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Hirsch holds up her certificate and medal

Jennifer Hirsch won the International Association for Relationship Research Teaching Award

“Her teaching style engages us to be more creative and curious students,” according to one student testimonial.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A portrait of Anna Li

A Pitt student startup is a semifinalist for the Hult Prize

Korion Health enables at-home health screenings to combat heart and lung disease.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
Alanna Howe

A Pitt honors student was selected for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals

Sophomore Alanna Howe will attend a two-month intensive language course, study at a German university and complete a mechanical engineering internship.

  • Global
  • Students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
A man wearing glasses, surrounded by abstract paintings.

The birth of Benny Blindspots

When an autoimmune disease came for his sight, Pitt alum Benny Schwartz picked up a paintbrush. The rest is (art) history.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
A box of Polycarbin-branded pipette tips

These former Pitt Med students designed a lab plastic recycling system

Now, Polycarbin founders James O’Brien and Noah Pyles are back to help University researchers reduce their environmental impact.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • School of Medicine
Ryan Tate poses with an apparatus of glass tubing

If it’s glass, Ryan Tate can make it

Pitt’s scientific glassblower crafts and repairs the flasks, pipes and apparatuses that make University research labs function.

  • Technology & Science
  • Staff
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Rory Cooper before his wheelchair race at the Paralympics

Rory Cooper was named to the U.S. Olympians and Paralympians Association Executive Committee

The Human Engineering Research Laboratories founding director won a bronze medal in the 1988 Paralympic Games.

  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Pitt researcher analyzes wires in a lab.

Pitt is No. 8 for public universities nationally in U.S. News’ Best Global University Rankings

The University ranked in the top 50 for 12 subjects, including a top 10 ranking for surgery.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
A headshot of Jamie Ducar

Jamilah Ducar was named to City & State PA’s 40 Under 40 list

Pitt’s assistant vice chancellor of the engaged campus is among young Pennsylvanians making a difference.

  • Community Impact
  • Staff
Woman tosses chess pieces into the air.

How a Pitt alum moved from chess board to board room

Ashley Lynn Priore uses chess to teach life and leadership lessons.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
The Cathedral of Learning

Pitt was named a Best Value College by the Princeton Review

It’s the University’s second consecutive recognition in the ranking.

  • University News
  • Prospective students
Candace Doby crouches next to a table of participants

Pitt hosted the 2024 Leading Emerging and Diverse Scholars to Success Summit

Nearly 30 people from minority serving institutions participated in the event.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Institute for Clinical Research Education
Grier runs on the field at the 1956 Sugar Bowl

Bobby Grier, a Pitt trailblazer who broke a college football color barrier, died at 91

He made national headlines as a senior when he became the first Black player in the Sugar Bowl.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
Red and blue nova

A rare stellar explosion will soon reveal a ‘new’ star. Here’s how to see it.

Visible with the naked eye, the nova will be the brightest one most people ever see, says Pitt astronomer Carlos Badenes.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
People pose at a conference

Several Pitt Medicine people won honors at the 2024 American Thoracic Society conference

7 fellows and 6 faculty took home awards for research, mentoring and scientific achievement.

  • Graduate and professional students
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
  • Health and Wellness
A person walks by a fountain

A unique Pitt major was highlighted by the National Humanities Alliance

The Digital Narrative and Interactive Design program is a collaboration between the Department of English and School of Computing and Information.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Computing and Information
A Nazarbayev University School of Medicine graduating class

A Pitt partnership established this Kazakhstan medical school, which just earned its first MD accreditation

Nazarbayev University School of Medicine is home to the only graduate-level MD program in Central Asia.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Medicine
The Cathedral of Learning framed by trees

Pitt will host the 2024 Higher Education Financial Wellness Alliance Summit

The July 14-17 event will focus on addressing financial barriers to degree completion.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Teaching & Learning
several kids at large computers with books in front of them

Pitt’s CyberCamp was cited in a White House report

The Pitt Cyber program has pledged to train 500 high school students in cybersecurity basics by 2028.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security
A cardinal on a tree branch

Pitt is hosting 4 youth science communication workshops in July

Middle schoolers will investigate a topic, gather data and use basic code to communicate their findings in these single-day outings.

  • Technology & Science
  • Teaching & Learning