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To find rare frogs and birds, Pitt researchers are using machine learning algorithms and hundreds of microphones
A new generation of conservation technologies is allowing researchers like Justin Kitzes to search more broadly and efficiently than ever before.
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He was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease in high school. As a Pitt postdoc, he’s committed to finding answers.
Anthony Anzell came to the School of Public Health to study the mechanisms of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia with Beth Roman, a leading expert and basic research director in Pitt’s HHT Center.
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A federal grant will create a new drug discovery center at Pitt
Researchers and clinicians at the School of Medicine and UPMC will use the $7.8 million in funding to start the Pitt Translational Center for Microphysiology Systems.
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Pitt research on small galaxies was published in Nature
Their findings from James Webb Space Telescope observations show they may be responsible for opening the universe to light.
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Pitt experts predict the changes that will shape their field before the next leap day
Leap ahead with leaders in immunology, neuroscience and public health.
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Solved at Pitt: What are Saturn’s rings made of?
Pitt researchers have made many leaps in their fields — here's how Professor James Keeler settled the debate about the planet at the University's own Allegheny Observatory.
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The 1969 publication of Pitt’s Black Action Society is now fully digitized
The annual issue, titled "As-Salaam-Alaikum," highlighted Black student life through artwork, poetry and photos.
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Jonathan Rubin will chair a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics activity group
In the role, the professor in Pitt’s Department of Mathematics will lead forum discussions on dynamical systems.
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15 Pitt faculty members won 2024 Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards
The annual honor recognizes outstanding scholarly accomplishments in research, teaching and public service.
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A record-setting 11,400 alumni and donors raised $2.4 million on Pitt Day of Giving
Across the globe, supporters helped fund University scholarships, research, academics, athletics and more.
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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.
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General Education Task Force aims to transform Pitt’s undergraduate experience
The three-year project will streamline degree planning, reduce financial burdens and foster interdisciplinary exploration.
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These are the 2024 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring winners
The annual award recognizes Pitt faculty for outstanding mentoring of graduate students pursuing a research doctorate degree.
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2 Pitt-Greensburg students presented their honors research on genetics
Their project was led by Assistant Professor of Biology Logan Johnson.
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Pitt extends the Fall 2024 commitment deadline to May 15
The U.S. Department of Education's announcement that student financial aid information from the FAFSA is delayed until mid-March means financial aid offers will likely be sent around mid-April.
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Kayla Heffernan won a 2024 POGIL Early Achievement Award
The associate professor of mathematics at Pitt-Greensburg is one of two educators nationwide to receive the honor.
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A Pitt professor is using virtual reality to connect to the Hill District’s past
The Time Traveling Project adds historical context to the photography of Charles “Teenie” Harris, a prolific chronicler of 20th-century Black life.
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Join a dialogue on thriving Latinx futures at a free March 21-23 conference
Latinx Connect attendees will envision ways to empower diverse Latinx communities.
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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.”
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Tamar Krishnamurti took part in a NASEM drug forum
The assistant professor of medicine was invited to a panel discussing real-world implementation considerations for in-home opioid disposal systems.