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Employees, you can now share your career milestones with these Pitt graphics

Celebrate work anniversaries, accomplishments and promotions with downloadable designs.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Faculty
  • Staff
Community and Pitt speakers gather to speak to a crowd at an event at t at Hazelwood Avenue and Lytle Street, where it was announcement about the Hazelwood CEC was made.

Pitt’s third Community Engagement Center has found its home in Greater Hazelwood

The CEC will be housed in Center of Life’s new headquarters, which will offer neighborhood residents a variety of services, classes and wellness programming.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Promote accountability and trust
Carey

Tony Carey won an American Political Science Association mentor award

He earned this year’s Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for working with Latino junior faculty.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Cultivate student success
Peng Liu with a graphic featuring chemistry motifs

Peng Liu is unraveling new reactions — and new ways of working together

With a pair of Nature papers among a flurry of recent studies, the computational chemist is on a hot streak that shows no sign of stopping.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center won 3 HPCwire Awards

PSC was honored at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis for work with its flagship Bridges-2 computer.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • It's Possible at Pitt
School of Pharmacy faculty, students and support staff  in the new Salk Pavilion photographed for pharmacy stock and web sites, October 4, 2023

Pitt people were honored at a Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association meeting

The School of Pharmacy and students Anneliese Harp, Julia Lazzaris, Charlotte Nazar and Akshaya Sudhakar were recognized at the Western Regional Meeting.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Pharmacy
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Pursuing a competitive scholarship? Here’s how Pitt can help.

Students and recent alumni can look to the Office of National Scholarships and Post-Graduation Success for everything from finding the right award to providing personalized feedback and endorsements.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Students
A backlit woman looks into a scope with a computer monitor behind her displays a glowing green image

9 projects earned funding from the Dietrich Innovation Initiative

The new program will provide resources for faculty and staff to explore ambitious, collaborative projects.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Out now: ‘Nightbloom’ and more winter reading from Pitt alumni authors

Peace Adzo Medie’s new novel gives voice to African women.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Manush Saydmohammed and Michael Tsang with a microscope in the lab

How a fish could lead to new hope for treating persistent wounds

An unexpected discovery by School of Medicine Professor Michael Tsang led to his startup Zegenex — and a new way to treat serious wounds.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • School of Medicine
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Supervisors, be aware of holiday timecard deadlines

Timecards must be submitted and approved early for the weeks of Nov. 17 and Dec. 15.

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  • Faculty
  • Staff
Man wearing a baseball cap leans on free weights in a gym.

Tray Crayton III is staying in the game

The former Pitt football player’s recently released book charts his new direction.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Cultivate student success
  • Athletics
The Advanced Leadership Institute participants Nicole Rhodes, Monique Smith and Audrey Murrell, photographed in the Center for Inclusioin and Belonging.

Audrey Murrell is helping develop emerging Black leaders at Pitt and beyond

She’s among experts from across the US mentoring young talent through The Advanced Leadership Institute. Hear from staffers who completed the local program.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
Political science experts have a panel discussion on a stage

5 takeaways from last week’s event on civic engagement

Rajiv Vinnakota and Kristin Kanthak shared their thoughts on a range of topics, including young people’s views of democracy and investing in one’s community.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
Chancellor Staff Awards ceremony and reception held at the Connolly Ballroom of Alumni Hall.

Chancellor Joan Gabel recognized 9 staff members with top awards

Individuals were recognized for their exceptional contributions to Pitt through mentorship, community engagement, career achievement and more.

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  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Pitt-Bradford is a Military Times Best Vets College

Pitt-Bradford earned the designation for a second year. The campus also boasts military friendly and military spouse friendly rankings.

Pitt startup founders pose at a table with Pitt banners and Roc the panther

Pitt’s first signing day for startups celebrated a milestone for researcher-entrepreneurs

Five new companies founded by Pitt researchers aim to improve wound care, cancer immunotherapy, chronic pain care and more.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Social Work
Portrait of audiologist Jennifer Raneri.

This Pitt alumna uses state-of-the-art technology to help patients navigate hearing loss

From everyday citizens to sportscasters and late-night headliners, Jennifer Raneri is keeping people connected to the world around them through comprehensive audiology care.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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A PhD student presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting

Jenn Lee’s research explores how dental medicine and social work disciplines differ in their understanding of the social determinants of oral health.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Cooper points to a part of an electric wheelchair

Rory Cooper joined the board of the Army Heritage Center Foundation

The organization supports the US Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL)
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Promote accountability and trust