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Pitt-developed innovations win chancellor's commercialization funding

Faculty from the Swanson School of Engineering and the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences were awarded a total of $25,000.

  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Innovation and Research
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Pitt-Greensburg women's basketball was ranked third in its division for academic honors

The Bobcats posted a 3.647 team GPA, only 0.0026 points away from first place.

  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Athletics

Nutrition and Dietetics Program Offering Balanced Diet of Clinical Experiences

Tom Hritz, clinical nutrition manager for UPMC Mercy and Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, has been welcoming students into the clinic with him for nearly 13 years.

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Pitt-Greensburg was named a 2017-18 College of Distinction

For the second consecutive year, the regional campus was honored for its innovative application of high-impact educational practices.

  • Pitt-Greensburg
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Evan Waxman was recognized for medical student education

The annual honor is given by the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology and the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

  • Department of Ophthalmology
  • School of Medicine
  • Teaching & Learning

Shadow Bandits Ready for Eclipse Day

Pitt’s Shadow Bandits, a research team of students, faculty and staff, will livestream the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse and conduct research — from 100,000 feet — as part of a nationwide NASA project.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Allegheny Observatory
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Students

Arrival Survival tips ease campus move-in

More than 7,000 students will be moving onto Pitt's campus Aug. 21-25. Two of Arrival Survival's coordinators share their insider tips on how to make the big move-in as smooth as possible.

  • Undergraduate students
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Pitt Arrival

Hesselbein Leadership Forum Established in Partnership with Distinguished Alumna

The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs will be home to the forum, named for Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and Pitt alumna Frances Hesselbein.

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Margaret Rosenzweig won the 2017 PNC Caring Award

The professor of nursing was selected for her involvement in the community and encouraging diversity in the health sciences.

  • School of Nursing
  • Community Impact

Philosophy of Science Summer Program on Mission to Bring Diversity Into the Field

The inaugural Pittsburgh Summer Program of Pitt's Center for Philosophy of Science hosted 15 students from around the U.S. and Canada with the long-term goal of bringing more women and people from

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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4 Pitt researchers received New Initiatives grants from the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation

The two teams will study how pollen can transmit viruses between plants and wiring for quantum computers.

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Innovation and Research

School of Medicine Alumnus Devotes Skills, Time to Treating People in Conflict Zones

As a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders, alumnus Brian D'Cruz has treated trauma patients in Chad, Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic. In 2013, he headed to Syria.

  • Alumni
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Roc-ettes have fun and gain real-world experience at Red Bull Flugtag event

With partly cloudy skies and an inconsistent tail wind, the Pitt team members gave their 24-foot aircraft a running shove off a platform on the Allegheny River. Find out how they did.

  • Students
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Computational Research Could Take the Guesswork Out of Creating New Metals

Creating new metals has long been a trial and error process, but Pitt engineering research could help to make producing everything from steel beams to solar cells more efficient and sustainable.

  • Innovation and Research
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Chandralekha Singh co-led the International Conference on Women in Physics

The professor was one of two team leaders of the U.S. delegation at the July conference.

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Legal News and Research Service Is Fast, Informed Spin on Traditional Law Journal

Since 1996, the student-powered publication JURIST has examined current events from a legal standpoint, distilling daily news into articles for the law community and beyond, 365 days a year.

Study of Specialized Weights Aims to Make Manual Wheelchair Users Stronger Faster

For wheelchair users, increased upper-body strength could improve their quality of life. A Pitt study is looking at whether vibrating weights could speed up the weight-training process.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology
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Student engineers will learn on the fly for the Red Bull 'Flugtag' contest in Pittsburgh

On Aug. 5, the "Roc-ettes" team of engineers will put their skills to the test at Red Bull Flugtag, a flying-machine competition.

  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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2 Pitt regional campuses made the best northeastern colleges list

The Princeton Review has included Bradford on the list for 14 consecutive years and Johnstown, 12.

  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Pitt-Johnstown

AIDS Free Pittsburgh aims for no new cases and lower HIV rate in Allegheny County by 2020

AIDS Free Pittsburgh is uniting more than 20 local groups, including Pitt, to fight the epidemic. In 2015, nearly 3,000 people in Allegheny County were living with HIV.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus