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Class of 2020 Surpasses Predecessors
Pitt's incoming class of 2020 is the most academically accomplished and heterogeneous class in University history.
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This complete collection of Andean cultural writings was donated to Pitt
Hillman Library is the first in the United States to own the Biblioteca Punena in its entirety.
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Noelle Conover received a School of Computing and Information Professional Achievement Award
The graduate of Pitt's School of Computing and Information is now a project coordinator at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Hematology/Oncology Division.
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Guangyong Li was elected as VP for the IEEE Nanotechnology Council
He will service as vice president for conferences from 2017-18.
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Geovette Washington was named senior vice chancellor and chief legal officer
In this capacity, she will also serve as an officer of the University.
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Research Making a Difference
Pitt people beat polio, pioneered TV and heavier-than-air flight, and turned Pittsburgh into the world’s organ-transplantation capital, among other breakthroughs. Today’s Pitt researchers carry on