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Grad Students vs. Homelessness

Pitt grad students are using data skills and business analytics to reduce homelessness. Five teams will present their solutions in the Katz school’s Super Analytics Challenge finals on Friday, March

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‘Audacious’ Study Works to Ensure All Children Thrive

The ���ϳԹ��� Study is shifting the typical power dynamic of community research to make sure that children are supported, healthy and thriving. Drop in on a conversation with the project’s creators

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Build Your Diversity Consciousness

A new anti-racism series helps students, faculty and staff have empowering, eye opening and uncomfortable conversations. Sign up by March 29.

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Thank You, Advocates

On Tuesday, 250 Pitt advocates and elected officials participated in the first-ever virtual Pitt Day in Harrisburg, to tell state representatives and senators about how Pitt makes a difference in

Lavender Graduation: Submit to the LGBTQIA+ Creative Works Showcase and Zine

Commencement

Sharing Stories of Pitt’s Impact with Harrisburg—Virtually

As students, faculty, staff, alumni and advocates log on for the first-ever virtual version of the annual Pitt Day in Harrisburg event, Pittwire invites readers to take a look back at stories that

Photos: Class of the Total Solar Eclipse

They came in with the total solar eclipse and went out with a pandemic. The School of Medicine’s Class of 2021 was tested like no other—which made their residency match on Friday, March 19, all the

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• Covid-19

Happy birthday, Mr. Yuk

He’s mean. He’s green. And he’s turning 50! To kick off National Poison Prevention Week, hear the origin story of Mr. Yuk, as told by his creator, Pitt alumnus Richard Moriarty (MED ’66).

• Innovation and Research

Pitt Community Responds to Violence Against Asian Americans

Members of the ���ϳԹ��� of ���ϳԹ��� community shared their responses to the recent spate of violence targeting Asians and Asian Americans. A recent report by Stop AAPI Hate found a nearly 150%

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Dance Marathon: The Show Must Go On

Film students helped turn the annual Pitt Dance Marathon into a 12-hour virtual production benefiting patients at UPMC Children’s Hospital of ���ϳԹ���. It’s the biggest student fundraiser of the

Pitt Peregrines Welcome St. Paddy’s Egg

The latest pair of peregrine falcons atop the 40th floor of the Cathedral of Learning have welcomed their first egg of the season. Catch up on the drama.

Uncertainty Rules as March Madness Begins

Picking a March Madness bracket is hard in the best of years, but what will the uncertainty of COVID bring to the 2021 NCAA basketball tournaments? Pitt sports analytics expert Konstantinos

Summit Highlights Advising’s Ripple Effect

The ���ϳԹ���’s fourth annual Mentoring and Advising Summit featured keynotes, multiple tracks and a focus on advising in the time of COVID-19. It attracted 1,000 participants nationwide.

Joining forces against hate

Pitt and Carnegie Mellon ���ϳԹ��� will use their wealth of scholarly expertise in a new Collaboratory Against Hate Research and Action Center. Its goals: to study extreme hate and its impact and

• Community Impact
• Innovation and Research

Ew, COVID: A Chat with Dan Levy

“Schitt’s Creek” star Dan Levy chatted with the Pitt community on Tuesday about writing, the pandemic, identity and taking care of your mental health.

Get Serious

Vice Provost Kenyon Bonner has a message for you: We’re still in the middle of a pandemic, so act like it. Keep your distance, wear your mask and avoid large gatherings this week.

• Covid-19

County opens temporary vaccination clinic at Pitt

Students from the schools of the health sciences will administer vaccines at upcoming clinics at the Petersen Events Center serving individuals 65 and older.

• Covid-19

Partnership Boosts Pitt Commons

Pitt joins the multi-institute Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunities that aims to ensure student success, partner with local communities and reimagine education. The mentoring and networking

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Two Historic Firsts Collide

As the first Black woman on the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, Doris Smith-Ribner (CGS ’70, LAW ’72) ordered a series of reforms that created a roadmap for equity in K-12 education. Another Pitt

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