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Your questions about doing research at Pitt, answered

The new Pitt Research Navigator is designed to connect Pitt researchers to resources with personalized customer service on grants, data management and more.

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  • Innovation and Research
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Anaya Joynes

A Pitt engineering student who leads by example.

  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Undergraduate students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Vanessa Love is Pitt’s new director for civil rights and Title IX

The three-time University alumna will lead the office’s outreach, education and prevention efforts.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Staff
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Gretchen Carlson Natter is Pitt’s new assistant dean of students for community and inclusion

She will lead the Division of Student Affairs in improving students’ social and academic development through community.

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  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
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Panthers Forward — and Pitt — changed this senior’s life

First-generation scholar Hosea Wah said the debt-relief and mentoring program instilled professional and financial confidence as he gets ready to launch his career.

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  • Community Impact
  • Undergraduate students
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She’s Pitt’s first-ever recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Anna Li will receive $90,000 over two years as she completes her MD/PhD. If that wasn’t enough, she’s an inventor tackling health disparities as well.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Graduate and professional students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt graduate programs retain high U.S. News and World Report rankings

Programs in public health, education, engineering and more saw jumps in the 2024 rankings.

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  • Faculty
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Education
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Public Health
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2 Pitt Pharmacy professors earned AACP awards

Neal Benedict and Sandra Kane-Gill were recognized for scholarly teaching and patient care research, respectively.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faculty
  • School of Pharmacy
  • Department of Critical Care Medicine
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Moving out? Cleaning your office? Here's how to give your unwanted stuff a second life at Pitt

Across campus, you'll find many opportunities to help you give your things a second life or to properly recycle items, promoting a culture of reuse and diverting items from landfills.

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  • Community Impact
  • Sustainability
  • Students
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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Here are the winners of the 2023 Health Disparities and Social Justice Poster Competition

Researchers from across Pitt’s schools of the health sciences presented on mental health, occupational therapy, stroke treatment and more.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Students
  • School of Social Work
  • School of Public Health
  • School of Pharmacy
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Oldest living U.S. Olympic medalist, Herb Douglas, a University of Pittsburgh alumnus, has died at 101

The track and field legend was a storied businessman and philanthropist.

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  • Athletics
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Pitt’s Lisa Nelson is the new co-director of the Collaboratory Against Hate

The associate professor in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs will help advance the initiative’s goals to better understand and combat hatred based on prejudices.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
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Download photo props, stickers, yard signs and more to celebrate your Pitt graduate

Plus, take your pride online with graphics for social media, Zoom and Teams backgrounds.

  • Commencement 2023
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Pitt-Bradford faculty and staff earn President’s Awards

Joelle Warner, director of donor relations and stewardship, and Matt Kropf, associate professor of engineering technology, were honored for their work on the Duke building.

  • Staff
  • Pitt-Bradford
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Rachel Decker Richelieu named Pitt’s vice chancellor for University Communications and Marketing

Richelieu brings decades of experience from her work in the public sector, aerospace and defense, and technology.

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  • Staff
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Graduating Pittsburgh Public Scholars want to help the city and beyond

The Pitt program guarantees admission and financial assistance for Pittsburgh Public Schools’ valedictorians and salutatorians. Here’s how two hope to change the world.

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  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
  • Commencement 2023
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Friday’s Self-Care Fair is your destination for relaxation

Stop by the William Pitt Plaza and lawn from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. to get creative, play games, snag giveaways and recharge before finals week.

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  • Health and Wellness
  • Students
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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Pitt professors’ work was acknowledged by the FDA commissioner

Robert Califf praised their approach to educating pharmacists on over-the-counter hearing aids.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • School of Pharmacy
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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The Pitt Success program supported more than 1,000 students in the Class of 2023

Since launching in 2019, the initiative has helped Pell Grant recipients fund — and stay in — college.

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  • Community Impact
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Education
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RSVP for the Chancellor’s Staff and Faculty Appreciation Picnic

Celebrate with food, music and games at Posvar Patio and Schenley Drive on May 11.

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  • Staff
  • Pittsburgh Campus