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Pitt reasearcher looking at test tubes

Pitt researchers took the most detailed images ever of bacteria-killing viruses

The new images could help researchers engineer the phages to attack specific targets.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt ranked No. 20 for granted patents among US universities in 2024

The annual National Academy of Inventors list highlights academic institutions that are driving innovation nationwide.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Bhargava

This Pitt junior won a Goldwater Scholarship for his brain imaging research

Satyaj Bhargava, a bioengineering major, earned the national honor for undergraduates in STEM fields.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Kate Gundlach stands on a racing car track on a lightly cloudy day

Pitt Engineering alumna Kate Gundlach is still racing toward her dreams

This year she became one of two women in IndyCar to hold the coveted race engineer position.

  • Technology & Science
  • Cultivate student success
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Fisher sits at a table, his awards spread before him.

William Fisher, Pitt alumnus and beloved local education leader, died at 100

The 1948 School of Education graduate was the first Black principal to serve at the city’s predominantly white Allderdice High School.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education
Hightower sits at a table, with pages of his photographs before him.

Explore 1960s Pittsburgh through a new Pitt photography collection

From civil rights figures and influential artists to everyday citizens, Frank Floyd Hightower captured an evolving city and Black community on film.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Headshot of Elwin Cotman

Pitt alumnus Elwin Cotman won a Whiting Award for his urban fantasy writing

The Dietrich School alum is among 10 emerging American authors who will receive a $50,000 grant to support furthering their literary work.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
David Greene and Katie Dealy speaking to an audience

5 ways to combat loneliness, according to David Greene and Katie Dealy

The nationally recognized experts discussed strategies for open conversation and community building as part of a Year of Discourse and Dialogue forum.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Public and International Affairs
Student in graduation attire in front of a large audience

Here’s who’s speaking at Pitt’s 2025 graduate and professional commencement ceremonies

Find your school on the list. Celebrations are happening throughout May.

  • University News
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Commencement
A Panther statue surrounded by blooming trees.

6 Pitt specialty programs rank in the top 10 of U.S. News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools list

The University’s top-ranked health sciences programs joined strong placements across engineering, business, law and education.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
Susanne Gollin headshot

Susanne Gollin, a pioneering cancer researcher and cytogeneticist, died at 71

The School of Public Health professor emerita was among the first researchers to join what is now the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Public Health
A blossoming tree in front of Heinz Memorial Chapel.

Pitt announced an interim PAE leader and plan to integrate the division under external relations

Tom Crawford, vice chancellor for corporate and foundation relations and senior advisor for special initiatives, will serve as the interim lead of the Division of Philanthropic and Alumni Engagement.

  • University News
  • Division of Philanthropic & Alumni Engagement
A group of students stand in florescent vests on a snowy plain.

A Pitt course gave students the chance to learn firsthand from Iceland’s sustainable engineering practices

Over spring break, the Swanson School of Engineering class visited a geothermal power plant and learned how the country bakes climate resilience into everything it does.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Sustainability
  • Cultivate student success
  • Swanson School of Engineering
A woman and man shaking hands over a table at an event.

How Pitt is preparing local small businesses for large institutional partnerships

The University’s local spend last year totaled $477 million. Learn more about contracting opportunities at Doing Business with Pitt on May 16.

Portrait of Tasha Alston.

Tasha Alston is sharing new narratives of Black fatherhood

Hear from the Pitt Medicine researcher and other community experts at a panel on March 31.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
Davitt

Kris Davitt is stepping down as Pitt’s senior vice chancellor for philanthropic and alumni engagement

Davitt, who has more than 30 years’ experience in fundraising, will become senior vice president for development at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

  • University News
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Meet 4 graduate students who took unconventional paths to Pitt

Their journeys showcase the changing dynamics of who’s seeking graduate education and when.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Two hands place multicolored flowers into soil.

See the Pittsburgh campus in bloom in this spring gallery

Pitt’s expert grounds crew members will spend tireless hours prepping flower beds, mulching, planting and weeding throughout the growing season.

  • Our City/Our Campus
Lacrosse players silhouetted against cloudy skies and mountains

Home field has a deeper meaning for Pitt-Bradford lacrosse

When the newly minted DIII team takes the field in March, they'll be playing for more than just a winning record.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Man holding wooden lacrosse stick

One Pitt-Bradford student is reviving a (nearly) lost indigenous art

Tyrone Bowen-Collateta creates handmade lacrosse sticks from blocks of hickory.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged