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In January 2019, Pitt people performed UPMCs first-ever in utero surgery for spina bifida. See how toddler Emery Greene Mullen is doing today.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Pediatrics
  • School of Medicine

Many clinicians struggle with their mental health, but when its you, you might not see it, says Sansea Jacobson, associate professor of psychiatry.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Medicine
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Three views on one strange year

What was it like to choose Pitt sight unseen? To live on campus? Teach a class? Three Pitt people reflect on their first year at the 窪蹋勛圖厙.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
  • Covid-19
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Computing and Information

Hometown head start

Madison Kornides, a student in Pitts guaranteed pharmacy admissions program, fought COVID-19 in her hometown of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and beyond.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Students
  • Covid-19
  • School of Pharmacy
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Hail to faculty and staff!

Pitt leaders express their appreciation for the professionalism, dedication and countless contributions of faculty and staff members during the 2020-21 academic year.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Faculty
  • Staff

Future electronic displays will be thin, flexible and durable. Pitt engineers are finding ways to make the tech better and cheaper through tiny electric grids.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Imagine youre a graduate student in the biomedical sciences. Your training requires a significant amount of time at the lab bench. Then a pandemic hits. How do you move forward?

  • Students
  • Department of Pediatrics

Koffi Kengbo (GSPIA 21) wants to return to Togo to help give people the freedom to speak up.

  • Global
  • Alumni

Learn about the new imaging techniques Pitt bioengineering researchers are using to study the diseases impact on the brain.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Trans kids have long sought health care

The struggles of trans children in the era before modern medicine show not just how trans youths are far from a new phenomenon but also how tenacious they were compared to their parents and doctors

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
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Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week 2021

From June 7-11, join celebrations of the faculty and staff who make Pitt great. Plus, thank your favorite Pitt people for a chance to win prizes.

From the archives: Pitt Pride

To kick off Pride Month, revisit some of the achievements, research and conversations going on at the 窪蹋勛圖厙 of 窪蹋勛圖厙 about and with the LGBTQ+ community.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Perspective: Never forget, ever honor

Office of Veterans Services Director Aryanna Berringer reflects on the meaning of Memorial Day and the civilian/military divide in America.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Staff
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Book excerpt: a massacre, not a riot

Ahead of the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre on May 31, read an excerpt from Professor Alaina E. Roberts new book that depicts the lead-up to and aftermath of that brutal event.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty

Pitts AFA CyberCamp, now in its fifth year, is training teens to fight the next generation of threats to America. This year, the program is reserving a quarter of its slots for kids in communities

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Whats out there?

As the U.S. government prepares to share an unclassified report on unidentified aerial phenomena, we asked Pitt experts to weigh in.

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

Inhaled Nanobodies Effective Against COVID-19 in Hamsters

Promising early data suggest that this approach can provide a convenient and cost-effective therapeutic option to control the coronavirus pandemic.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Cell Biology
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A Curie-ous connection to Pitt

A century ago, Pitt played host to the worlds foremost female scientist, Marie Curie. But Pitts connections to the two-time Nobel Prize winners work go far beyond the honorary doctoral degree she

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Assembled

Yesterday, the final steel beam topped off The Assemblya 250,000-square-foot biomedical building that will house state-of-the-art Pitt laboratories and research. Construction workers and Pitt leaders

Recent Pitt Business grad Katie Gerber wants to become a CPA and represent women in the upper levels of management. See how Panthers Forward, the Smart Women Securities group and faculty mentorship

  • Students