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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?
Register: Forging Futures Through Black Educational Histories
The 2021 Center for Urban Education Summer Educator Forum, held June 16-19, will focus on what we can learn from Black educational traditions. Anyone is welcome to attend the virtual event.

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