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Researchers built an autonomous system to help detect the most urgent victims in mass casualty events
The Pitt and Carnegie Mellon team will keep testing and readying its robots for real-world missions as part of a three-year DARPA Triage Challenge.
Commander Bradley Kiefer graduated from the FBI National Academy
He’s the second Pitt police officer ever to attend the 10-week law enforcement training.
Pitt celebrates Paul Supowitz upon his retirement
The alum and longtime vice chancellor helped to revitalize the Pittsburgh campus and community during his Pitt career.
Quoc-Dien Trinh was named chair of Pitt’s Department of Urology
The surgeon-scientist, physician leader and health equity advocate will also be recommended for appointment as the Dr. Frederic N. Schwentker Endowed Chair.
Pitt-Bradford was named among the best colleges in the mid-Atlantic
Along with the 21st consecutive Princeton Review honor, Washington Monthly recognized the regional campus as a best value college.
Pitt teamed up with Penn State and Temple to award a joint office supplies contract
The University of Pittsburgh has contracted with ODP Business Solutions and Supra Office Solutions, a minority-owned Philadelphia business, for more than a decade.
2 Pitt faculty organized a math camp for girls in Pittsburgh
Sabrina Streipert and Marta Lewicka, both of the Department of Mathematics, spent a week in August introducing young students to the field’s versatility.
Samuel Woolley won a book award from the Association of Internet Researchers
An AoIR committee recognized “Manufacturing Consensus: Understanding Propaganda in the Era of Automation and Anonymity” with the Nancy Baym Book Annual Award.
From advanced degrees to personal enrichment, here’s how staff can use Pitt’s education benefit
Join the ranks of nearly 2,000 University employees who enrolled during the 2023-24 academic year.
This author found an incomplete George Romero novel in Pitt’s archive. Here’s how he finished it.
Daniel Kraus will talk about the new book, “Pay the Piper,” at a free Sept. 12 event.
This alumna is building a bike-friendly campus
Meet Lucy Klug, Pitt’s mobility specialist, who is working to make sustainable transportation options more accessible on the Pittsburgh campus.
Nominate faculty for distinguished University honors through Oct. 11
Submissions are now open for the Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards in teaching, research and public service as well as the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring.
Khirsten Scott and Angela Stewart won the 2024 Joint LRDC-School of Education Internal Award
The assistant professors will work to advance youth well-being, particularly among Black girls.
2 School of Social Work students won Joseph and Helen Eaton Scholarship awards
The annual prizes honor the best single-authored works by a first- or second-year doctoral student.
The Pitt Pantry lockers won a national food waste reduction award
During the 2023-24 school year, the lockers provided easy access to meals for students, including those facing food insecurity.
A Pitt student startup won the prestigious Hult Prize
“Korion Health is the latest example of a social enterprise that will positively impact the world,” said the competition’s CEO.
A construction milestone for BioForge, Pitt’s biomanufacturing innovation facility
In a topping-off ceremony, leaders celebrated placing the last beam of a facility that promises to help push Pittsburgh into the life sciences century.
Experts are worried about cyber threats to infrastructure. This Pitt program is raising awareness.
The SHURE-Grid program brought together students from a variety of majors to create educational tools about designing with cybersecurity in mind.
GSPIA student Jill Stemple was named as an acting state bureau director
She will lead the Bureau of Policy, Planning and Program Development within the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.
Panthers Forward debt relief program, which has saved students $4.5 million, is accepting applications
Seniors, apply by Sept. 29 for federal student loan relief and exclusive mentoring opportunities.
