(seated, from left) Samuel W. Black, director of the African American Program at the Heinz History Center; Rob Ruck, professor of history in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; Bobby’s son Rob Grier, Jr.; CNN journalist Fredricka Whitfield (far left).

Bobby Grier’s Sugar Bowl stand: How one Pitt player changed the game

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AI’s transformative impact is already here — and other takeaways from this week’s ‘Forging the Future’ summit

Leaders from around the globe gathered at Pitt to explore how emerging technologies are reshaping health care, economic competitiveness and the global innovation economy.

How SHREC went to the moon — without even knowing

The NSF lab’s radiation-hardened computer system was adopted by the NASA Kennedy Space Center.

Pitt is teaming up with Anthropic and AWS to create an AI-enabled Campus of the Future

The University is the first to launch institution-wide Claude for Education integrated with Amazon Web Services, empowering a new era of learning and innovation across Pitt’s five campuses.

3 Pitt faculty were elected to the National Academy of Medicine

John C. Byrd, Terence S. Dermody and Kate Rubins are among the latest recipients of the prestigious health and medicine honor.

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Announcements and Updates
Students using an AED on a medical dummy

This Pitt training teaches a lifesaving skill for responding to cardiac emergencies

Man holds a United Way bag next to Roc

Pitt’s United Way campaign is back for another year of impact

Person carries University of Pittsburgh tote bag while talking to women at a booth

Thinking about graduate school? These sessions will help you decide what’s next.

A hand on a laptop trackpad.

Comment on a draft policy regarding research misconduct until Nov. 4

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Accolades & Honors
RJ Thompson

RJ Thompson won the Dr. Tom Baker Community Leader Award

Several nursing students posing in suits with two holding awards

Pitt was named one of the best schools for men in nursing

The Cathedral of Learning. A tree with yellow leaves is in focus in the foreground.

Karen Arndt will give a lecture at a Genetics Society of America gathering

Stairway in the Frederick Honors College

The Frederick Honors College has three new experts in residence

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