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2 new spaces in the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center will enhance treatment options and patient care

The Mario Lemieux Immunotherapy Center and the Pietrandrea Clinic are officially open after a Nov. 13 dedication ceremony.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
Sensor with a liquid sample being added with a dropper

This new antibody test only takes 10 minutes, no blood draw necessary

A highly selective sensor developed by Pitt researchers can quantify immune responses — but may also have implications for everything from cancer treatments to allergy detection.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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A Pitt internship will give students valuable business experience — and community groups a helping hand

The new Doris Carson Williams Internship, supported by the Elsie H. Hillman Foundation, will pair students with organizations making a positive impact in the region.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Institute of Politics
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Graham Hatfull showing a tray of bacteriophages in a lab freezer

A new way to make phage DNA lays groundwork for better infection treatments

The study, by Graham Hatfull and colleagues, surmounts a long-lasting barrier to constructing the genomes of bacteria-killing viruses.

  • Innovation and Research
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Eberle-Sudre in the Cathedral

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.

  • University News
  • Promote accountability and trust
The Rees family stands in front of the Frederick Honors College staircase.

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.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Deborah Wince-Smith

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.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
Chuba Oyolu in a downtown area

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.

  • Technology & Science
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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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.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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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.

  • University News
  • School of Social Work
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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.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Christian Martin-Gill in helmet

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.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
A metal statue of a bobcat

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.

  • Technology & Science
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Cultivate student success
  • It's Possible at Pitt
Cooper in the HERL lab space.

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.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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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.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Fireworks over Pittsburgh

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.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Photo from 1998 Bill Viola shakes hands with Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.”

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Cultivate student success
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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.

  • Innovation and Research
Band runs out onto a football field

Pitt Homecoming 2025, in photos

See highlights from the weeklong celebration, which saw Panthers return to the Pittsburgh campus for spirit, tradition and connection.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Colner watches as Gabel speaks into a microphone.

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.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt