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Catherine Cavanaugh

This nationally lauded scholar is helping Spanish speakers learn complex science.

  • Students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt is BikePGH’s Organization of the Year

From bike caves to free rides, the Pittsburgh campus is building a bike-friendly culture, no matter the weather.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Grad students: Applications for the Super Analytics Challenge are due Dec. 3

Team up with fellow students to address hunger in this year’s challenge.

  • Community Impact
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
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Heinz Chapel Choir returns with its first public concerts in two years

The theme for the choir’s winter series is “ponder the treasure in your heart.”

  • University News
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Share your thoughts about the next leader of the University Center for Social and Urban Research

The provost’s office will begin the search for a permanent director of the center with an open forum via Zoom on Friday, Dec. 3, at 2 p.m.

  • Community Impact
  • University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR)
  • University News
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Pitt ophthalmologists provided free vision care at an October clinic

Almost 300 pairs of glasses were ordered, and serious vision issues were identified in 100 patients.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Medicine
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ICYMI: Holiday break extended for staff

Winter Recess will now run Dec. 20 through Jan. 3, 2022 for all full- and part-time Pitt employees.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Staff

Phone service will be briefly interrupted Nov. 30 at the Pittsburgh campus

From 9-11:30 a.m., incoming calls to Pittsburgh campus individual phone numbers may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes during the transition while the phone number is being moved to the new service

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Staff
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Pitt Black Faculty Development Initiative receives grant to tackle health disparities

The $250,000 from the Richard King Mellon Foundation will both support Black faculty at Pitt and address Black maternal and infant health in Western Pennsylvania and beyond.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus

Understanding Pitt's strategic plan

Our people, programs and purpose are the pillars of the new Plan for Pitt. Here are five ways the University is working to improve our academic and research programs.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
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Year of Data and Society funding will support projects on air quality, social justice and more

The first round of winning projects for the year’s theme have been announced. Submit your own application for the next round of funding by Dec. 1.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Faculty
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Valerie Fulmer earns Educator of the Year Award

Fulmer is director of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Standardized Patient Program.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
  • Teaching & Learning
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One of Pitt’s oldest startups just got FDA approval for its artificial lung device

ALung was approved for emergency use during the pandemic. It’s now going to help asthma, cystic fibrosis and transplant patients, too.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Meet Pitt’s chief diversity officer

Vice Chancellor Clyde Wilson Pickett shares what he’s been doing to create a more equitable and inclusive university.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Education
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Let there be sight

A patient enrolled in a trial to restore sight to blind people shares his journey in the latest Pitt Med Magazine, and the glow-in-the-dark science behind the advance is astonishing.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Department of Ophthalmology
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Richard Su Fang

One of two U.S. Presidential Scholars at Pitt.

  • Students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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COVID-19 Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists will support researchers with family caregiving responsibilities

The gift will support at least 250 biomedical early-career faculty at medical schools and their affiliated hospitals in 17 states.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Does Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill address America’s needs?

A Pitt professor in civil and environmental engineering weighs in.

  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Innovation and Research
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Robert K. Cunningham appointed interim executive director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

The CNBC is a collaboration between Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University that advances research into the cognitive and neural mechanisms that give rise to behavior.

  • University News
  • Faculty
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Pitt researchers are part of an international team awarded $1 million Magee Prize

The team, led by Pamela Moalli, is working to develop materials to repair tissue loss in people with compromised vaginal structure and function.

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