The Plan for Pitt: Advance Educational Excellence

Monday, February 12, 2018

Faculty Member Inducted Into French Order
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Student Helps NASA Thwart Microbial Hitchhikers on Future Mars Missions
Emily Klonicki spent the summer in a NASA lab helping to develop filters to keep microbes from contaminating Mars.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Pitt Among 'Colleges That Pay You Back'
The University of Pittsburgh is profiled in The Princeton Review's "Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools That Give You the Best Bang for Your Tuition Buck."
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Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Young Students Learn Leadership, Conflict Management Skills in Social Work Program
The Just Discipline Project, created by social work assistant professor James Huguley, teaches fifth- and sixth-graders strategies for defusing peer conflicts.
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Monday, January 8, 2018

Engineering Undergraduate Joanna Rivero Receives Scholarship From Universities Space Research Association
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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