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From gen ed to journal publication
Born from frustration and a first-year classroom, senior Maia Stephenson’s work on hip-hop, diversity and rhetoric has earned her publication credits, funding and community connections.
Unhindered
In January 2019, Pitt people performed UPMC’s first-ever in utero surgery for spina bifida. See how toddler Emery Greene Mullen is doing today.
Be Well
Many clinicians struggle with their mental health, but “when it’s you, you might not see it,” says Sansea Jacobson, associate professor of psychiatry.
Three views on one strange year
What was it like to choose Pitt sight unseen? To live on campus? Teach a class? Three Pitt people reflect on their first year at the University.
Hail to faculty and staff!
Pitt leaders express their appreciation for the professionalism, dedication and countless contributions of faculty and staff members during the 2020-21 academic year.
Hometown head start
Madison Kornides, a student in Pitt’s guaranteed pharmacy admissions program, fought COVID-19 in her hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and beyond.
Printing a better microgrid
Future electronic displays will be thin, flexible and durable. Pitt engineers are finding ways to make the tech better and cheaper through tiny electric grids.
Pulled Away from the Lab
Imagine you’re a graduate student in the biomedical sciences. Your training requires a significant amount of time at the lab bench. Then a pandemic hits. How do you move forward?
New views on sickle cell
Learn about the new imaging techniques Pitt bioengineering researchers are using to study the disease’s impact on the brain.
Trans kids have long sought health care
The struggles of trans children in the era before modern medicine show not just how trans youths are far from a new phenomenon but also how tenacious they were compared to their parents and doctors
From Togo to Pittsburgh and Beyond
Koffi Kengbo (GSPIA ’21) wants to return to Togo to help give people the freedom to speak up.
From the archives: Pitt Pride
To kick off Pride Month, revisit some of the achievements, research and conversations going on at the University of Pittsburgh about and with the LGBTQ+ community.
Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week 2021
From June 7-11, join celebrations of the faculty and staff who make Pitt great. Plus, thank your favorite Pitt people for a chance to win prizes.
Perspective: Never forget, ever honor
Office of Veterans Services Director Aryanna Berringer reflects on the meaning of Memorial Day and the civilian/military divide in America.
Book excerpt: a massacre, not a riot
Ahead of the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre on May 31, read an excerpt from Professor Alaina E. Roberts’ new book that depicts the lead-up to and aftermath of that brutal event.
Cybersecurity target acquired: Local teens
Pitt’s AFA CyberCamp, now in its fifth year, is training teens to fight the next generation of threats to America. This year, the program is reserving a quarter of its slots for kids in communities
Assembled
Yesterday, the final steel beam topped off The Assembly—a 250,000-square-foot biomedical building that will house state-of-the-art Pitt laboratories and research. Construction workers and Pitt leaders
She Won’t Stop Until She Hits the C-Suite
Recent Pitt Business grad Katie Gerber wants to become a CPA and represent women in the upper levels of management. See how Panthers Forward, the Smart Women Securities group and faculty mentorship
Art and engineering collide
Mechanical engineering student Aarti Patel found inspiration in outer space during an artistic internship at NASA this spring.
What’s out there?
As the U.S. government prepares to share an unclassified report on “unidentified aerial phenomena,” we asked Pitt experts to weigh in.
