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Don’t miss these 5 things in Pitt’s new Jonas Salk exhibit

An iron lung, an award from Disneyland and an iconic desk are among the objects on display from the polio pioneer’s archives.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Public Health
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Students took a leading role in creating Pitt’s new Jonas Salk exhibit

Museum studies and public health students helped choose, clean and display the objects that make up the new exhibit in the School of Public Health building.

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • Students
  • School of Public Health
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8 faculty won Pitt’s 2023 Innovation in Education Awards

The Office of the Provost recognizes projects that enhance teaching at the University and foster new instructional approaches.

  • University News
  • Provost
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
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This Pitt program trains members of Black churches to provide bereavement counseling

Thanks to the Pitt Innovation Challenge, the TRIBUTE program is increasing mental health support in communities of color. You can fund your bold idea, too.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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The graduates who received Pitt’s top honors in 2023

A political poet, the student behind Roc himself and a nurse in training earned the ODK Senior of the Year Awards and the Emma Locke award.

  • University News
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Nursing
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Aditi Gurkar was awarded $375,000 to research healthy aging

The assistant professor in Pitt’s School of Medicine earned an inaugural New Investigator Award from Hevolution and the American Federation for Aging Research.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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NFL Hall of Famer Rickey Jackson received his Pitt degree at age 65

Forty years after leaving Pitt for the NFL Draft, Jackson earned his diploma. “I’d put it up with the Super Bowl,” he said.

  • Commencement 2023
  • Athletics
  • College of General Studies
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2023-24 is the Year of Discourse and Dialogue at Pitt

The theme, set by the Office of the Provost, will focus on the power of differing perceptions to enrich community and open inquiry on campus.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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4 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad

The recipients will travel to Croatia, Latvia, Montenegro and Tajikistan.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Undergraduate students
  • College of General Studies
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Your questions about doing research at Pitt, answered

The new Pitt Research Navigator is designed to connect Pitt researchers to resources with personalized customer service on grants, data management and more.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Students
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The American Educational Research Association recognized Pitt Education researchers and reviewers

AERA presented awards to four faculty members and a PhD graduate.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Alumni
  • School of Education
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Commencement 2023 at Pitt, in photos

Relive moments of graduates' joy and parents' pride with this gallery.

  • University News
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Commencement 2023
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Anaya Joynes

A Pitt engineering student who leads by example.

  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Undergraduate students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Vanessa Love is Pitt’s new director for civil rights and Title IX

The three-time University alumna will lead the office’s outreach, education and prevention efforts.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Staff
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Gretchen Carlson Natter is Pitt’s new assistant dean of students for community and inclusion

She will lead the Division of Student Affairs in improving students’ social and academic development through community.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
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Panthers Forward — and Pitt — changed this senior’s life

First-generation scholar Hosea Wah said the debt-relief and mentoring program instilled professional and financial confidence as he gets ready to launch his career.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Undergraduate students
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2 Pitt Pharmacy professors earned AACP awards

Neal Benedict and Sandra Kane-Gill were recognized for scholarly teaching and patient care research, respectively.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faculty
  • School of Pharmacy
  • Department of Critical Care Medicine
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Moving out? Cleaning your office? Here's how to give your unwanted stuff a second life at Pitt

Across campus, you'll find many opportunities to help you give your things a second life or to properly recycle items, promoting a culture of reuse and diverting items from landfills.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Sustainability
  • Students
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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She’s Pitt’s first-ever recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Anna Li will receive $90,000 over two years as she completes her MD/PhD. If that wasn’t enough, she’s an inventor tackling health disparities as well.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Graduate and professional students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt graduate programs retain high U.S. News and World Report rankings

Programs in public health, education, engineering and more saw jumps in the 2024 rankings.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Education
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Public Health