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New name and new era for Pitt Public Health

The School of Public Health is dropping “graduate” from its name to reflect its expanding offerings.

  • Health and Wellness
  • University News
  • School of Public Health
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A new global study will address disparities in access to insulin

Pitt has been awarded a grant to determine whether long-acting analogue insulin is better than other treatments for Type 1 diabetes.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • School of Medicine
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Reminder: Register today for the Community Engaged Scholarship Forum

The fourth annual event is set for March 1.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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Sidewalk and road closures planned on Allequippa Street through early April

The temporary closures are due to hillside-area infrastructure improvements on the Pittsburgh campus.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Meet one of Pitt's ‘hidden figures’

After becoming the first Black woman to graduate from the Swanson School of Engineering, Elayne Arrington made aerospace history, too.

  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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All Angles, a new Pitt speaker series, will help students explore differing viewpoints

The series kicks off with national political reporter Salena Zito and BridgeUSA CEO Manu Meel.

  • University News
  • Students
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Pennsylvania's next budget has high stakes for Pitt's in-state students and families

Legislators are starting to work on the state’s budget, and Pennsylvania students’ tuition discount is at risk. Here’s what you need to know.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Students

The 2022 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum agenda is now available

Tracks for the virtual March 1 event include health equity, coalition building and environmental justice.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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A new Pitt-UPMC residency program is bringing better health care to patients in rural Pennsylvania

Second- and third-year residents will work in Tioga and Potter counties as part of the only such program in north-central Pennsylvania.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Medicine
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Human Resources announces new policy for full- and part-time staff

University guidelines for paid volunteer and professional development time have been updated.

  • University News
  • Staff
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There's more to health inequities than income

Modern medicine promises bountiful health, so why have Black Americans been left behind? The risk factor is not race, but racism and its legacy.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Medicine
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Give back to Pitt and have fun doing it

Participate in Philanthropy Week events beginning Feb. 15 and join a scavenger hunt, sock giveaway and more on Pitt Day of Giving, Feb. 22.

  • University News
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Fall in love with data during these events

Feb. 14-18 is international Love Data Week, designed to raise awareness about research data management, sharing and preservation. At Pitt, there’s witchcraft is involved.

  • University News
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
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Register for a mini wedding at Heinz Memorial Chapel

Five all-inclusive and budget-friendly ceremony packages are available for June 5, 2022.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
Space station floating in space above Earth

The International Space Station got new Pitt-designed computers and sensors

The toaster oven-sized system can see cars, roads and trees from space.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Advice for activists from a former Pittsburgh NAACP president and Pitt alumnus

Tim Stevens has been advocating for Black people’s civil rights for 50 years.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Meet the Pitt alumnus giving a voice to NFL China

Adam Chang started commentating football games for Tencent Sports in September.

  • Global
  • Alumni
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Advice for the best relationship from a Pitt psychologist

This Valentine’s Day, relationship expert Amanda Forest shares her research on how to be a supportive partner.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Pitt lacrosse team wearing gear on field

Pitt's new lacrosse team kicks off its inaugural season Feb. 11

Head coach Emily Boissonneault also debuts in the match. Here's how you can watch.

  • University News
  • Athletics
Anna Balazs wearing a purple sweater and smiling

Pitt professor named to the National Academy of Engineers

Anna Balazs is the first Swanson School faculty member to also have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

  • Faculty
  • Swanson School of Engineering