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Events to celebrate Earth Month

Enjoy a monthlong celebration of Earth, featuring a variety of events hosted by Pitt Sustainability to educate the Pitt community about the environment.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Pitt Farmers Market is back

Get fresh produce and visit local vendors on select Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the William Pitt Union.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Celebrate the Year of Data and Society on April 8

The event will include panels on facilitating learning about data, sustaining the impact of project activities, lightning talks and a poster session.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Hesselbein Lecture Series welcomes former Ford and Boeing CEO Alan Mulally

Dean Carissa Slotterback will moderate the virtual event on April 8.

  • University News
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Pop artist Burton Morris said he owes his life to the Cathedral of Learning. You can now see his painting of it in Hillman Library.

His parents met at Pitt in the ’50s. Last week, the Pittsburgh native unveiled his painting of the building that holds a special place in his heart.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Cathedral of Learning
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Pitt students to lawmakers: Preserve our state-funded tuition discount

The Pitt community steps up and speaks up to protect the in-state tuition rate for Pennsylvania’s students and families.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Students
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Nominations for the Chancellor’s Awards for Staff are due April 29

The awards are the highest University honor for staff.

  • University News
  • Staff
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6 in-person shows to see in Pittsburgh this April

From Afropop to Pitt Stages plays, Pittwire previews upcoming performances you won’t want to miss.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
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The Pitt community is invited to accreditation open sessions from April 4-6

The virtual sessions will focus on reviewing and discussing with the Middles States Accreditation team how Pitt is meeting accreditation standards.

  • University News
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A Pitt science historian shares stories of an overlooked woman scientist

For Women’s History Month, Marian Gilton explains her interest in Émilie du Châtelet, who only recently has begun to gain overdue recognition.

  • Technology & Science
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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There’s still time to donate to the Pitt United Way Campaign

Help raise $750,000 before April 29.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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Pitt’s annual health sciences symposium is getting a new name

The University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Vanscoy Winter Academy will be supported through 2042, thanks to a gift from alumnus Gordon J. Vanscoy and his wife Bethann.

  • University News
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Pharmacy
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2 Pitt professors elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) elected University of Pittsburgh faculty members Fabrisia Ambrosio and Ramakrishna Mukkamala to its College of Fellows. Ambrosio

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
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Pitt provides greater clarity regarding how environmental, social and governance factors are applied in the investment decision-making process

The first-ever report addresses Pitt’s ESG policy development, progress on implementation and future trends.

  • University News
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Attend Sexual Assault Awareness Month events at Pitt

Programming is intended to engage in education and dialogue aimed at eradicating sexual violence and to hold space for the survivors on Pitt’s campus.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students
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A Pitt Urban Studies major won a fellowship for her work addressing food insecurity

Junior Nina Mennies has been awarded a Newman Civic Fellowship, which supports community-minded students in their journey to becoming change-makers.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Peggy Liu named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science

Liu’s research and teaching expertise is in consumer behavior, with a focus on work that increases the appeal of health activities in social contexts.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
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Pitt graduate programs rise in U.S. News and World Report rankings

Programs in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, School of Education, School of Medicine and Swanson School of Engineering saw jumps in their 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings.

  • University News
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
  • School of Education
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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How a circular economy could fix the supply chain

"The real innovation lies when you think about the beginning of design,” says Melissa Bilec, co-director of Pitt’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Faculty
  • Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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This new program funds research on climate change and precision public health

The Public Health Trans-Disciplinary Collaboration Pilot Awards support projects that use data science to develop targeted health interventions. Here are the 5 winning projects.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Public Health