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Maria McDill sits at a table where quilt squares are laid out in front of her

This high school student is sewing a quilt inspired by her research in Pitt’s August Wilson Archive

Maria McDill, an August Wilson Archive Student Research Awardee, received mentorship and a stipend to support her project.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Pitt is a Fulbright Top Producer yet again

15 Pitt students and alumni earned the chance to participate in the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program in the past year.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
A fellow panelist points to Angie Cruz

Angie Cruz won 2 recent literary prizes

The associate professor of English received the Dos Passos Prize for Literature and was named a United States Artists fellow.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
a building with large windows reflecting blue sky

Amir Alavi was named editor-in-chief of a new Nature Portfolio journal

The B.P. America Faculty Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will lead npj Metamaterials.

  • Technology & Science
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Two people hold up Pitt Day of Giving shirts in front of a black shuttle bus

11,423 donors raised $3.26M for vital University initiatives on Pitt Day of Giving

The daylong fundraising sprint will support scholarships, research, academic programs, student organizations, athletics and more across Pitt’s campuses.

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  • Cultivate student success
  • Promote accountability and trust
The Cathedral of Learning stands over the Oakland neighborhood on a snowy day

Pitt leaders testified on the University’s role in contributing to PA’s future

On Feb. 19, students and administrators shared the value of a Pitt education with the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Performance-Based Funding Council.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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Pitt is among the top 50 universities at producing research that leads to patents

The University ranked No. 43 on Clarivate’s list of universities powering global innovation.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Ben Rubin, Horror Studies Collection Coordinator at the University Library System, stands in a darkly lit room before a table of newly acquired Blair With Project items in the Special Collections section of the Hillman Library. Items include film posters, props, pamphlets and more.

‘The Blair Witch Project’ archive has joined Pitt’s Horror Studies Collection

See props, original marketing materials and more on display at the University Library System’s Archives and Special Collections Exhibit Gallery.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Cooper smiles next to a simulation device, which a person in a wheelchair is using. Cooper is wearing a medal.

Meet Rory Cooper, a Hall of Fame innovator who’s been harnessing tech to build better wheelchairs for three decades

With inventions benefiting disabled veterans and other wheelchair users, the HERL director is pushing technology and entrepreneurship toward new possibilities.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL)
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Spates sits at a desk

Kamesha Spates was invited to speak at the Association for Addiction Professionals

She joined a panel of experts to discuss addressing suicide among the Black community.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A student in a lab coat holds up a tray of plastic tubes

SEA-PHAGES has turned thousands of college students into more confident researchers

A $3 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant furthers the program, which is providing hands-on research opportunities at more than 150 schools, including Pitt-Greensburg.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Yuan Li and Juan Toboas

The National Academy of Inventors elected 2 Pitt faculty as new senior members

Yuan Liu and Juan Taboas received the honor for their innovative work in drug discovery and regenerative medicine, respectively.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Evan Schneider poses

Evan Schneider has been named a Sloan Research fellow

The assistant professor of physics and astronomy is using supercomputers to understand the processes that shape galaxies.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Snow falls on a panther statue

UCTL leader Michael Bridges will retire from Pitt in June

As executive director of the University Center for Teaching and Learning, he’s kept Pitt on the cutting-edge of best practices in educational information technologies.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
Group portrait of Pitt-Bradford faculty and staff members Bill Kline, David Soriano, Karen Strotmann, and Bob Dilks, who, along with 12 others, were honored for combined service that totals 366 years.

Pitt-Bradford honored 18 faculty and staff for their years of service

Among the longest-serving members were Bill Kline, David Soriano, Karen Strotmann, Hashim Yousif and Bob Dilks.

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  • Pitt-Bradford
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A panther statue on the snowy Pitt grounds. The Cathedral of Learning is in the background

Xing Chen won 3 grants for her research to better understand and restore sight

She’s working on bringing the implant, which could present a new way to restore patients’ sight, to market with startup Phosphoenix.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • School of Medicine
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17 Pitt affiliates were named to the Pittsburgh Business Times Power 100

Chancellor Joan Gabel is an honoree for a second consecutive year.

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  • Our City/Our Campus
Aerial photo of the Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Chapel during the winter.

Nastasia Mauger won the 2024 PRACE Ada Lovelace Award

The award is given to a female scientist who made an outstanding contribution to high-performance computing.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
José-Alain Sahel

3 ways Pitt researchers are making strides in assistive technology

From smart uses of smart-home technology to driving simulators, these innovators are leveraging tech to improve lives.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Medicine
A close up of the panther statue wearing a Pitt scarf in the winter.

Pitt senior Simon Wang won Campus Compact’s Student Leadership Impact Award

He was honored for co-founding the Pittsburgh Policy Initiative, a campus organization for students who want to get involved in public policy and policy analysis.

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  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences