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5 Pitt faculty members receive the 2021 Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum
The award is given to faculty who have successfully integrated diversity in the curriculum and inclusion in the classroom.
Pitt trustee SaLisa Berrien receives Black Founders Fund award from Google for Startups
The award will be used to expand her Tampa-based renewable energy services company, COI Energy.
Year of Data and Society awards second round of projects
The deadline for the next round of funding is Feb. 1.
Register by Friday for She Innovates, a hackathon celebrating women in tech
The Women in Computer Science, School of Computing and Information and the Big Idea Center will host the event for newcomers to tech and seasoned professionals.
Honors College undergrads are digitizing collections at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History
The group’s 3D scans will be featured in an upcoming exhibit showing how objects made their way from Egypt to Pittsburgh.
A day in the life of Three River Battalion’s ‘Star Man’
Senior Matthew Starinsky is charged with leading 217 fellow cadets from 14 colleges and universities in the greater Pittsburgh region.
Pittsburgh Action Against Rape, OEDI offer walk-in hours
January sessions will be virtual, with in-person walk-in hours returning in February.
What you need to know about Dry January
Taking a break from booze? Sober curious? Abstaining from alcohol can improve your health. Learn more about University resources for students.
Difficult Conversations: So you messed up. Here's how to apologize.
Karina Schumann, director of Pitt’s Conflict Resolution Lab, shares her tips in this Q&A.
Pitt’s Boo Kyung Jung received a grant from the Academy of Korean Studies
The grant is in the amount of $21,000.
University Center for Teaching and Learning names director for equitable and inclusive teaching
The new director will evaluate teaching initiatives and work with faculty to assess the learning process.
Pitt Seed Program issues call for pitches to advance the Plan for Pitt
The funding program is looking for ideas that align with the new strategic plan and that make the University an even better place to learn, teach and work.
The University of Pittsburgh is launching an undergraduate public health program
More than 800 students have already applied for the inaugural class starting this fall.
Remembering the 1969 Computer Center Take Over
On Jan. 15, 1969, students in the Black Action Society staged a nonviolent sit-in to demand change from Pitt. Read four participants’ accounts in this oral history.
A Pitt astronomer is helping assemble the biggest-ever 3D map of the universe
The massive Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument project has already mapped millions of galaxies. It’s thanks to Jeff Newman that they know where to look.
New scholarship agreement helps graduate students in the sciences
Pitt’s partnership with an all-women, all-volunteer philanthropic organization is getting deeper, stronger and planning for perpetuity.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day events postponed
The Martin Luther King Day of Service and the Martin Luther King Social Justice Symposium will be rescheduled for later this spring, due to the University’s shelter-in-place policy.
Watch: The Pitt Time Capsule Project tracked the Class of 2021 from start to finish
Nine students shared how their lives changed in this Student Affairs video series.
These windows will outsmart the elements
The Pitt and Oxford researchers' design harnesses the sun’s energy in winter and reflects it in the summer.
