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Adi Mittal pipetting in the lab

This Pitt medical student wants to make tests for cerebral aneurysms simpler and more effective

Adi Mittal balances research, classwork and business as a student and startup founder.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute
  • School of Medicine
Portrait of Justin Kitzes.

Justin Kitzes received funding from Google for his high-tech approach to ecology and conservation

The assistant professor of biological sciences uses audio recorders and AI methods to scale up how scientists track patterns in nature.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The onsite Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh’s annual clinic provided evaluations and free hearing aids.

This year’s Mission of Mercy Pittsburgh clinic filled health care gaps for more than 1,500 patients

Hearing, vision and dental care is rarely covered by insurance. Here’s how 1,000 volunteers, many of them Pitt people, stepped in to help.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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2 dozen Pitt researchers made Clarivate’s annual Highly Cited list

This select group of authors come from a wide breadth of research areas, and their papers are ranked in the top 1% by citation worldwide.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Pitt-Bradford panther statue.

Pitt-Bradford research teams presented at an American Chemical Society regional meeting

Students and faculty teamed up to study supercapacitors, the behavior of molecules, new chemistry experiments for students and more.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Cultivate student success
Two people hold up blue photo stars with the text "Pitt."

Employees, you can now share your career milestones with these Pitt graphics

Celebrate work anniversaries, accomplishments and promotions with downloadable designs.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Colorful fall leaves frame the Cathedral of Learning

Comment on University policies to be decommissioned through Dec. 16

Members of the Pitt community are invited to provide feedback on the Assessment of English Language Proficiency for Admission policy via an online form.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Community and Pitt speakers gather to speak to a crowd at an event at t at Hazelwood Avenue and Lytle Street, where it was announcement about the Hazelwood CEC was made.

Pitt’s third Community Engagement Center has found its home in Greater Hazelwood

The CEC will be housed in Center of Life’s new headquarters, which will offer neighborhood residents a variety of services, classes and wellness programming.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Promote accountability and trust
A blue flag with a Pitt shield

The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center won 3 HPCwire Awards

PSC was honored at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis for work with its flagship Bridges-2 computer.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • It's Possible at Pitt
Carey

Tony Carey won an American Political Science Association mentor award

He earned this year’s Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for working with Latino junior faculty.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Cultivate student success
Peng Liu with a graphic featuring chemistry motifs

Peng Liu is unraveling new reactions — and new ways of working together

With a pair of Nature papers among a flurry of recent studies, the computational chemist is on a hot streak that shows no sign of stopping.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A stained glass window in decorative iron

Pursuing a competitive scholarship? Here’s how Pitt can help.

Students and recent alumni can look to the Office of National Scholarships and Post-Graduation Success for everything from finding the right award to providing personalized feedback and endorsements.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Students
School of Pharmacy faculty, students and support staff  in the new Salk Pavilion photographed for pharmacy stock and web sites, October 4, 2023

Pitt people were honored at a Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association meeting

The School of Pharmacy and students Anneliese Harp, Julia Lazzaris, Charlotte Nazar and Akshaya Sudhakar were recognized at the Western Regional Meeting.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Pharmacy
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Out now: ‘Nightbloom’ and more winter reading from Pitt alumni authors

Peace Adzo Medie’s new novel gives voice to African women.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Be welcoming and engaged
A backlit woman looks into a scope with a computer monitor behind her displays a glowing green image

9 projects earned funding from the Dietrich Innovation Initiative

The new program will provide resources for faculty and staff to explore ambitious, collaborative projects.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
A panther statue behind autumn leaves

Supervisors, be aware of holiday timecard deadlines

Timecards must be submitted and approved early for the weeks of Nov. 17 and Dec. 15.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Staff
Manush Saydmohammed and Michael Tsang with a microscope in the lab

How a fish could lead to new hope for treating persistent wounds

An unexpected discovery by School of Medicine Professor Michael Tsang led to his startup Zegenex — and a new way to treat serious wounds.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • School of Medicine
Man wearing a baseball cap leans on free weights in a gym.

Tray Crayton III is staying in the game

The former Pitt football player’s recently released book charts his new direction.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Cultivate student success
  • Athletics
The Advanced Leadership Institute participants Nicole Rhodes, Monique Smith and Audrey Murrell, photographed in the Center for Inclusioin and Belonging.

Audrey Murrell is helping develop emerging Black leaders at Pitt and beyond

She’s among experts from across the US mentoring young talent through The Advanced Leadership Institute. Hear from staffers who completed the local program.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
Political science experts have a panel discussion on a stage

5 takeaways from last week’s event on civic engagement

Rajiv Vinnakota and Kristin Kanthak shared their thoughts on a range of topics, including young people’s views of democracy and investing in one’s community.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus