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Brett Ranon Nachman

This Pitt researcher is using his own experience to help autistic students thrive on campus

After a decade of surveying and studying autistic college students, Brett Ranon Nachman has come away with some important, and surprising, insights.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Education
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This alumnus is giving Pitt students the resources needed to take a big step

Pitt's Rhodes Family Resource Fund supports the student who puts ‘everything into their education but does not have the resources to access the things that enrich that experience.’

  • Community Impact
  • Alumni
  • Supporter
  • Pitt-Johnstown
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Computing and Information
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Pitt’s School of Public and International Affairs takes a new name and an expanded mission

With new programs like a BA in public policy and the Policy and Social Impact Fellows, the school will welcome and prepare students at all academic stages.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Public and International Affairs
Burton Tansky

Burton M. Tansky, trustee emeritus and luxury retail leader, dies at 87

The CEO of the Neiman Marcus Group, Tansky served as a Pitt trustee for decades and helped lead a $2 billion fundraising campaign.

  • University News
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Pitt honored 6 outstanding community champions and partnerships at a March forum

The Healthy Home Laboratory, Pitt Dental Assistant Training Program and Partnerships for Family Support were this year’s Partnerships of Distinction.

  • Community Impact
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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This alumna is protecting people from cons, one podcast episode at a time

Laci Mosley pokes fun at grifters in “Scam Goddess,” an award-winning podcast and Hulu documentary series.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
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Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is Pitt’s 2025 spring commencement speaker

The former Pitt football star and NFL Man of the Year recipient will address the University’s graduating class at PPG Paints Arena on May 4.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Athletics
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Pitt ranks among the top worldwide universities for granted patents

The list, published by the National Academy of Inventors, spotlights the role academia plays in U.S. innovation.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Meet the 2025 Chancellor’s Distinguished Award winners

16 faculty members earned the honor, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in research, teaching and public service.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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3 Pennsylvania leaders will receive the Elsie Hilliard Hillman Lifetime Achievement Award on March 12

Pitt’s Institute of Politics will honor Joanna McClinton, Debra Todd and Kim Ward for exceptional service to the public and the commonwealth.

  • Community Impact
  • Promote accountability and trust
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Gary Jackson blends poetry, comics and Afrofuturism to redefine Black narratives

The Dietrich School professor explores speculative storytelling through his scholarship and craft.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Maria McDill sits at a table where quilt squares are laid out in front of her

This high school student is sewing a quilt inspired by her research in Pitt’s August Wilson Archive

Maria McDill, an August Wilson Archive Student Research Awardee, received mentorship and a stipend to support her project.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Pitt is a Fulbright Top Producer yet again

15 Pitt students and alumni earned the chance to participate in the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program in the past year.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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11,423 donors raised $3.26M for vital University initiatives on Pitt Day of Giving

The daylong fundraising sprint will support scholarships, research, academic programs, student organizations, athletics and more across Pitt’s campuses.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Promote accountability and trust
Ben Rubin, Horror Studies Collection Coordinator at the University Library System, stands in a darkly lit room before a table of newly acquired Blair With Project items in the Special Collections section of the Hillman Library. Items include film posters, props, pamphlets and more.

‘The Blair Witch Project’ archive has joined Pitt’s Horror Studies Collection

See props, original marketing materials and more on display at the University Library System’s Archives and Special Collections Exhibit Gallery.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Pitt leaders testified on the University’s role in contributing to PA’s future

On Feb. 19, students and administrators shared the value of a Pitt education with the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Performance-Based Funding Council.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Pittsburgh Campus
Cooper smiles next to a simulation device, which a person in a wheelchair is using. Cooper is wearing a medal.

Meet Rory Cooper, a Hall of Fame innovator who’s been harnessing tech to build better wheelchairs for three decades

With inventions benefiting disabled veterans and other wheelchair users, the HERL director is pushing technology and entrepreneurship toward new possibilities.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL)
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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SEA-PHAGES has turned thousands of college students into more confident researchers

A $3 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute grant furthers the program, which is providing hands-on research opportunities at more than 150 schools, including Pitt-Greensburg.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Yuan Li and Juan Toboas

The National Academy of Inventors elected 2 Pitt faculty as new senior members

Yuan Liu and Juan Taboas received the honor for their innovative work in drug discovery and regenerative medicine, respectively.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
José-Alain Sahel

3 ways Pitt researchers are making strides in assistive technology

From smart uses of smart-home technology to driving simulators, these innovators are leveraging tech to improve lives.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Medicine