Ariel C. Armony named Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo fellow

The fellowship is sponsored by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.

Developing a new type of quantum memory

Pitt physicist Jeremy Levy and a multidisciplinary team want to develop a new approach to building quantum computer memory.

Andrew Mugler Earns Editors’ Suggestion Honor

Andrew Mugler, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has published a paper in Physical Review Letters that has been recognized as an Editors’ Suggestion. About one letter in six is chosen for this recognition.

Resident Assistants aid back to school transition

Resident Assistants act as guides, counselors and friends to on-campus students. Pittwire spoke to three of them about how they got their jobs and the term ahead.

Signs of Life

As NASA’s Perseverance rover headed for Mars, a Pitt faculty member and an alumna had much more than a passing interest.

Gone Wild

At the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Katie Kefalos (A&S ’12) helps injured and abandoned animals make it back home.

Audio, Books

Read about — and listen to — some of the books Pitt alumni are writing.

Waverly Duck Wins Charles Horton Cooley Book Award

University of Pittsburgh faculty member Waverly Duck has won the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction’s (SSSI) Charles Horton Cooley Book Award for “Tacit Racism.”

Join the #CathyTellAll

Who is behind @cathedral_thoughts? Learn Thursday and ask her anything.

Home Movie

Filmmaker Paolo Pilladi (A&S ’97) found local inspiration for his recent IFC films comedy, “Last Call,” starring Jeremy Piven.