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2 Pitt teams earned Mid-Atlantic Emmy nominations
Staffers from the University’s Office of Marketing and Communications and Center for Teaching and Learning created the outstanding videos.
3 Pitt campuses are among this year’s Colleges of Distinction
The University’s Pittsburgh, Bradford and Johnstown campuses made the list for helping students learn, grow and succeed.
A Responsible Data Science project will explore extreme human altruism
The Pitt initiative will collaborate with the Carnegie Hero Fund to make its 121 years of data on heroes available to researchers.
Pitt-Titusville student Spencer Riley received a Nightingale Scholarship
The competitive scholarship recognizes outstanding nursing students across Pennsylvania who demonstrate academic excellence, leadership and a commitment to the profession.
Susan Shea is a collaborator on a red blood cell research project
The Pitt Medicine professor will work with Carnegie Mellon University scientists on the 21-month DARPA investigation.
A Pitt team received a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health
Jamie Hanson, Jennifer Silk and Dana Tudorascu will use the funding to study early life adversity.
Pitt received a grant renewal for its Kessler Scholars program
The four-year extension supports Pitt’s first-generation student success initiatives. Meet the 20 students in this year’s cohort.
High schoolers explored global solutions through the Governor’s School partnership with Open Lab
Using Pitt’s makerspace resources, students from across Pennsylvania created projects that addressed complex global challenges like fast fashion and misinformation.
A Pitt alumna soars as the sideline reporter for Super Bowl champs
Devan Kaney reported from the field as the Philadelphia Eagles captured the Lombardi Trophy.
Pitt’s 2024-25 United Way campaign raised $700K to support neighbors in need
Across the University’s five campuses, 1,675 donated and volunteered to help people throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Todd Reeser will conduct research through France’s Gender Institute
The Pitt professor will collaborate on teaching and research within the University of Paris system.
A new study led by Laura Mike was published in Nature Communications
Researchers in Pitt’s Division of Infectious Diseases identified how a common amino acid triggers hypervirulence in a highly infectious strain of bacteria.
A new study by Jeremy Levy was published in Science Advances
He teamed up with former Pitt researcher Andrew Daley on the research, which developed a programmable platform that could provide new ways to explore electrons in chiral systems.
Solve your stage fright thanks to this Pitt alumna
Claire Sabatine merged her backgrounds in business and stage production to create Powerplay, a project that empowers her clients to master public speaking.
Pitt was awarded $489K through TRIO Student Support Services
The federal grant aims to improve college retention and graduation rates for low-income and first-generation students and students with disabilities.
Pitt Public Health established a new award, funded through the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
The Justin Reid Ehrenwerth Emerging Scholar Award will allow local students from under-resourced high schools to attend Pitt’s Public Health Science Academy.
This Pitt-Bradford partnership will make getting a chiropractic degree more affordable
Eligible students can earn both a bachelor’s and Doctor of Chiropractic degree in just seven years through guaranteed admission to Northeast College of Health Sciences.
Melissa Libertus was selected for a Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society fellowship
The associate professor of psychology is one of five researchers in the inaugural cohort.
Brian Dubenion is Pitt’s inaugural associate dean of student culture and community
The new role will advance the University’s commitment to a campus environment grounded in respect, accountability and ethical student engagement.
Pitt-Greensburg’s biology national honor society won an Outstanding Chapter of the Year award
The campus’ Theta Pi chapter of Beta Beta Beta received that and other honors at the organization’s recent regional meeting.
