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‘Neighborhood’ Archives Bring Community Together

Dedicated archivists spent more than two decades collecting and cataloging papers, photos, promotional materials and more in the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Collection housed at Pitt.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Mister Rogers’ legacy beyond the TV screen

It may not come as a surprise that Pitt neighbor Mister Rogers left an imprint on the School of Education and related programs, but the Department of English, too? His approach to childhood

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Department of English

Survivorship Clinic Helps Patients With What Comes After Head and Neck Cancer

The human papillomavirus (HPV) epidemic has led to a sharp increase in HPV-related head and neck cancer. Many patients survive, but then face new obstacles related to the treatment of their condition.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Otolaryngology

Financial Worries Linked to Workplace Performance

In a series of studies of workers ranging from nursing aides to truck drivers, business professor Carrie Leana found that the more employees worried about money, the worse their work performance—even

  • Innovation and Research
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Experts weigh in on Instagram hiding likes

Psychologist Sophia Choukas-Bradley and brand strategist Vanitha Swaminathan say Instagram’s move this week to hide the number of likes on some posts in the U.S. could change how young adults feel

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Department of Psychology
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

The Mentorship That Shaped Mister Rogers

With the upcoming Nov. 22 release of the film “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood,” Pittwire Health is celebrating the values that Fred Rogers and his mentor, Pitt child psychologist and associate

Helping Kids Manage Anxiety—With an App

Pitt researchers Jennifer Silk and Bambang Parmantohave developed a tool that helps kids and adolescents better manage their anxiety. And now, they’re working with Pitt’s Innovation Institute, local

  • Innovation and Research

Program Allows Personalized Approach to Medical Records

It can take 100 clicks for a doctor to order the right test and check a patient’s health history using a typical electronic health record. Yalini Senathirajah has designed a program that could reduce

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Biomedical Informatics

Runaway Mitochondria Cause Telomere Damage in Cells, Researchers Find

Bennett Van Houten and a team of researchers at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center provide the first concrete evidence for the long-held belief that sick mitochondria pollute the cells they’re supposed to be

  • Innovation and Research

Astronomers Shed Light on Dark Energy, Smallest Black Hole

A new 5,000-eyed instrument is searching the skies for dark energy, and a star survey recently unveiled the smallest known black hole. Two teams in the Department of Physics and Astronomy are working

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy

Counseling Center Director Responds to Students, Sees Growth Potential in First Year

Since his installation this February as University Counseling Center director, Jay Darr has hit the ground running, streamlining the center’s intake process and rolling out ThrivingCampus, an online

Study Lab Brings Data-driven Approach to Academic Support

The space formerly known as the Academic Resource Center has a new name, a new look and a new approach to student success. With mobile study labs around campus, a Khan Academy-inspired video library

Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Are Focus of New Center

The new Center for Sustainable Business is partnering with IBM, PPG and other industry leaders to integrate environmental and societal concerns into their business models.

New Jazz Chair Brings Fresh Approach to Pitt

Nicole Mitchell, the William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Jazz Studies, begins her first semester at Pitt with a revamped Jazz Week and big ideas for the future of the program.

  • Department of Music

School of Medicine Presents Its Highest Award to Immune System Researcher

Ruslan Medzhitov, a Yale University researcher who transformed the understanding of how the immune system detects infections, which paved the way for therapies for a wide range of diseases, received

  • Innovation and Research

Social Work Training Tackles the Opioid Abuse Epidemic With Integrated Care

Pitt Professor of Social Work Daniel Rosen and his colleagues have secured a $1.25 million federal grant to not only strengthen opioid abuse training for 70 master of social work students, but to put

  • Innovation and Research

Color Within the … Flu Virus?

This flu season, scientists want the public to see the virus through the lens of creativity—and hopefully learn something in the process. Seema Lakdawala, assistant professor in the School of Medicine

  • Innovation and Research

Pitt Team’s Replacement Heart Valve Could Decrease Need for Pediatric Surgeries

To address the critical need for long-lasting heart valve replacements, a team of Pitt researchers created a mesh that harnesses the body’s own healing power.

  • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Surgery
  • Department of Bioengineering

Global Law Faculty Member, Ugandan Educator Celebrated at Annual Awards

The University Center for International Studies recently honored Ron Brand and Silver Oonyu with Sheth International Achievement Awards.

Marketing Major Lands ‘Wicked’ Internship

Pitt senior Rachel Noah created her own University experience on her way to a career in arts management during a dream summer internship: on Broadway with the producers of “Wicked.”

  • Students
  • Department of Theatre Arts