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Chancellor Gabel and Evan Facher named to Pittsburgh Business Times Power 100

The annual list highlights Pittsburgh’s most influential leaders.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
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Pitt’s Annual Disclosure Certification period begins March 18

Disclosure forms are due by April 15, 2024.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Staff
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How to get involved with the General Education Reform Task Force

All members of the Pitt community are invited to share their feedback via an online survey and listening sessions through April 22.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
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You could win a $5,000 gift card when you donate blood this March

Vitalant will be on the University’s Pittsburgh campus for five days this month.

  • Community Impact
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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Introducing the new embedded clinician for the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Adriana Cox will serve the overall well-being and mental health of the graduate student community.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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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
Synychych wears a VR headset to test her scuba diving application, displayed on a projector screen

An undergrad from Ukraine is exploring how VR might comfort those with PTSD

Moved by her own experiences with trauma, Sofiya Synychych developed a meditative application with help from Pitt-Bradford faculty.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Pitt-Bradford
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Pitt-Titusville launches rebranded Education and Training Center

Formerly known as the Hub, the school is raising community awareness of its associate degrees and Swanson School of Engineering sponsored courses.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Titusville
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The best way to retain memories may depend on the content

New Pitt and Temple research tests approaches for spacing out and memorizing different types of material.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Center for Neuroscience
A student in a white lab coat looks at a vial full of duckweed

836 Pitt undergraduates contributed data for a new study on plants and pollution

The study originated from a lab course, Duckweed Survivor, that encourages students to see themselves as researchers.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A reflection of the Cathedral of Learning in the window of Mervis Hall, an academic building at the University of Pittsburgh.

Pitt undergrads will offer free tax assistance through April 12

In partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program provides Pittsburgh residents with tax return and refund support.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Undergraduate students
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A poignant news story led to dozens of new pledges for the National Sports Brain Bank

Former Pittsburgh weatherman Jon Burnett shared his suspected diagnosis of CTE. An outpouring of support followed.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Medicine
Maya and her brother pose in matching purple shirts

A Pitt junior will compete on 'The Amazing Race'

Biological sciences major Maya Mody will compete alongside her brother on Season 36 of the reality adventure show.

  • Global
  • Undergraduate students
Leah Byrne in black shirt, looking at camera with arms crossed

This Pitt program is leveling up the gene therapy workforce in Pittsburgh

Leah Byrne’s Pittsburgh Gene Therapy Bootcamp teaches lab skills and connects grad students to biotech companies.

  • Technology & Science
Greg Delgoffe and Leah Byrne

2 Pitt faculty were elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors

Leah Byrne and Greg Delgoffe of the School of Medicine were honored for their innovations in cell and gene therapy.

  • Technology & Science
Chloë Glover

A Pitt PhD candidate earned a Mendenhall Research Fellowship

Chloë Glover will work with the U.S. Geological Survey to develop a 3D tectonic framework of the northeastern area of Washington State

  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Blossoming trees around the Cathedral of Learning

2 Pitt students received 2024 Critical Language Scholarships

Dannial Cardillo and Christine White will both study Persian in Tajikistan.

  • Global
  • Students
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2 Pitt seniors competed at an ethics in engineering competition

Alison Linares Mendoza and Anvi Viji-Anand are the first to represent the University in the challenge.

  • Technology & Science
  • Undergraduate students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
A bracket logo reads The @PittOfficial Unofficial Pitt Bracket 2024

Cast your votes for Pitt Madness throughout March

Our bracketologists have made their picks, ranking the University’s defining people, places and things. Now it's time to cast your votes.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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Joseph J. McCarthy named Pitt’s provost and senior vice chancellor

He’s served the University for more than 25 years as both an award-winning faculty member and transformative leader.

  • University News