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Ambassador of Good Trouble

This first-generation college student felt welcomed from the moment she set foot on campus. She’s worked to elevate equity and social justice to make the University community even more welcoming for

  • Students
  • Department of Africana Studies
  • Department of Political Science

An Artista’s Triumph

Senior Colleen Mars took the shock of a halted study abroad trip in Italy and turned it into a world full of color, fear and closure on canvas. Her piece, “Things that Scare Me,” won the Hindsight 20

  • Students
  • Department of Studio Arts

Seniors Named to National Top 100 List

Rohil Chada and Katie Gerber from the College of Business Administration were named to Poets & Quants’ Best & Brightest Business Majors of 2021 list.

  • Students

Watch: Leadership Award Winners

See the finalists and winners of the Emma W. Locke and Senior of the Year awards, which honor seniors who embody scholarship, character, leadership and devotion to Pitt.

  • Students
  • Department of Neuroscience
  • Department of Chemistry
Rice

A Pitt PhD student was awarded a research opportunity at the Fermi Lab

Logan Rice will conduct experiments in high-energy physics through a U.S. Department of Energy program.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy

An Artista’s Triumph

Senior Colleen Mars took the shock of a halted study abroad trip in Italy and turned it into a world full of color, fear and closure on canvas. Her piece, “Things That Scare Me,” won the Hindsight 20

  • Students

Commencement 2021 Ceremonies Begin Tonight

If you can’t make it in person, join the livestream at 6 p.m. ET or visit Pitt’s social media pages to experience the first of several celebrations for the Class of 2021.

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Why female brains are more resilient to aging

Pitt neuroscientists found that fruit flies, rodents and humans all have a protein called VGLUT that regulates sex differences in age-related neuron loss. It is not every day that scientists discover

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Cell Biology
  • Department of Psychiatry

An Artista’s Triumph

Senior Colleen Mars took the shock of a halted study abroad trip in Italy and turned it into a world full of color, fear and closure on canvas. Her piece, “Things That Scare Me,” won the Hindsight 20

  • Students

Pitt Athletics Earns Community Service Award

University of Pittsburgh student-athletes topped the NCAA Team Works Community Service Competition for their youth programs, blood drives and other volunteer efforts.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Students
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COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy is driven by safety and trust concerns

An analysis led by epidemiologist Wendy King also found that people in certain occupations report five-fold higher rates of hesitancy than others.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Covid-19
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The power of sleep

Research from Chris Kline in the School of Education shows how poor sleep health decreases the effectiveness of weight loss interventions.

  • Innovation and Research
The Cathedral of Learning

Celebration of innovation

Meet this year’s emerging innovator, startup of the year, small business of the year and more, as recognized by Pitt’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute

An Equation for the Future

For senior Julia Foust, computer science + bioengineering = a better life for patients.

  • Students
  • School of Computing and Information
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Games Strive for Therapy, Fun and Inclusivity

Millions of Americans struggle to understand or express speech, and the experience can be incredibly isolating. A Pitt-supported suite of therapeutic games—now available for anyone to play—aims to

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Department of Communication Science and Disorders

Sheth Awards Honor International Impact

Diego Chaves-Gnecco, Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Vyasa Sai (ENGR ’13G) are working toward equality in health care and STEM fields.

  • Alumni

Pitt-Bradford ‘Foodraiser’ Fills Seats, Kitchens

The 500-seat theater “sold out” on April 24 with more than $10,000 in donations to Bradford’s soup kitchen.

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Inside-Out

The Pitt Prison Education Project brings together incarcerated students and college students to bridge gaps of difference, facilitate conversations and empower all.

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

Anna C. Balazs Elected to National Academy of Sciences

The Distinguished Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering adds one of the nation’s top honors to her portfolio. Balazs is internationally recognized for her theoretical and computational

A Step Above the Rest

How far can Pitt’s graduate and professional students go? In life, the sky’s the limit. In a recent fitness challenge, they logged nearly 66.5 million steps in just three weeks.

  • Students