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Pitt is among 15 to join the Axiom Space University Alliance

The new initiative will advocate for scientific opportunities in microgravity research and commercial innovation in low-Earth orbit, among other priorities.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Pitt Homecoming 2025, in photos

See highlights from the weeklong celebration, which saw Panthers return to the Pittsburgh campus for spirit, tradition and connection.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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The Surukuchi Lab is helping solve mysteries of the universe with CUORE

These Pitt physicists are pushing boundaries in the hunt for neutrinoless double beta decay.

  • Innovation and Research
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This Pitt training teaches a lifesaving skill for responding to cardiac emergencies

The free 45-minute sessions teach participants how to use an automated external defibrillator.

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  • Health and Wellness
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
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RJ Thompson won the Dr. Tom Baker Community Leader Award

The award, granted by local non-profit Get Involved, Inc., recognizes passionate and positive community impact.

  • Community Impact
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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AI’s transformative impact is already here — and other takeaways from this week’s ‘Forging the Future’ summit

Leaders from around the globe gathered at Pitt to explore how emerging technologies are reshaping health care, economic competitiveness and the global innovation economy.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
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  • It's Possible at Pitt
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How SHREC went to the moon — without even knowing

The NSF lab’s radiation-hardened computer system was adopted by the NASA Kennedy Space Center.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Pitt is teaming up with Anthropic and AWS to create an AI-enabled Campus of the Future

The University is the first to launch institution-wide Claude for Education integrated with Amazon Web Services, empowering a new era of learning and innovation across Pitt’s five campuses.

  • Technology & Science
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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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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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.

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  • 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
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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.

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  • Teaching & Learning
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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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.

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  • 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.

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  • Health and Wellness
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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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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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.

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  • Cultivate student success
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  • School of Law
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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