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Community members and Pitt partners work together to plan how the field of life sciences can benefit Greater Hazelwood
For more than 25 years, Pitt has partnered with residents and nonprofit leaders to build a brighter future. Here’s what’s next.

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.

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.

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.

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.

15 Pitt faculty members won 2024 Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards
The annual honor recognizes outstanding scholarly accomplishments in research, teaching and public service.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This Pitt junior’s podcast is transforming communities through conversation
“Let’s Talk Social Innovation” spotlights local and University leaders making an impact.

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.

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.

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.

A new satire novel by a Pitt-Bradford writing professor reflects on COVID-19
“The Pamela Papers" by Nancy McCabe is out now.

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.

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.

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.

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.