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Aerial view of the Petersen Events Center, with rooftop solar panels

New rooftop solar installations are springing up across campus

Four arrays will provide the equivalent energy of taking more than 100 cars off the road — and more are on the way.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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Pitt undergraduates launched the Pittsburgh Interdisciplinary Mathematics Review

The inaugural issue includes voices from faculty, graduate researchers and undergraduate editors.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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The University Pharmacy has switched to biodegradable prescription bottles

The push to up the office’s sustainability game was led by director Michelle Covone.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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See 1950s Pittsburgh through this alumnus' lens

In his book, Michael Rosella provides a tender and compelling glimpse of Pitt in the past.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
Bennet van Houten and Deborah Polk

Two Pitt Health Sciences researchers are 2023 AAAS fellows

Deborah Polk and Bennett Van Houten received the prestigious honor for their respective work in dental guidelines and DNA damage and repair.

  • Innovation and Research
Groups of students walk by Schenley Plaza, with the Cathedral of Learning in the background

Catch up on the past year at Pitt with this tl;dr

From new leadership to community engagement honors, the University redefined what is possible in 2023-24.

  • University News
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Learn about hearing health care at a June 7 symposium

Registration is open for Pitt’s inaugural OTC Hearing Aid and Hearing Self-Care Symposium, which will bring together pharmacists and audiologists.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Pharmacy
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5 key takeaways from Pitt’s first Year of Discourse and Dialogue

An April capstone event highlighted embracing differences and learning about the First Amendment as strategies to make difficult conversations easier.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
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5 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad

They will study critical languages around the world, from Senegal to Croatia.

  • Global
  • Arts and Humanities
Matzo crackers on a plate with literature on Passover

Pitt’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute held a model Seder

The event was an interfaith and intergenerational gathering to learn about the ritual Jewish feast.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ruth Mostern

Ruth Mostern is named World History Association vice president

The Pitt professor of history will also serve a two-year presidential term starting in 2026.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The Cathedral of Learning

Pitt placed across all subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings

The Department of Philosophy remains ranked at No. 5 internationally.

  • University News
The Fort Pitt Bridge leads into Downtown Pittsburgh

Join local experts as they discuss revitalizing American industry on April 24

Co-hosted by Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University, the Brookings Institution event will explore the future growth of industry in Southwestern Pennsylvania in the context of the 2024 election.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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Win a $50 gift card when you take a Career Center survey

Share feedback on your career development experience in just 10 minutes.

  • University News
  • Students
  • Division of Student Affairs
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A Pitt alumna is tying up loose ends for fellow crafters

Jen Simonic’s nonprofit finishes knitting projects for those who can no longer do it themselves.

  • Community Impact
  • Alumni
Mugler

Pitt researchers are solving a mini mystery of cell division

Scientists have long thought the minuscule organisms were using a risky division process. Pitt physicists looked at molecular levels to set the record straight.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A reLAXsan van in an airport parking lot. A plane flies low overhead.

This Swanson School grad solved a California transportation conundrum

Alumnus David Shafer’s entrepreneurial mind developed an innovative shuttle service that makes getting to the airport cheaper, faster and oh-so-reLAXsan.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Alumni
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Chandralekha Singh teaching female students

What will it take to make physics more diverse?

A new Nature Physics paper by Pitt’s Chandralekha Singh provides a road map for creating equitable physics environments — including the roadblocks.

  • Innovation and Research
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The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory and Women for a Healthy Environment join forces to investigate local water systems

Their findings help ensure Allegheny County’s water systems are safe and accessible for all.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach
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Here are the speakers for Pitt’s graduate school commencement ceremonies

Hear from alumni and pioneers leading the fields of infectious diseases, social work, entrepreneurship and more.

  • University News
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Commencement