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Educators Team Up to Develop Flexible Curricula on Ethiopia for K-12 Students
Visits with artists, dancers and musicians and interviews with entrepreneurs and religious leaders helped teams of Pitt and Ethiopian educators create a set of lessons that teachers worldwide can use
Students’ Big Ideas Get a Boost With New Center, $2 Million Gift From Randall Family
At the 10th annual Randall Family Big Idea competition, 13 student teams were awarded a total of $100,000 for their inventions and innovations. A new Big Idea Center was also announced, set to open in
Four Pitt undergraduates received Goldwater Scholarship honorable mentions
The program encourages thousands of students each year to pursue careers in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
Dennis Doyle is among 20 Beinecke Scholars nationally
The junior will receive $4,000 now and $30,000 to pursue an MFA after graduating in April 2019.
Engineer Visits Recent Natural Disaster Sites for Insight on Infrastructure Improvements
Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, damaging much of its energy infrastructure. Pitt’s Alexis Kwasinski visited the island and other sites of natural disasters to find ways to update energy
Researchers Revise How Americans Get Healthy
Pitt's John M. Jakicic and Kirk I. Erickson are updating the nation’s physical activity guidelines. Among their suggestions: Even a burst of activity for less than 10 minutes can help deskbound
Erika Forbes and Jennifer Silk were named Association for Psychological Science Fellows
Their election places them among the country’s most lauded researchers and teachers with over a decade of postdoctoral contributions.
Teaching Center Helps Students in Sicily Create 360-degree Tours of Archaeological Sites
What was once a standard research paper project during the Pitt in Sicily study abroad program has morphed into an immersive microdocumentary series created by students.
Research on Blood Clots Could Lead to Better Bleeding Control on the Battlefield and Beyond
Platelets — the body’s internal Band-Aids — are sometimes too effective at stopping bleeding, causing potentially dangerous clots. Matthew D. Neal, assistant professor of surgery and critical care
Department of Energy-backed research aims to boost Rust Belt manufacturers
Professor Götz Veser will lead the projects, with funding totaling nearly $10 million.
Pitt Nursing programs are ranked No. 1 in Pennsylvania and Top 10 in nation
The University's doctorate and master's programs moved up in the U.S. News and World Report list of graduate schools.
Philosophy and library management among Pitt highlights in international ranking
The University of Pittsburgh was one of 22 institutions with at least one subject ranked at No. 1 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018.
Undergraduates Learn Alongside Inmates in Pilot Year of Prison Education Initiative
The Pitt Prison Education Project puts undergraduates in the classroom with inmates — not as teachers or assistants, but as fellow students taking the same college course.
New National Guidelines Aim to Combat Fatigue in Emergency, Shift Workers
After reviewing thousands of studies of shift and emergency workers, Pitt researchers developed five guidelines to help combat fatigue, including limiting shift duration, providing caffeine and
Dance Competition Benefits Free Clinic
Dhirana, a dance competition fundraiser founded by Pitt students in 2012, recently raised $10,000 for the Birmingham Free Clinic, which helps community members access health care.
A new issue of student-run publication The Pitt Pulse is live
Find pieces about medical care for prison inmates, flu vaccines, what brain scientists have to say about the 2016 election and more.
David Beck was named an American Academy of Physician Assistants Distinguished Fellow
The honor is bestowed upon an elite group of less than 1% of practicing PAs.
New Research: For a Head Start on Cognitive Recovery After Stroke, Get Moving, Anytime
Much of the neural repair occurs during the first three months following a stroke. But, exercise may benefit patients' brains, no matter how much time has passed, Pitt researchers say.
Pitt Med students celebrate Match Day
Ten students matched in orthopaedics and nine matched in psychiatry, the highest ever for those specialties.
Pitt Names New Dean of Dental Medicine
Bernard J. Costello, professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery, has been named dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine, effective April 1. Costello has been serving as interim
