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This Pitt program equips students with the skills to be impactful disability advocates
Disability Studies Certificate prepares students to incorporate accessibility and inclusion into their fields, from digital design to health care.
Pitt’s undergraduate nursing program is No. 4 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø also joined the ranks of Most Innovative Schools in the 2025 Best College rankings.
Hillandale Farms family giving tops $45M with the creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank
The specimen repository ultimately will help develop treatments for painful conditions like arthritis that affect millions globally.
¿Pero por qué?
Gretchen Rosado’s childhood curiosity led her to science. A Spanish-speaking lab at Pitt just may lead her home.
Humans aren’t the only creatures to make nostalgic returns home
In honor of Pitt Homecoming, we spoke with Professor Corinne Richards-Zawacki about natal philopatric amphibians, which habitually return to the place where they were born to reproduce.
A moon tree is taking root near Pitt’s historic Allegheny Observatory
A seed that circled the moon with NASA will be planted in Riverview Park. Celebrate its arrival on Oct. 6.
A construction milestone for BioForge, Pitt’s biomanufacturing innovation facility
In a topping-off ceremony, leaders celebrated placing the last beam of a facility that promises to help push ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø into the life sciences century
This professor’s insect collection will help measure ecosystem health across the continent
Mary Mulcahy spent the summer trapping, sorting, weighing and tracking key species around Bradford.
People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found
The National Science Foundation study is the first to map county by county the impact of nitrogen from the U.S. cattle supply chain.
Pitt archaeologists helped uncover the earliest evidence of farming in East Africa
The ancient findings show how crop domestication spread bit-by-bit through the region.
How Pitt contributes to regional economic and community growth
Explore why the APLU recognized the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø with an Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation.
The ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Supercomputing Center earned an NIH grant to fund a third-generation Anton supercomputer
The five-year award will allow noncommercial biomedical researchers to use the system at no cost.
Pharmacists play a vital role in improving health care, says Lucas Berenbrok
The Pitt professor is showing how important community pharmacies are through his teaching and research.
How Pitt is taking on the next phase of the opioid epidemic
Those tracking fatal overdoses in Pennsylvania have seen increasing rates of the adulterant xylazine, or tranq. Pitt people are on the forefront of establishing best practices for treatment.
These former Pitt Med students designed a lab plastic recycling system
Now, Polycarbin founders James O’Brien and Noah Pyles are back to help ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø researchers reduce their environmental impact.
Why LGBTQ+ inclusion is essential to the academy, according to 7 Pitt researchers
From fighting HIV to studying adolescent social media use, these experts are using scholarship to advocate for their communities.
She was studying social media’s effects before TikTok even existed
A National Science Foundation CAREER Award will help Sophia Choukas-Bradley develop new ways to approach her research.
Pitt junior Connor Diaz was named a 2024 Newman Civic fellow
The civics enthusiast, Brackenridge Fellow and social justice activist was recognized for his commitment to increasing local engagement among Pitt students.
44 Pitt undergraduates received 2024 Brackenridge Fellowships
As recipients of one of the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø’s most prestigious awards, the students will conduct independent research, scholarship or creative work under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
Introducing Pitt’s 2024-25 Fulbright winners
These 13 students and alumni will travel across the globe to study, teach and conduct research.
