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Pitt’s Day of Caring connected volunteers and the community

108 faculty, staff and students said yes to helping their neighbors on Oct. 17.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Pitt was named one of the best schools for men in nursing

The award from the American Association for Men in Nursing recognizes schools that recruit and support male nurses.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Nursing
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3 Pitt faculty were elected to the National Academy of Medicine

John C. Byrd, Terence S. Dermody and Kate Rubins are among the latest recipients of the prestigious health and medicine honor.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt’s United Way campaign is back for another year of impact

Faculty and staff can give through automatic payroll deductions and vacation time donations — and win prizes in return.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
The Cathedral of Learning. A tree with yellow leaves is in focus in the foreground.

Karen Arndt will give a lecture at a Genetics Society of America gathering

The Dietrich School professor will present the Lee Hartwell Lecture at this year’s Yeast Genetics Meeting.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Thinking about graduate school? These sessions will help you decide what’s next.

The free virtual workshops will guide prospective graduate and professional students through applications, funding, housing and more.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Alumni
  • Cultivate student success
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Pitt is launching its first online undergraduate degree in health informatics and artificial intelligence

The curriculum blends health care knowledge, data science and emerging technology to prepare students to lead in a rapidly evolving digital health landscape.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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The Frederick Honors College has three new experts in residence

This year’s cohort adds new expertise in entrepreneurship and finance, along with a visual artist.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Pitt Law is a best value law school according to National Jurist

The school earned the No. 21 rank in its first appearance on the prestigious list, which honors schools that deliver strong outcomes for graduates while maintaining affordability.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Law
Sylvia Owusu-Ansah poses with two men with the city of Pittsburgh in the background

A film inspired by ‘The Pitt’ consultant Sylvia Owusu-Ansah is now showing across the country

Part of the American Black Film Festival, you can find showings of “In Good Hands” in New York, Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
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More than 100 students competed in soil judging at Pitt-Johnstown

Students from more than a dozen schools gained hands-on experience in evaluating and classifying soil properties.

  • Technology & Science
  • Pitt-Johnstown
  • Cultivate student success
(seated, from left) Samuel W. Black, director of the African American Program at the Heinz History Center; Rob Ruck, professor of history in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; Bobby’s son Rob Grier, Jr.; CNN journalist Fredricka Whitfield (far left).

Bobby Grier’s Sugar Bowl stand: How one Pitt player changed the game

A recent Heinz History Center event commemorated the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Pitt football legend’s watershed moment.

  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Athletics
Loi Martin stands by a recycling bin

Just how clean do recyclables need to be?

In this Q&A, Pitt Sustainability’s Emily Potoczny offers tips for how students, faculty and staff can recycle, compost and reduce their environmental impact without leaving campus.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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Douglas White will lead Pitt’s new Institute for Bioethics

And, Lisa Parker is stepping into a new role as director of the institute’s Center for Research Ethics.

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  • Health and Wellness
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
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Comment on a draft policy regarding research misconduct until Nov. 4

Members of the Pitt community are invited to provide feedback via an online form.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
A panther statue.

2 Pitt Law students took part in a national Jewish graduate student summit in DC

Cooper Feiner and Amallia Rascoe joined the invitation-only Miller Family Partners Summit, an annual convention of Jewish graduate student leaders.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Law
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See photos from Pitt’s Health Sciences Alumni Weekend

More than 300 graduates from the University’s six schools of the health sciences returned to campus to connect with their Pitt community.

  • University News
  • Alumni
The Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Memorial Chapel

Clark Chilson published a book about being nonreligious in Japan

The Dietrich School associate professor’s book explores depictions of religion in the country’s media and popular culture.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt-Greensburg honored 3 alumni at its Blue and Gold Celebration

Dominick Domasky, Melissa Davis and Jamal Woodson are this year’s winners.

  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Cultivate student success
Adam Lowenstein in front of a display showcasing horror films

Pitt has launched a first-of-its-kind Horror Studies Center

Just in time for Halloween, the new Dietrich School center approaches the genre through an interdisciplinary and global lens. See some of the chilling materials.

  • University News
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences