Graduate programs in health sciences and engineering rose in U.S. News & World Report rankings
Seven health sciences specialty programs cracked the top 10, including a No. 1 ranking for occupational therapy, and the Swanson School of Engineering ranks No. 24 for public universities.
Introducing Pitt’s Implementation and Research Center for Healthy Communities
Formerly PERU, the IRC offers resources for substance use and suicide prevention in Pennsylvania and beyond.
A six-decade Pitt Pharmacy family tradition
Since Bill Thompson Jr. graduated from Pitt in 1962, the Thompsons have used their Pitt education to serve their Blair County community as pharmacists.
A Pitt grad student was a runner-up in the Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway
Alexandra Walton, a second-year in the PharmD program, won $20,000 at the halftime show of the Big Ten Championship Game.
3 Pitt alumni earned 2025 C-Suite Awards
Pittsburgh Business Times recognized Jamie McMahon, Ken Gormley and Chronis Manolis as top executives on its annual list.
Lucas Hill was appointed executive director of Pitt PERU
He brings extensive experience in research and education in substance use to the School of Pharmacy’s Program Evaluation and Research Unit.
Pitt people were honored at a Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association meeting
The School of Pharmacy and students Anneliese Harp, Julia Lazzaris, Charlotte Nazar and Akshaya Sudhakar were recognized at the Western Regional Meeting.
See US pharmacy closures over the last decade on an interactive Pitt map
The School of Pharmacy and American Pharmacists Association project demonstrates the importance of health care access in local communities.
Learn about hearing health care at a June 7 symposium
Registration is open for Pitt’s inaugural OTC Hearing Aid and Hearing Self-Care Symposium, which will bring together pharmacists and audiologists.
Raman Venkataramanan received the American College of Clinical Pharmacology Distinguished Investigator Award
The annual awarded recognizes superior scientific expertise and accomplishments by a senior investigator.

