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Thanksgiving Recess reminders
Here’s what students, faculty members and staff on the Pittsburgh need to know about the upcoming break.
Pitt’s circular economy program was honored with a National Innovations in Education Award
The award was granted by the National Sustainability Society, a society for sustainability professionals.
A new way to make phage DNA lays groundwork for better infection treatments
The study, by Graham Hatfull and colleagues, surmounts a long-lasting barrier to constructing the genomes of bacteria-killing viruses.
Pitt is launching a premier scholars program with a $30M gift from alumnus Michael Rees
The gift creates the Rees-Chancellor’s Scholars Program at the University of Pittsburgh’s David C. Frederick Honors College.
Kimberlee Eberle-Sudré named Pitt Chancellor Joan Gabel’s chief of staff
She joins the chancellor’s senior leadership team and assumes a role formerly held by Kevin Washo, who was elevated to senior vice chancellor of external relations in April.
A global competitiveness expert will deliver Pitt’s winter commencement address
The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith, president and CEO of the Council on Competitiveness, will speak to the Class of 2025 during the University’s Dec. 14 ceremony.
10 Pitt-Bradford students presented at the Regional Science Consortium
Three faculty members also shared projects at the event in Erie, Pennsylvania.
15 Pitt researchers were named to Clarivate’s annual Highly Cited list
The ranking highlights the small number of researchers globally who have authored papers in the top 1% by citation.
Meet the 2025 Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship awardees
The annual honors recognize Pitt people as well as regional small businesses whose inventions and companies contribute to the University’s spirit of possibility.
This alumnus is blending bioscience and beauty in the Bay Area
Curve Biosciences co-founder Chuba Oyolu is quick to tell people that art and science are not so different.
Prevention at Pitt partnered with Saxbys on an awareness campaign
This November, pick up a reminder about sexual assault prevention and campus resources with your warm beverage.
Save the date for Pitt’s Community Engaged Scholarship Forum on March 3
Award nominations and proposals for workshops and posters are open now.
Comment on 3 University policies to be decommissioned through Dec. 4
Members of the Pitt community are invited to provide feedback via an online form.
Amy Schroth was named director of development for student affairs
She brings to the new role a deep commitment to fundraising for student experience initiatives.
Grace Kenney won a New Investigator Grant
The assistant professor is mapping uncharted areas of microbial chemistry with funding from the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation.
Pitt’s CEC in the Hill District moving to the New Granada Theater
Neighborhood residents and University community members can visit the Community Engagement Center at its new home on Wylie Avenue starting Feb. 2.
A perfect storm led this Pitt alum into a career as an amusement park artist
In his dream job at Knoebels, Jerry Sassani is also using his archeology degree from the Dietrich School.
Betsy Farmer will step down as Pitt Social Work dean
A national search will be launched to replace Farmer, who will return to the school’s faculty in July 2026.
Justin Kitzes won a Bezos Earth Fund AI Grand Challenge grant
The Dietrich School faculty member is partnering with the National Audubon Society and WildMon to harness artificial intelligence for the health of the planet.
Pitt-Greensburg’s cybersecurity program earned an elite national designation
The BS in Information Technology earned the campus recognition as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Education.
