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Pitt's bioethics bowl team on Baylor's campus

Pitt scored a top 10 finish in its first National Bioethics Bowl

Eight undergraduates competed in the annual competition at Baylor University.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Undergraduate students
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Pitt undergraduates launched the Pittsburgh Interdisciplinary Mathematics Review

The inaugural issue includes voices from faculty, graduate researchers and undergraduate editors.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Rosella sits with his camera in front of photographic prints

See 1950s Pittsburgh through this alumnus’ lens

In his book, Michael Rosella provides a tender and compelling glimpse of Pitt in the past.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
A bed of red flowers in front of the Cathedral of Learning

5 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad

They will study critical languages around the world, from Senegal to Croatia.

  • Global
  • Arts and Humanities
Ruth Mostern

Ruth Mostern is named World History Association vice president

The Pitt professor of history will also serve a two-year presidential term starting in 2026.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Andrews inside the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse

One person’s trash is Ash Andrews’ treasure

The Pitt-Greensburg grad uses pluck and imagination to promote art, community and sustainability as executive director of the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
Maya Jones stands in front of her French court gown

Take a closer look at this undergraduate researcher's pièce de résistance

To create a garment worthy of an 18th-century queen, Maya Jones set her sights on a Creative Arts Fellowship from Pitt's David C. Frederick Honors College.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Four students huddle around a laptop

4 ways to make your voice heard on campus

From writing for The Pitt News to joining the Student Government Board, these groups can help you share your perspective and tackle tough topics.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
Gupta

Prachi Gupta's memoir tackles the model minority myth

Read "They Called Us Exceptional: and Other Lies that Raised Us" and more, out now from alumni authors.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
Students taking notes in a large lecture hall

The Conceptual Foundations program takes a philosophical look at medicine

This rapidly growing certificate program in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science has students tackling medical questions in a new way.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Teaching & Learning
Muhammad stands by flags at the White House

A first-generation Pitt alumna was selected for a Pickering Fellowship

Selected out of 1,400 applicants, Khadajah Muhammad will be equipped with foreign affairs skills before participating in both a domestic and international internship.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The Barco Law Building

Pitt Law won the National Tax Moot Court Competition

The three students, coached by alumni and faculty, went undefeated throughout the tournament.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Students
  • School of Law
A person wearing headphones records others on a camera with a microphone attachment

Apply for a Pitt film boot camp by March 29

The four-day intensive will teach faculty, staff and graduate and professional students how to communicate their research via video.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
A figure of a man on the side of a building

2 Pitt Public Health professors led a Collaborative Filmmaking study on grief

“Visualizing Loss” follows 5 Pennsylvania families and their experience with bereavement after the death of a child.

  • Community Impact
  • Arts and Humanities
  • School of Public Health
A blue flag with a Pitt shield

Brittany Graham earned Best Costuming Designing at the Swedish International Film Festival

The Pitt Stages’ costume shop assistant manager won for her work on “Unsinkable.”

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Roberts holds her book at the end of two library stacks

Alaina Roberts’ book takes a fresh look at freedom in the American West

In researching her family’s past, the Pitt historian found an oft-overlooked narrative of Black emancipation and Native displacement.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
A bus travels over a yellow bridge into downtown Pittsburgh

3 Pitt students are the hosts of a new overnight radio program

Undergraduates Jaime Ely, Margaux Rentzel and Ryan Tarabokia discuss national and world news on “KDKA Next Take.”

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Williams sits on a bench

Amy Williams will be honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters

The Pitt professor of music will present her work at the society’s library in the spring.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Three plaques sit on a table with a blue tablecloth in front of a projection of Pittsburgh's skyline

Pitt will pay tribute to 7 community leaders on Feb. 24

This year’s K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month celebration will recognize unsung champions of the arts.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
a Panther statue at sunset

3 Pitt students competed at the Gorlok Gala debate tournament

Natalie Rose, Rosalind Dong and Wenhao “Dannie” Lyu — all first-year students — performed at one of the most competitive events of the regular season.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences