The Plan for Pitt: Advance Educational Excellence

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Monday, January 8, 2018

Pitt Again Named Best Public University in Northeast, Best Public Value in State
The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance honored Pitt with top rankings, and 2017 brought important rankings from additional national organizations.
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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Mary Kay Stein and Collaborators Receive $2.5 Million Grant to Study Teacher Learning
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Pitt Hosts Gathering of National and International Macroeconomics Experts
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Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Pitt Business Breaks Into Top 15 Among U.S. Public Universities in Poets & Quants Ranking
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Thursday, November 16, 2017

Robert Parker Receives 2017 Swanson School of Engineering Board of Visitors Award
Monday, November 13, 2017

Nursing Student Achieves First with International Society of Nurses in Genetics Award
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017

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.
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

3 Learning Research and Development Center Grad Students Awarded University Research Grants
Rob Rutenbar
Friday, October 20, 2017

Rutenbar Honored for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic System Design
Senior Vice Chancellor for Research Rob A. Rutenbar has been selected as the recipient of the 2017 Phil Kaufman Award for...
Wednesday, October 18, 2017

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.