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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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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.
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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.
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This Pitt junior’s podcast is transforming communities through conversation
“Let’s Talk Social Innovation” spotlights local and University leaders making an impact.
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Pitt launches a Doctor of Chiropractic program
The evidence-based program will be the first of its kind in Pennsylvania and unique among research-intensive public institutions in the U.S.
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Pitt ranks in top 20 for patents granted to universities worldwide
Pitt innovators earned 114 U.S. patents in 2023. Learn how the Innovation Institute can help your invention make it to market.
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A new satire novel by a Pitt-Bradford writing professor reflects on COVID-19
“The Pamela Papers" by Nancy McCabe is out now.
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Pitt has been named a 2023-24 Fulbright Top Producer
Since the 2013-14 cycle, Pitt has earned this prestigious accolade nine times and has produced 114 Fulbrighters.
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Pitt researchers discovered a way to prevent hearing loss caused by loud noise
Free-floating zinc molecules in the inner ear may hold the key to why hearing loss occurs, according to a new paper from the School of Medicine.
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High school students are taking their Pitt summer projects to a big science stage
Public Health Science Academy participants Natalia Connor and Julian Whaley Miller will present their research results at an annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine.
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Share your Pitt story and make a gift during PDoG on Feb. 27
Gifts help ensure a brighter future for Pitt students for years to come.
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Turn your winter from gray to green with these sustainable activities
Plus, here’s how Pitt reduced emissions and diverted a record number of donations from landfills.
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Regional high schoolers are getting a head start with this Pitt-Bradford program
More than 1,200 students from 30 high schools are earning college credits before they arrive on campus.
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Pitt has joined the Keystone Space Collaborative to bolster out-of-this-world research
The move is just the latest effort to connect University researchers to the region’s space science ecosystem.
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Here’s who won the University’s annual social justice awards
The students and staff who make Pitt more just, equitable and inclusive will be recognized during a Jan. 26 luncheon.
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Nicholas Rescher, a polymath who helped to establish Pitt as a philosophy powerhouse, dies at 95
Renowned for a “sheer range of intellect,” the professor’s career spanned six decades of teaching and researching topics such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of science.
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Meet 5 award-winning alumni educators who are transforming classrooms
Their work is shaping the future, which ultimately benefits us all.
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The School of Education is tackling the teacher shortage with an innovative, multifaceted approach
With its new undergraduate teacher education program, Pitt wants to get more qualified teachers into K-12 classrooms faster.
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What if … we could remove roadblocks for rural students?
Darris Means has spent the last decade examining how to build resources for Black youth in rural districts.