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What’s on President Gregerson’s back-to-school playlist
The Pitt-Greensburg leader and musicophile suggested 11 bops to help you succeed in the new school year.

Pitt welcomed its newest class of medical students
More than 150 incoming students received their white coats and recited the Hippocratic Oath during ceremonies this summer.

Share your thoughts with Dean Adam Leibovich during office hours
Faculty, staff and students in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the College of General Studies are invited to the monthly virtual sessions.

3 Pitt alumni were sworn-in to the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Next Generation Engagement
The new commission will focus on the needs of Pennsylvanians ages 16-26 years old.

There’s a dire shortage of Black K-12 teachers. This Pitt program is drawing students to the field.
In partnership with Pittsburgh Public Schools, Genius, Joy and Love is showing young adults the transformative power of teaching and diversifying local schools.

Pitt’s Association for Women in Mathematics won an award for scientific excellence
The student chapter was recognized for its seminar series and mentoring program.

5 fun outdoor adventures near Pitt-Johnstown
Experience kayaking, geocaching, gardens and more — all within a 30-minute drive from campus.

A Pitt alumna was selected for the Obama Foundation Leaders USA program
Rosamaria Cristello (GSPIA ’17), founder of the Latino Community Center in Pittsburgh, will represent Pennsylvania in the inaugural class.

Survival of the fittest, AI style
Pitt engineer Amir Alavi built an algorithm that’s producing new materials with unique properties. Here’s how they could help build the future.

Why public art is essential to community, from Pittsburgh to Paris
Associate Professor Caitlin Bruce studies how murals and graffiti vivify public spaces.

Bruce Childers graduated from Leadership Pittsburgh
The dean of Pitt’s School of Computing and Information spent 10 months examining challenges and assessing solutions for Western Pennsylvania.

Pitt Education students and alumni volunteered at a camp for children affected by cancer
An alumna, Abby Ziegler, also developed this year’s Camp Clubhouse programming.

Skip the line with the Market at Towers’ new AI upgrades
Pitt is one of the first universities to integrate Amazon’s artificial intelligence-powered Just Walk Out technology to making shopping more efficient.

Karen Bursic was elected as a fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education
The Swanson School’s undergraduate program director earned the organization’s highest honor.

Elaine Mormer was named a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences professor was honored for outstanding contributions to the discipline of communication sciences and disorders.

Mark DeRuiter will help lead the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
The professor in Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences was elected vice president for standards and ethics in audiology.

Pitt-Greensburg alumna Jen Borrasso won a Golden Quill award
The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania awarded her for investigative broadcast journalism.

6 Pitt faculty earned NSF CAREER Awards
The awards are the foundation’s most prestigious honor and will provide more than $3.5 million in research funding to these early-career professors and researchers.

A new chemical process makes it easier to craft amino acids that don’t exist in nature
The research, published in Science by a team including Pitt chemists, could open the door to new protein-based therapies.

2 Pitt graduate students and their advisors were named Gilliam Fellows
The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences researchers were recognized for embodying leadership and advancing equity and inclusion in science.