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An alumna is Pitt's second Erasmus Mundus winner

Maria Anto will study children’s literature at universities around the globe as she earns a master’s degree.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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R.A. Judy earned the 2023 Truman Capote Literary Trust Award

The professor of critical and cultural studies was selected by an Iowa Writers’ Workshop panel.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Art and advocacy intersect through this soprano opera singer’s performances and scholarship

Zuly Inirio has performed across the United States and Europe. Now, through song and the Afro-Latinx Song and Opera Project, she aims to increase diverse representation in the industry.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Social Work
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These Pitt students are following the eclipse to Texas

The paths of two upcoming eclipses overlap outside of San Antonio. The Shadow Bandits won’t miss the chance to study them.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Hooman Henry Rashidi is Pitt’s new associate dean for AI in medicine

He will develop curricula for to better prepare Pitt Med students to understand, evaluate, use and develop technologies that will advance their research and improve patient care.

  • University News
  • School of Medicine
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Get ready for Pittsburgh’s single-use plastic ban

Pitt Sustainability offers advice on adjusting to the citywide change, which begins Oct. 14.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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Amplify your voice with a 2024 Diversity Forum workshop. Proposals are now due Nov. 17.

The annual Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion event will be held Jan. 23-24, during MLK Social Justice Week.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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This year’s State of the School reviewed 2 years of successes for Pitt Medicine

Anantha Shekhar detailed how the School of Medicine met or exceeded the key goals he set — in areas from clinical excellence to faculty development — when he joined the University.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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Alexander Deiters won the American Chemical Society Pittsburgh Award

The Pitt professor was recognized for distinguished service to the field of chemistry.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Omid Shekari earned a Sculpture Space residency

The assistant professor is spending October and November at the studio in Utica, New York.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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The Pittsburgh Quantum Institute named a new co-director

Benjamin Hunt will join his longtime Pitt collaborator Michael Hatridge to further establish Pittsburgh as a headquarters for quantum computing.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Pittsburgh Quantum Institute (PQI)
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Jill Stemple was selected for the Medicaid Pathways Program

The Master of Public Policy and Management candidate will participate in the Center for Health Care Strategies’ executive training initiative.

  • Community Impact
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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11 Pitt researchers earned support from the Competitive Medical Research Fund

Grants will help the cohort of junior scientists develop preliminary data, hypotheses and methods for competitive national grant applications.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Public Health
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Shyam Visweswaran was appointed to a National Institutes of Health study section

As a charter member, the School of Medicine professor will review investigator-initiated research applications related to clinical informatics and digital health.

  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Jamelle Price became an Appalachian Leadership Institute fellow

The external relations manager for the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine will participate in the Appalachian Regional Commission’s extensive training program.

  • Community Impact
  • Staff
  • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
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Celebrate 10 years of the Pitt Innovation Challenge on Oct. 11

This year’s 6 finalist teams will pitch their ideas for funding awards totaling up to $550,000.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  • Innovation Institute
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2 Pitt people were recognized as among the best in Pittsburgh tech

Paola Buitrago and Katrina Knight were on Technical.ly's RealLIST Engineers 2023 list.

  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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7 Halloween-themed events in Pittsburgh

Put these horror movies, haunted trails, rock climbing and more on your list of scary season activities.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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New COVID-19 shots are now available at The Hub

The CDC recommends that all people stay up to date on the vaccine to protect themselves and vulnerable members of the community.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Covid-19
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A new Pitt course is using improv to build more confident, empathetic lawyers

It’s no joke: Professor of Legal Writing Ben Bratman designed the class to teach “human skills” to upper-class law students after seeing how the hobby benefited his teaching.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Law