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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-Greensburg
  • Pitt Arrival
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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.

  • University News
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Medicine
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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.

  • Students
  • Staff
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • College of General Studies
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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.

  • Alumni
  • Community Impact
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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.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education
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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.

  • Students
  • Department of Mathematics
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5 fun outdoor adventures near Pitt-Johnstown

Experience kayaking, geocaching, gardens and more — all within a 30-minute drive from campus.

  • Pitt-Johnstown
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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.

  • Community Impact
  • Alumni
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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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.

  • Technology & Science
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Why public art is essential to community, from Pittsburgh to Paris

Associate Professor Caitlin Bruce studies how murals and graffiti vivify public spaces.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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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.

  • Faculty
  • School of Computing and Information
  • Community Impact
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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.

  • Community Impact
  • Students
  • Alumni
  • School of Education
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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.

  • University News
  • Students
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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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.

  • Faculty
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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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.

  • Faculty
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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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.

  • Faculty
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Pitt-Greensburg alumna Jen Borrasso won a Golden Quill award

The Press Club of Western Pennsylvania awarded her for investigative broadcast journalism.

  • Alumni
  • Pitt-Greensburg
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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.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Computing and Information
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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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.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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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.

  • Graduate and professional students
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences