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Pitt team using 3D scanners on ancient objects

Honors College undergrads are digitizing collections at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

The group’s 3D scans will be featured in an upcoming exhibit showing how objects made their way from Egypt to Pittsburgh.

  • Technology & Science
  • Global
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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University Center for Teaching and Learning names director for equitable and inclusive teaching

The new director will evaluate teaching initiatives and work with faculty to assess the learning process.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faculty
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Pitt Seed Program issues call for pitches to advance the Plan for Pitt

The funding program is looking for ideas that align with the new strategic plan and that make the University an even better place to learn, teach and work.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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What you need to know about Dry January

Taking a break from booze? Sober curious? Abstaining from alcohol can improve your health. Learn more about University resources for students.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Students
  • School of Medicine
  • University News
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Difficult Conversations: So you messed up. Here's how to apologize.

Karina Schumann, director of Pitt’s Conflict Resolution Lab, shares her tips in this Q&A.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt’s Boo Kyung Jung received a grant from the Academy of Korean Studies

The grant is in the amount of $21,000.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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A Pitt astronomer is helping assemble the biggest-ever 3D map of the universe

The massive Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument project has already mapped millions of galaxies. It’s thanks to Jeff Newman that they know where to look.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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The University of Pittsburgh is launching an undergraduate public health program

More than 800 students have already applied for the inaugural class starting this fall.

  • Health and Wellness
  • University News
  • School of Public Health
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Remembering the 1969 Computer Center Take Over

On Jan. 15, 1969, students in the Black Action Society staged a nonviolent sit-in to demand change from Pitt. Read four participants’ accounts in this oral history.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
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New scholarship agreement helps graduate students in the sciences

Pitt’s partnership with an all-women, all-volunteer philanthropic organization is getting deeper, stronger and planning for perpetuity.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Nursing

Don’t miss Creating a Just Community on Jan. 18

The virtual event starts at 11:30 a.m.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Education
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Get your COVID-19 booster at the Petersen Events Center on Jan. 12

Appointments are preferred, though walk-ins will be welcome.

  • Health and Wellness
  • University News
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Pitt dermatologists expand access to uninsured and underserved

MobileDerm offers care in "dermatology deserts" in Pennsylvania.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Medicine
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day events postponed

The Martin Luther King Day of Service and the Martin Luther King Social Justice Symposium will be rescheduled for later this spring, due to the University’s shelter-in-place policy.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Watch: The Pitt Time Capsule Project tracked the Class of 2021 from start to finish

Nine students shared how their lives changed in this Student Affairs video series.

  • Alumni
  • Students
  • Division of Student Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Our City/Our Campus
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These windows will outsmart the elements

The Pitt and Oxford researchers' design harnesses the sun’s energy in winter and reflects it in the summer.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Got a New Year’s resolution? Pitt’s got resources.

Whether you want to exercise more, save money or quit smoking, Pitt is here to help students and employees live better in 2022.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students
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A six-year search for a new particle has turned up empty

With help from Pitt researchers, MicrobooNE was looking for a long-theorized “sterile neutrino” that would buck the standard model of physics.

  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Danielle Obisie-Orlu

The Allegheny County Youth Poet Laureate with a 30-year plan.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Undergraduate students
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Understanding Pitt's strategic plan: our purpose

People, programs and purpose are the pillars of the new Plan for Pitt. Here are four ways the University intends to carry out its purpose of changing lives for the better.

  • University News