The Plan for Pitt: Advance Educational Excellence

Greg Weston with a grey mask and yellow shirt sits at a red desk with recording equipment in the foreground
A collaboration between WPTS and the English department created opportunities for undergraduate students and highlighted Pitt Humanities’ perseverance during the pandemic.
Justin Carter in a black suit and blue tie with blurred photos in the background
When Justin Carter (A&S ’12) started his journey to become a TV journalist, he promised his parents his first Emmy. It now sits on their mantle.
A person in full medical gear looking at a test-tube behind a clear screen.
Underneath Meghan Hodgson’s multiple face masks and face shield, tears threatened to overtake her. It was March 2020, and the registered nurse was working a regular night shift in the emergency room at her suburban New Jersey community hospital. But for Hodgson (NURS ’03), nothing about this night was normal.
Brooke Riscoe in a red and white shirt on the left and Emi Finkelstein in a black shirt on the right
Pitt undergraduate student Brooke Riscoe (left) and graduate student Emi Finkelstein have been named to the Deutscher...
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The part-time MBA program at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business has been ranked the No. 7 online MBA program...
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Two Pitt PhD students have been named Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellows by the American Council of Learned Societies....
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The Office of the Provost recently awarded Open Educational Resources (OER) funding to seven projects during the spring 2021 term...
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The University of Pittsburgh Cyber Competitions team competed against collegiate teams across the nation in the regional final of...