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Meet 5 award-winning alumni educators who are transforming classrooms

Their work is shaping the future, which ultimately benefits us all.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
  • School of Education
The Cathedral of Learning

Pitt received a seed grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

The University will use the $250,000 award to advance diverse, equitable STEM doctoral programs.

  • Faculty
  • Provost
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Preventing violence among youth could start on the field

Pitt researchers are studying a national antiviolence program that is instilling healthy relationship and mental health practices in young male athletes through their coaches.

  • Teaching & Learning
Darris Means leans on a railing

What if … we could remove roadblocks for rural students?

Darris Means has spent the last decade examining how to build resources for Black youth in rural districts.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Alumni
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Graduate students, apply for study abroad funding by Feb. 15

Conduct independent research or have an international learning experience with Pitt’s Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs Scholarships.

  • Graduate and professional students
  • Global
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Anthony Grace was awarded a continuation of his National Institutes of Health grant

The Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience is studying adolescent stress as a risk factor for major mental disorders.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Innovation and Research
  • Health and Wellness
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A Pitt alumnus is developing ‘green steel’ to revolutionize the industry

Boston Metal CEO Tadeu Carneiro says, “We are privileged, all of us, to be living in the decade during which we will save the planet.”

  • Technology & Science
  • Sustainability
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Forbes Avenue sidewalk closures planned through April

Stay safe near construction zones as work continues on The Eatery and Hillman Library.

  • University News
  • Pittsburgh Campus
The Webbs stand on a track

Pitt’s father-son coaching team is keeping track in the family

Their one-on-one approach helps student-athletes sprint toward their best selves.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Athletics
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Pitt health sciences was recognized for professional development by the National Postdoctoral Association

The schools’ Office of Academic Career Development received a nod from the NPA Pilot Recognition Program.

  • Graduate and professional students
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The STEM Coding Lab was awarded a grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation

Pitt students and faculty volunteer with the nonprofit, which strives to provide under-resourced Pittsburgh-area children with essential computer skills.

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Technology & Science
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Pitt researchers, submit a letter of intent for the Manners Awards by March 4

The University Center for Social and Urban Research will award up to $20,000 to two interdisciplinary research projects.

  • Faculty
  • University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR)
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An R.K. Mellon Foundation award will help Pitt train Pennsylvania workers in responsible data science

The Office of the Provost initiative will use the funding to build online programs to ensure the region’s workers are job-ready.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Provost
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2 draft policies are open for comments

Provide feedback on the Assistance Animals, Therapy Animals, and Pets and FERPA policies by Feb. 7.

  • University News
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In Memoriam

Remembrances.

Brandolon Barnett

'Dreams Deferred' memoir chronicles a path from poverty to social impact

Brandolon Barnett writes about “recession, struggle and the quest for a better world.” And, more books by Pitt alumni, out now.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Alumni
Ken Gabriel

Pitt BioForge appointed its inaugural CEO

Ken Gabriel will lead the Hazelwood Green facility and serve as director of Pitt’s Advanced Biomanufacturing Institute.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Here’s how to catch a ride on Carnegie Mellon’s fixed route shuttles

Thanks to a reciprocal agreement, Pitt community members just need an ID to ride.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
The Weitzels

Inspired by their son, the Weitzels advocate for better care for disabled people

The couple, who met at Pitt, created the School of Dental Medicine's Joshua Benjamin Weitzel Fund for Special Needs Dentistry.

  • Community Impact
  • Alumni
  • School of Dental Medicine
Brent Rondon and Roberto Bellido-Diaz stand in an office

How Pitt’s Small Business Development Center supports Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs

Pittsburgh’s Hispanic population is small but growing. Brent Rondon saw that they needed support.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Small Business Development Center