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Danielle Obisie-Orlu

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

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Undergraduate students
Mateus Martins standing with bicycle on the sidewalk.

This alum is making Pittsburgh’s roads more accessible for cyclists and pedestrians

Mateus Martins approaches traffic engineering with a focus on equity.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Alumni
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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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
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How emotions fuel fake news on social media

Angry about that headline? Then you’ll probably share this story, Pitt researchers show.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
  • School of Education
E.J. Borghetti clapping hands during Pitt football game

Meet the chronicler of all things Pitt football

Ahead of the Peach Bowl, hear E.J. Borghetti’s take on this year’s football team, the program’s history and which former player he named a son after.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
  • Athletics
Gayle and Bill Pamerleau sitting on a rock, Galye with MSU sweater and Bill with Pitt sweater

Pitt vs. Michigan State is a win-win for this Pitt-Greensburg couple

Bill and Gayle Pamerleau, both long-time Pitt employees and Michigan State University alums, say they’re torn between the two teams facing off in the Peach Bowl.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Pitt-Greensburg
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How Pitt helped Pennsylvania in 2021

Revisit stories of the University’s impact around the commonwealth.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pitt-Titusville
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Christmas Day at Pitt returns

After a year’s absence, the Pitt community will come together to bring back the holiday service tradition.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Athletics
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Three Pitt researchers earned Charles E. Kaufman Foundation grants

The awards support critical research at Pennsylvania universities.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Medicine
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Pittwire’s pictures of the year

Check out some of our favorite photos from the University of Pittsburgh in 2021.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Difficult Conversations: How to give bad news, according to a palliative care doctor

Bob Arnold, founder of UPMC’s Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, shares his expertise and tips in this Q&A.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Scott Morgenstern receives Fulbright Specialist Program award

Morgenstern will complete his project at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Global
Pittsburgh skyline in the daytime with view of yellow bridges and rivers

Allegheny County Policing Project simplifies police policies for the community

This Pitt-initiated project is designed to create a greater understanding of local policing and police accountability.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Ramona Reeves earns the 2022 Drue Heinz Literature Prize

The University of Pittsburgh Press will publish her book, “It Falls Gently All Around,” next fall.

  • University News
  • Arts and Humanities
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Get ready for the Peach Bowl with these recipes

When Pitt takes on Michigan State on Dec. 30, you'll be ready with these peachy recipes from a Pitt Athletics nutritionist.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Athletics
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Pitt researchers receive grant to explore wireless technology for people with disabilities

The team hopes to improve accessibility and promote mainstream wireless inclusion through technology services with a $4.6 million grant.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Students with face masks carefully building gingerbread Cathedral of Learning

’Tis the season for a gingerbread Cathedral of Learning

Two Pitt teams took on this sky-high baking challenge. See the sculptures — and some familiar faces — on campus this week.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
  • Cathedral of Learning
Rachel Bezanson looking to the side, standing in front of building

Pitt astronomers will be among the first to use the latest and greatest NASA telescope

Four faculty members are on teams that will point the James Webb Space Telescope at distant objects, galactic winds and exploding stars.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Apply for Pitt's Community Engaged Scholarship Forum by Dec. 22, 2021

The annual event highlights scholarship and partnership.

  • Community Impact
  • Students
Keisha Blain smiling, wearing glasses with earrings and black shirt

Keisha N. Blain’s work named among ‘best history books’ by Smithsonian Magazine

“Until I am Free: Fannie Lou Hamer’s Enduring Message to America” was published by Beacon Press in 2021.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion