The Plan for Pitt: Advance Educational Excellence

Two students standing next to one another before the pandemic
Celebrate Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week with special events and activities, including a look back at some of our favorite stories about grad students.
Keila Grinberg in a black top against a bright yellow wall
Keila Grinberg will move from Brazil to Pittsburgh this year, as the new director of Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies. She brings with her expertise on that region’s history of enslavement as well as Afro-Brazilian culture.
Larry E. Davis in a suit and tie in front of Bridges magazine covers
Larry E. Davis, dean of Pitt’s School of Social Work from 2001-2018 and founding director of its Center on Race and Social Problems, died on March 30. Members of Pitt’s community are sharing reflections about Davis and his many contributions to the University and race, civil rights and social justice.
Henri Ford sitting in a red shirt, holding twins in pink dresses
On National Doctors' Day, in this year when the fragility of our health has taken on poignant new meaning, honor physicians who are working year-round to protect our health and wellbeing. From Pitt Med magazine: In 2015, alum Henri Ford successfully led the first separation of conjoined siblings in his native Haiti. Read about Ford and rediscover more stories of Pitt physicians strengthening their communities.
Two women stand in a lab, looking down at equipment and smiling
Pitt bioengineer Kacey Marra is creating new ways to help heal nerve injuries. A speech by Christopher Reeve inspired her into the field.
Shawn Brown in a teal collared shirt against a dark red floral background
Brown will provide strategic direction on next-generation computing and data resources and guide the University’s research computing mission.