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A new Frederick Honors program brings national experts to Pitt
Experts in residence will help the Pitt community expand their views on the world. Meet Morgan Overton, Sherry Sykes and Damon Young.
5 Pitt researchers will be recognized for their contributions to health psychology
Hear from the former students of these retiring faculty at a daylong symposium on Oct. 27.
Share your input on Pitt’s next provost and senior vice chancellor
Give feedback online or at open forums on Oct. 27 and Oct. 31.
Park Lawrence Rankin, an architect who oversaw $1 billion in improvements to Pitt’s campuses, died at 73
During his 14 years at the University, the devoted architect led hundreds of construction and renovation projects, including the Cathedral of Learning cleaning in 2007.
Cynthia Golden won the 2023 Educause Leadership Award
The former associate provost and executive director of the University Center for Teaching and Learning was recognized for her service to the higher education technology community.
Give feedback on the Swanson School of Engineering’s search for a new dean
Attend the open forum on Oct. 27.
What if we could talk to cells?
Nathan Lord earned an NIH New Innovator Award for his research on the chemical language of the body’s building blocks. It’s work that could transform regenerative medicine.
A Pitt community partnership is transforming the Jupiter Building into a training hub
With support from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and local schools and businesses, Future Works is the outcome of a yearslong effort to revitalize downtown Johnstown.
Leah Jacobs earned a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Justice
The assistant professor in Pitt’s School of Social Work will study the effectiveness of youth interaction training for law enforcement.
Michael Giazzoni is an associate editor for the Concurrent Enrollment Review
The first edition of the independent journal dedicated to research in the field of dual/concurrent enrollment is out now.
These University Art Gallery exhibits spotlight Latinx and Caribbean identities
The series features Puerto Rican silk screen posters and an exploration of water in the Americas. Here’s how two Pitt students helped curate the works.
President Biden gave the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Pitt’s Rory Cooper
The honor — the nation’s highest for technological achievement — is the latest and most significant recognition of Cooper’s decades of innovations in wheelchair technology.
A new Pitt initiative will help lower-income students get to graduation
The Pitt Finish Line Grant will support financially vulnerable students so they can remain enrolled and complete their degrees.
Pitt students brought Pharmacy Appreciation Week to Pittsburgh
The City of Pittsburgh issued a proclamation honoring the community caregivers, who were recognized at a School of Pharmacy celebration.
An NIH director’s award will help Pitt researchers study the vast reach of tiny proteins
Their findings could affect our understanding of everything from genetic diversity to autoimmune diseases.
Pitt Medicine researchers’ findings on brain cells linked to protection against dementia were published in Cell
The results from Hansruedi Mathys’ study suggest there is a link between inhibitory neurons and resilience to Alzheimer’s disease pathology.
Comment on University policies to be decommissioned through Nov. 15
Members of the Pitt community are invited to provide feedback via an online form.
Deborah Moon received a CDC new investigator award
The School of Social Work researchers will study the effects of a community-based maltreatment prevention program for parents.
The Pennsylvania Innocence Project will recognize the work of Pitt student interns
Since 2016, more than 50 University of Pittsburgh students have volunteered to help the wrongfully convicted.
Sean Morrissey won a 2023 Creative Development Award from the Heinz Endowments
The visiting assistant professor will use the $20,000 to establish an experimental printmaking studio.
