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Year of Healthy U offers paths to wellness

The fourth installment in the Office of the Provost’s “Year Of” series, the Year of Healthy U addresses eight dimensions of wellness.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
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Research suggests genetic links between disease risks and dental formations

Abnormalities in dental development could indicate risk for ailments such as kidney disease, asthma and cancer, among others.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Dental Medicine

Pitt students were applauded for food recovery efforts in a City of Pittsburgh climate plan

Pitt’s Food Recovery Heroes collect surplus food from dining halls and local establishments to donate to organizations that feed the hungry.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
  • Students

A decade in, Pitt Make a Difference Day went nationwide

Over its 10 years, volunteers for Pitt Make a Difference Day have given 120,000 cumulative hours of service.

  • University News
  • Community Impact

Pitt’s student veterans club answers the call of duty

Pitt Vets members reach out beyond the University campus to serve the community and region while also helping student veterans adjust to college life.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

This Pitt historian’s work celebrates unsung heroes

Marcus Rediker is drawn to people forgotten or ignored by traditional historians. His latest book focuses on Benjamin Lay, the first revolutionary abolitionist.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Pitt’s provost is recognized for transformative impact

Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Patricia E. Beeson plans to step down from her administrative positions and return to the Department of Economics faculty in 2018.

  • University News
  • Provost

How Pitt is celebrating the power of Black artistry

The University, in collaboration with Pitt's Center for African American Poetry and Poetics, is set to honor Thaddeus Mosley (A&S ’50) with the Distinguished Professional Achievement Award.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

They did the monster math

In a perennial favorite lecture, G. Bard Ermentrout teaches students to end a theoretical zombie or vampire apocalypse with mathematical equations.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

A Pittsburgh campus grocery store is set to open next summer

A new grocery store is coming to campus, and the hours for Litchfield Towers’ Quick Zone convenience store have been expanded to 24/7 — all to feed student demand.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus

Pitt geologists uncovered lasting effects of historical industries in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Researchers found that trace bits of potentially hazardous metal from long-ago industries could be reintroduced into neighboring areas after severe storms and flooding.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Community Impact
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt researchers are examining why fear can be fun

Some people love "scary-fun" experiences like haunted houses. Pitt researchers Margee Kerr and Greg Siegle are finding out why — and using their research to make local attractions even scarier.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

United Way Campaign donors made gifts of impact

As Pitt kicks off its 14th United Way campaign, one Pitt staff member explains why she supports the campaign and gives to the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

  • University News
  • Community Impact

Dean Larry E. Davis’ contributions leave the world a ‘better, fairer place’

In his 17th year at the helm of Pitt’s School of Social Work, Davis announced he will step down amid praise for his leadership and his dedication to issues of race, social justice and community.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Social Work

A Pitt Public Health researcher worked to pinpoint the culprit of a mysterious illness in Brazil

When a mysterious illness emerged in his Brazilian hometown, Ernesto T.A. Marques mobilized with colleagues to decode its unknowns.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research

A new Pitt back pain study and drug take back efforts could lead to decreased opioid use

More than 40% of low back pain patients are prescribed opioids at some point. Associate Professor Mike Schneider and colleagues want to bring that number down.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  • Department of Physical Therapy
  • Department of Psychiatry

Alumna Delphine Maïdou earned CEO of the Year Honors

For her significant impact on the continent's economy, Africa Economy Builders named the Pitt Business graduate its CEO of the Year.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • School of Business
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Pitt’s inaugural Goldman Prize competition seeks to improve education through innovation

Sponsored by alumni Richard and Renée Goldman, the competition awarded three teams a total of $30,000 for their innovative ideas to improve education.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education

Engineering Program Helps People With Disabilities Advance Professional Development

Pitt's Advancing Inclusive Manufacturing program helps college students with conditions such as paraplegia, epilepsy and autism transition to careers in machining and engineering.

Chinese University alumni are forging global connections

Increasingly, universities are looking to their alumni in China for help creating important international links. For Pitt, that effort is being bolstered by one key graduate.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • School of Business
  • University Center for International Studies (UCIS)