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Here are the speakers for Pitt’s graduate school commencement ceremonies

Hear from alumni and pioneers leading the fields of infectious diseases, social work, entrepreneurship and more.

  • University News
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Commencement
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John Surma is Pitt’s 2024 spring commencement speaker

The University will also honor the Board of Trustees member and former U. S. Steel CEO with an honorary degree.

  • University News
  • Commencement
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A GSPIA education helped Carl Ware champion racial equality from Atlanta to South Africa

During his decades as an executive for Coca-Cola, he partnered with Desmond Tutu and other freedom fighters to support Black Africans.

  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Some of Earth’s estuaries are warming, consistent with climate change

A rise in the surface temperature of nature’s nurseries could lead to cascading effects in estuarine ecosystems — but they aren’t all warming.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
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Joan Gabel installed as Pitt’s 19th chancellor

Gabel praised Pitt’s 237-year legacy and its current momentum and expressed confidence in the institution’s future.

  • University News
  • Chancellor
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Pitt’s Occupational Therapy program secures No. 1 spot in 2024 US News and World Report graduate school ranking

And, five other programs earned top 10 distinctions on the annual list.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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One person’s trash is Ash Andrews’ treasure

The Pitt-Greensburg grad uses pluck and imagination to promote art, community and sustainability as executive director of the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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Take a closer look at this undergraduate researcher's pièce de résistance

To create a garment worthy of an 18th-century queen, Maya Jones set her sights on a Creative Arts Fellowship from Pitt's David C. Frederick Honors College.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Pitt's independent rock-climbing team challenges students' bodies and minds

Here's how one of the world's fastest growing sports is teaching its participants to take life "one move at a time."

  • Health and Wellness
  • Students
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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Pitt alumnus Sam Rosenzweig spent his career fighting injustice

He earned two degrees and met his wife on the Pittsburgh campus. He died at the age of 71 in Nevada.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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In memoriam, spring 2024

Remembrances

  • Alumni
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The first Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument results made the most precise measurement yet of our expanding universe

Using the DESI, researchers have made the largest 3D map of our universe and world-leading measurements of dark energy, the mysterious cause of its accelerating expansion.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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A new home for Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will unite its programs and foster interdisciplinary opportunities

The school will occupy six floors in the new building, set for December 2025 completion.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Cursive is not dead, according to this Pitt expert

Kelsey Voltz-Poremba says writing by hand is a crucial part of childhood development.

  • Teaching & Learning
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4 ways to make your voice heard on campus

From writing for The Pitt News to joining the Student Government Board, these groups can help you share your perspective and tackle tough topics.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
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The Conceptual Foundations program takes a philosophical look at medicine

This rapidly growing certificate program in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science has students tackling medical questions in a new way.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Teaching & Learning
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Introducing the 2024 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum honorees

These Pitt students, faculty and staff have made significant impacts on their communities.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Prachi Gupta's memoir tackles the model minority myth

Read "They Called Us Exceptional: and Other Lies that Raised Us" and more, out now from alumni authors.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
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How to exchange diverse viewpoints on campus without the discord, according to Pitt experts

Faculty members Abdesalam Soudi and Ann Sinsheimer discuss centering respect and other lessons from Pitt's Year of Dialogue and Discourse with Clyde Wilson Pickett.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Provost
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Meet Pitt’s 2024 faculty Fulbright winners

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers faculty the opportunity to teach and conduct research abroad.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Faculty