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Register for Pitt’s Faculty Honors Convocation on March 16
The ceremony celebrates distinguished faculty members’ teaching, research and public service.
Pitt students get invaluable career experience in this organization
The Incline Consulting Group builds students’ professional development and community by offering pro-bono consulting for nonprofits. Here’s how to join.
Circle Up conversations empower students to discuss agency and intimacy
The pilot program, funded by a Pitt Seed Grant, helps groups explore relationships and consent in a comfortable setting.
Undergraduate student Vidya Surti joined the Allegheny Regional Asset District citizen advisory board
The junior in Pitt’s David C. Frederick Honors College will help inform spending for libraries, parks and more.
Pitt PhD students played key roles in a new study that helped stroke patients regain hand movement
With the help of implanted electrodes, two patients recovered everyday skills like holding a soup can. See video of the tech in action.
Pitt faculty will study circular economies with a $750,000 National Science Foundation grant
The Swanson School of Engineering researchers will analyze data in Pittsburgh and Atlanta in hopes of building a model for other U.S. cities.
A Pitt lab shows phage attacks in new light
The development of new imaging methods allowed researchers in Graham Hatfull’s lab to watch, in detail, as killer phages attached to bacteria — and as resistant bacteria fought off an attack.
Pitt’s Healthy Home Laboratory is an AARP AgeTech Collaborative testbed site
Researchers working in the demonstration home will help validate products and services from startups striving for longer, healthier lives.
Pitt alumni published an article about their student organization in OT Practice
Spencer Sutter and Ashley Thompson started TransformOTive Justice to dismantle oppressive systems in personal and professional settings.
29 faculty projects earned 2022-23 Pitt Momentum Funds awards
Since 2019, the funding has supported high-quality research and creative endeavors at all stages of the research cycle.
Celebrate excellence in doctoral mentoring on March 29
Four faculty members from across Pitt will be recognized for supporting students pursuing PhDs and doctoral research degrees.
The Pitt Vaccination and Health Connection Hub is expanding its services
With more vaccination offerings, biometric screenings and a new website, the Hub on Fifth Avenue is becoming an even more important health resource for the Pitt community and beyond.
Pitt's School of Medicine earned research funding from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
The Department of Biomedical Informatics will study how to reduce medication errors among patients who transition from hospital to skilled nursing facility.
7 free things to do in March
Check out Women’s History Month events, a spring festival and a poetry workshop. Plus, there’s pie.
Alexa, congratulate these Pitt graduate students
A team of doctoral students in the School of Computing and Information is working to make AI more inclusive. Their efforts landed them among 10 finalists in this year’s Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge.
Adam Shear won a Renaissance Society of America Digital Innovation Award
The Department of Religious Studies chair is the second Pitt faculty to earn an RSA honor in as many years.
Ruth Mostern won a book prize from the Association for Asian Studies
The professor in Pitt’s Department of History earned the 2023 Joseph Levenson Prize for her account of China’s Yellow River that spans 3,000 years.
Pitt was recognized again as one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes
The University rose to No. 175 in the overall rankings and is the most preferred large employer in the Pittsburgh area.
