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High school students are taking their Pitt summer projects to a big science stage

Public Health Science Academy participants Natalia Connor and Julian Whaley Miller will present their research results at an annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Teaching & Learning
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Comment on a draft policy regarding payments for students and research participants

Members of the Pitt community are invited to provide feedback via an online form through March 7.

  • University News
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Mark Shlomchik was elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the AAI

It’s among the highest honors bestowed by the professional immunology association.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Medicine
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Share your Pitt story and make a gift during PDoG on Feb. 27

Gifts help ensure a brighter future for Pitt students for years to come.

  • University News
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Rory Cooper was elected to the National Academy of Engineering

The appointment is among the highest professional distinctions that can be accorded to an engineer.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Pitt is on a team that was granted $1M for energy research

The award is part of the National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines program.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
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Aurora Sharrard has been promoted to Pitt’s assistant vice chancellor for sustainability

She’s overseen the University’s sustainability strategy, implementation and partnerships since 2018.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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Pitt Pharmacy researchers earned a grant to improve opioid use disorder treatment

The school’s Program Evaluation and Research Unit will receive $7.8 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse over five years.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Pharmacy
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Mubanga Kalimamukwento won the 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, selected by Angie Cruz

Her collection, which will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press in October, explores Zambian womanhood.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
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Turn your winter from gray to green with these sustainable activities

Plus, here’s how Pitt reduced emissions and diverted a record number of donations from landfills.

  • University News
  • Sustainability
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Taylor Abel has been named chief of pediatric neurosurgery at UPMC

The Pitt Medicine and Engineering professor was tapped after a national search.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Regional high schoolers are getting a head start with this Pitt-Bradford program

More than 1,200 students from 30 high schools are earning college credits before they arrive on campus.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Bradford
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Apply for a Summer Undergraduate Research Award by March 4

Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences students can apply for the $4,000 stipend.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt has joined the Keystone Space Collaborative to bolster out-of-this-world research

The move is just the latest effort to connect University researchers to the region’s space science ecosystem.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
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2 Pitt undergrads completed Pittsburgh Media Partnership internships

Read stories The Pitt News staffers James Paul and Betul Tuncer wrote throughout the fall semester.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
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Registration is open for the Community Engaged Scholarship Forum

Network and celebrate the University’s commitment to community engagement.

  • Community Impact
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A Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center system was selected for the National AI Research Resource Pilot Program

Neocortex is among six elite artificial intelligence computers that will participate in the U.S. program to support AI research and education.

  • Technology & Science
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14 Pitt people earned Year of Discourse and Dialogue funding

Units from around the University will pursue projects that foster open expression and productive conversation.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Lucas Berenbrok was elected as an American Pharmacists Association Fellow

The associate professor in Pitt’s Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics is honored for exemplary achievements.

  • Faculty
  • School of Pharmacy
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Pitt has launched a research partnership with bioMérieux

The French biotech company’s analytical and sequencing team will collaborate with the University’s clinical microbiology and infectious diseases divisions.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Global