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Pitt engineers are leading the charge to improve the US power grid
As the aging network faces pressures it's never encountered before, these Swanson School researchers are carrying on Pitt's legacy as an electricity powerhouse.
How Pitt is developing — and hiring — workers close to home
Meet career counselor Celiwe Jones, who helps connect residents across Pittsburgh to roles at the University.
Solve your stage fright thanks to this Pitt alumna
Claire Sabatine merged her backgrounds in business and stage production to create Powerplay, a project that empowers her clients to master public speaking.
A new study by Jeremy Levy was published in Science Advances
He teamed up with former Pitt researcher Andrew Daley on the research, which developed a programmable platform that could provide new ways to explore electrons in chiral systems.
A new study led by Laura Mike was published in Nature Communications
Researchers in Pitt’s Division of Infectious Diseases identified how a common amino acid triggers hypervirulence in a highly infectious strain of bacteria.
Pitt was awarded $489K through TRIO Student Support Services
The federal grant aims to improve college retention and graduation rates for low-income and first-generation students and students with disabilities.
Hard work and a little fortune fuels Tracey Travis’ career
From GM to Estée Lauder, the Pitt alumna has a knack for joining Fortune 500 companies just as they get hot.
This Pitt-Bradford partnership will make getting a chiropractic degree more affordable
Eligible students can earn both a bachelor’s and Doctor of Chiropractic degree in just seven years through guaranteed admission to Northeast College of Health Sciences.
Pitt Public Health established a new award, funded through the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
The Justin Reid Ehrenwerth Emerging Scholar Award will allow local students from under-resourced high schools to attend Pitt’s Public Health Science Academy.
Pitt students are learning how to bake reuse into the things we make
Engineering students broaden their focus from lab benches to global supply chains with the help of industry in the Circular Economy Program.
Alumni updates, summer 2025
Pitt alumni recently wrote books, opened rural health facilities in Africa, signed contracts to play professional volleyball, earned honors from NASA and the Whiting Foundation, and more.
Brian Dubenion is Pitt’s inaugural associate dean of student culture and community
The new role will advance the University’s commitment to a campus environment grounded in respect, accountability and ethical student engagement.
Go cardless with Pitt’s new Mobile Panther ID
Starting July 15, Pittsburgh campus students, faculty and staff can swap their plastic Panther Cards for a mobile credential and access buildings and campus services via smartphone or smartwatch.
Pitt-Greensburg’s biology national honor society won an Outstanding Chapter of the Year award
The campus’ Theta Pi chapter of Beta Beta Beta received that and other honors at the organization’s recent regional meeting.
Rory Cooper spoke at the UN about AI-powered assistive technology
The Human Engineering Research Laboratories talk focused on how artificial intelligence is changing the innovation landscape and helping people with disabilities.
Melissa Libertus was selected for a Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society fellowship
The associate professor of psychology is one of five researchers in the inaugural cohort.
Pavlov’s dogs were conditioned to go to their treat. Why do some animals learn to interact with the bell instead?
New Pitt research found that this behavior, called sign tracking, relies on dopamine release at just the right time.
Klaus Libertus is the inaugural director of Pitt’s College of General Studies
He will also serve as assistant dean for online education, effective Aug. 15.
A Pitt engineering education took this US Army pilot from the aircraft to the classroom
After finishing his thesis, in which he developed a solution to minimize in-rush currents in motors, Capt. Daniel Hawbaker is heading to West Point to teach the next generation of military engineers.
