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Kimberlee Eberle-Sudré named Pitt Chancellor Joan Gabel’s chief of staff
She joins the chancellor’s senior leadership team and assumes a role formerly held by Kevin Washo, who was elevated to senior vice chancellor of external relations in April.
Pitt is launching a premier scholars program with a $30M gift from alumnus Michael Rees
The gift creates the Rees-Chancellor’s Scholars Program at the University of Pittsburgh’s David C. Frederick Honors College.
A global competitiveness expert will deliver Pitt’s winter commencement address
The Honorable Deborah L. Wince-Smith, president and CEO of the Council on Competitiveness, will speak to the Class of 2025 during the University’s Dec. 14 ceremony.
This alumnus is blending bioscience and beauty in the Bay Area
Curve Biosciences co-founder Chuba Oyolu is quick to tell people that art and science are not so different.
A perfect storm led this Pitt alum into a career as an amusement park artist
In his dream job at Knoebels, Jerry Sassani is also using his archeology degree from the Dietrich School.
Betsy Farmer will step down as Pitt Social Work dean
A national search will be launched to replace Farmer, who will return to the school’s faculty in July 2026.
What really led to the decline of Maya kingdoms?
Researchers tend to blame drought for the downfall of these cities — but it’s not that simple, according to Pitt’s Claire Ebert.
Meet the maker behind iconic Pitt public art pieces in the University Art Gallery’s latest exhibit
The student-curated display features not only Virgil Cantini but his wife and fellow artist Lucille, exploring the couple’s lasting impact on the Pittsburgh art scene.
From data to display, Pitt is giving the EKG an upgrade
A machine learning-based system could save lives and anxiety when it comes to suspected heart attacks.
Pitt-Greensburg’s cybersecurity program earned an elite national designation
The BS in Information Technology earned the campus recognition as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity Education.
HERL researchers will lead a $41M ARPA-H grant, a first for Pitt
Rory Cooper and Jorge Candiotti will lead the project to develop a novel system to reimagine the wheelchair and assistive robotic arm.
5 free things to do this November in Pittsburgh
Keep busy as the cold sets in with a micro-movie festival, a jazz listening session and a big downtown celebration.
This Pitt alum is promoting fitness and perseverance through competitive martial arts
Bill Viola Jr. offers advice for setting and achieving goals in his book, “Common Sensei.”
Pitt Homecoming 2025, in photos
See highlights from the weeklong celebration, which saw Panthers return to the Pittsburgh campus for spirit, tradition and connection.
The Surukuchi Lab is helping solve mysteries of the universe with CUORE
These Pitt physicists are pushing boundaries in the hunt for neutrinoless double beta decay.
AI’s transformative impact is already here — and other takeaways from this week’s ‘Forging the Future’ summit
Leaders from around the globe gathered at Pitt to explore how emerging technologies are reshaping health care, economic competitiveness and the global innovation economy.
How SHREC went to the moon — without even knowing
The NSF lab’s radiation-hardened computer system was adopted by the NASA Kennedy Space Center.
Pitt is teaming up with Anthropic and AWS to create an AI-enabled Campus of the Future
The University is the first to launch institution-wide Claude for Education integrated with Amazon Web Services, empowering a new era of learning and innovation across Pitt’s five campuses.
3 Pitt faculty were elected to the National Academy of Medicine
John C. Byrd, Terence S. Dermody and Kate Rubins are among the latest recipients of the prestigious health and medicine honor.
Pitt’s Day of Caring connected volunteers and the community
108 faculty, staff and students said yes to helping their neighbors on Oct. 17.
