unfold

Enhanced security and pandemic precautions limited the number of people at the Inauguration Day proceedings, but Gabriella Ogude was able to see history in the making.

  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The Petersen Event Center

Pitt and Allegheny County partner to vaccinate patient-facing students

On Jan. 28 and 29, the Allegheny County Health Department will provide COVID-19 vaccinations to Pitt health care students in the state’s Group 1A designation at the University’s Petersen Events Center

  • Covid-19

Behind the Executive Order that Could Politicize Civil Service

For decades, presidents routinely replaced large swaths of the government workforce, often requiring them to pay fees to political parties in exchange for their jobs. Professor Barry Mitnick explains

Understanding the Role of Race in Business

In a new course and upcoming Racial Justice Web Forum, Paul T. Harper examines the intersection of business, ethics and race in America. Register for the five-part forum, which begins Jan. 22.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Advice for the Next President

As the Biden-Harris presidential transition begins, Pitt experts share their thoughts on racial justice, immigration and other significant issues that face the incoming administration.

  • Department of Political Science
  • Department of Film and Media Studies
  • Department of Africana Studies

Research Aims to Understand, Curb Misinformation on COVID-19 Vaccines

Fueled by a grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, researchers in Pitt’s Center for Research on Behavioral Health, Media and Technology are studying and combating false online information

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
  • Department of Medicine
  • Covid-19

Deadline Extended for New Art Initiative

Artists have until Feb. 1 to submit their work to the “Don’t Look Away: Because Mattering is the Minimum” exhibit, which asks the question, “What does Black Lives Matter mean to you?” The exhibit will

  • Department of Theatre Arts

Library Helps You Get to Know Dr. King

A new online resource from the University Library System serves as an entry point into learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. “Activism starts with awareness, and that’s what this guide