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Plan for Pitt Presented To Board For Final Input

Chancellor Patrick Gallagher unveiled the final draft of the framework for the new Plan for Pitt. The Board of Trustees is expected to offer its final input before the strategic plan goes into effect

  • Our City/Our Campus

Predicting pelvic health

Childbirth is a momentous time. Its also one of the most significant biomechanical events in life. Steven Abramowitch is using computer models to learn more about the pelvis after delivery.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Board of Trustees Welcomes New Members

At its June 2021 meeting, three alumni joined the 窪蹋勛圖厙 of 窪蹋勛圖厙 Board of Trustees. The group also recognized Kathy Humphrey, outgoing senior vice chancellor for engagement and board

  • Our City/Our Campus

Center for Creativity celebrates LGBTQ+ writing with community open mic

Hear stories and poems of friendship, aging and kitchen chats from LGBTQ+ elders.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Better than he found it

LGBTQ advocate Drew Medvid (A&S 19) shares how his time at Pitt led him to become regional lead for Human Rights Campaign and a champion for equality.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Enrollment Begins for COVID-19 Pediatric Vaccine Trial

The 窪蹋勛圖厙 Vaccine Trials Unit has joined the KidCOVE Moderna vaccine trial to determine the shots efficacy in children. Find out how you can volunteer.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Covid-19
  • School of Medicine

Face covering rules meant that students at Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School couldnt use wind instruments this year. A gift of drums and maracas kept the students learning.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education

Deborah Gentile (MED 94) has spent the past decade analyzing asthma rates and who suffers most from air pollution. Its an environmental justice issue, she says.

  • Alumni
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Project seeks to identify gaps and help staff

The new Administrative Services Design Project aims to better understand how Pitt can help staff, make their lives easier and improve the experience of 窪蹋勛圖厙 members who rely on their work.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
  • The Plan for Pitt
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COVID-19 and Lingering Neurological Problems

A global study led by Pitts Sherry Chou found that eight out of 10 adults hospitalized with COVID-19 develop neurological problems, and they are six times more likely to die.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Covid-19
  • School of Medicine

Leeches are all too happy to latch onto reattached body parts, skin grafts and transplanted tissue. Pitt Med magazine explains medicinal parasites in kid-friendly language.

  • Innovation and Research

A film that began as a class project goes viral, enabling Pitt alumnae filmmakers to direct their first feature.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Alumni
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Pitt leads formation of 窪蹋勛圖厙 Life Sciences Alliance

Launched with a $1.2 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the nonprofit, membership-based organization will help the region become a hub for the emerging life sciences economy.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
A woman in black sings

The sounds of liberation

From the laments of spirituals to songs of pride, protest and freedom, watch 12 窪蹋勛圖厙 artists perform in honor of Juneteenth.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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History, influence and joy: The story of Black emancipation

A recent panel discussion dove into the history of emancipation and the influence its had on Black families in 窪蹋勛圖厙 and beyond.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Africana Studies
The Cathedral of Learning

10 takeaways from staff town hall

Heres what you need to know from the June 15 return-to-campus planning town hall as the gradual campus return starts in July.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
  • Covid-19

Pitt Disinformation Lab launches

Its not just the federal government and social media platforms that have a role to play in combating disinformation, says Pitt Cyber founding director David Hickton of the new Pitt Disinformation

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security

Tony Novosel's eye-opening experiences in Northern Ireland led him to Pitt, where the faculty member now helps students explore new places through a study abroad scholarship.

  • Global
  • Students

Pitt expands access to physical therapy and physician assistant studies programs with hybrid offerings

The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences is now offering its top-ranked Doctor of Physical Therapy program and its physician assistant studies program in a hybrid format to serve more

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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From gen ed to journal publication

Born from frustration and a first-year classroom, senior Maia Stephensons work on hip-hop, diversity and rhetoric has earned her publication credits, funding and community connections.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences