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Questions for the ‘Connecting King’

Vernard Alexander, the new director of Pitt’s Homewood Community Engagement Center, sees himself as the ultimate connector.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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Blue and gold on Broadway

Alumni spanning eight decades networked, met Chancellor Gabel and played some Pitt trivia in NYC.

  • Alumni
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Alumni updates: fall 2024

Pitt alumni share their news. Write to us to share yours.

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The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center earned an NIH grant to fund a third-generation Anton supercomputer

The five-year award will allow noncommercial biomedical researchers to use the system at no cost.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
Attendees and volunteers of the World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference in Niagara Falls, New York, pose for a portrait.

Pitt-Bradford sponsored the World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference

Faculty and staff also attended and volunteered at the event, which was hosted by the Seneca Nation of Indians in Niagara Falls.

  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Pitt will host the JCC Maccabi Games in summer 2025

More than 6,000 young athletes, coaches and family members are expected to attend the world’s largest in-person Jewish youth sporting event.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Community Impact
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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Pharmacists play a vital role in improving health care, says Lucas Berenbrok

The Pitt professor is showing how important community pharmacies are through his teaching and research.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
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A new Pitt program pairs biblical messages with the science of cognitive behavioral therapy

The CHURCH program aims to improve mental health outcomes in Black communities in Pittsburgh and beyond.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Pitt will host the journal JCI Insight for the next 5 years

A team of physician-scientists led by Oliver Eickelberg will serve as the editorial board for the American Society for Clinical Investigation publication.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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This popular Pitt class reveals the city's secrets

A Pitt English class called Secret Pittsburgh invites students to explore the city's most interesting, unusual or historic sites — and discover some things about themselves along the way.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Apply for a program on developing community engaged scholarship projects

Applications to join the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs cohort are due Aug. 30.

  • Community Impact
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Jessica Ghilani presented to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

The Pitt-Greensburg professor is a well-regarded expert on misinformation and disinformation.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Greensburg
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Pitt will conduct evacuation exercises throughout August

Here’s the schedule for each building on campus.

  • Pittsburgh Campus
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3 Pitt leaders were named 2024 Men of Excellence

Shawn Ellies, Mark Henderson and Robert Hill will be honored by the New Pittsburgh Courier on Sept. 13.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
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These Pitt students took to the world stage to share a database project designed to combat systemic racism

The Frederick Honors College scholars presented their research to international leaders at the United Nations’ Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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She’s built a welcoming place for Latino immigrants in Pittsburgh

GSPIA alum Rosamaria Cristello created the Latino Community Center to help the city's immigrant community thrive.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Alumni
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Pitt-Bradford has been a College of Distinction for a decade

It’s the campuses 10th consecutive recognition for its efforts to help students learn, grow and succeed.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Bradford
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Rural students took a mental health hit during the pandemic, a Pitt-Bradford professor found

Shailendra Gajanan is now helping several Pennsylvania counties make a plan to lower stress levels among youth.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Pitt-Bradford
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Who is: Neilesh Vinjamuri, Pitt alum and 'Jeopardy!' champion?

The Swanson School of Engineering graduate took home $56,009 over a three-day winning streak.

  • Alumni
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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These grazing goats helped the Pitt grounds crew clear a hillside

The herd provides a fossil fuel free solution to combating invasive vines and underbrush.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability