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Hillandale Farms family giving tops $45M with the creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank

The specimen repository ultimately will help develop treatments for painful conditions like arthritis that affect millions globally.

Schools of medicine and social work researchers received a $5M NIH grant

A multidisciplinary team will conduct a study to find effective interventions for systemic racism. Plus, students, faculty and staff can join the fall cohort of Pitt’s Racial Equity Consciousness

Researchers built an autonomous system to help detect the most urgent victims in mass casualty events

The Pitt and Carnegie Mellon team will keep testing and readying its robots for real-world missions as part of a three-year DARPA Triage Challenge.

Alumna Pamela Michaels’ persistence fueled a career of firsts

The former Johnson & Johnson executive has helped to fund dozens of Pitt programs.

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Choukas-Bradley in front of screens with social media logos

She was studying social media’s effects before TikTok even existed

How Pitt is taking on the next phase of the opioid epidemic

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The ones to watch

In an environment where innovation and inspiration are in no short supply, meet the trailblazers.

Ashley Priore

A rising senior, political strategist and top chess player who’s making bold moves.

Tre Tipton

This wide receiver and social work graduate student’s journey has taken him from despair to LOVE — living out victoriously every day.

Fodun Ologunde

From summa cum laude to Apple Inc. software engineer.

Toya Jones

Studying trauma and its impact.

Annie Kaitlyn Caulfield holding a prosthetic limb

Pitt Prosthetists

Making prosthetic limbs fit every amputee, from Navy SEALs to diabetes patients.

Lisa Coe

Athlete. Activist. Leader.

Jim Withers

His Street Medicine Institute provides “street rounds” and social services to people who live outdoors.

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