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Hannah Florey researched local police practices with an American Bar Association program

The School of Law student spent the fall 2023 semester as a fellow with the Legal Education Police Practices Consortium.

  • Community Impact
  • School of Law
The Cathedral of Learning

Carl Lawson was named Pitt health sciences’ associate vice chancellor for diversity, equity and inclusion

He will lead efforts across the six schools to foster an inclusive environment for students, trainees, faculty and staff.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
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Shyam Visweswaran was inducted as a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics

The professor of biomedical informatics is among 23 elected academic, government and industry leaders.

  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Apply for the Pitt Public Health Undergraduate Scholars Program by Jan. 31

The eight-week summer residential program introduces students to the role public health professionals play in healthy communities.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Undergraduate students
  • School of Public Health
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7 students completed the Hub’s basic machining course

Offered by Pitt-Titusville’s Manufacturing Assistance Center, the 15-week program prepares students to enter one of the region’s greatest employment opportunities.

  • Pitt-Titusville
Loftus speaks at a Pitt press conference

University of Pittsburgh Police Department Chief James Loftus retires

Loftus steps down after more than 10 years of service to Pitt. Deputy Chief Holly Lamb will be promoted to chief of police.

  • University News
  • Staff
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Nathan Xavier Osorio won the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize

His debut collection, “Querida,” will be published as part of the Pitt Poetry Series next fall.

  • Arts and Humanities
Graduates dance in celebration as confetti falls

Winter Commencement 2024 in photos

See the gallery celebrating nearly 700 Pitt graduates who crossed the stage on Dec. 17.

  • University News
  • Students
  • Commencement
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Submissions are open for the 2024 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize

The reading period for the prize, awarded annually to a first or second book by a writer of African descent, closes Feb. 15.

  • Arts and Humanities
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Sophomore Kaden Kashner was short-listed for the 2023 Harvey Chute Book Awards

“The ChatGPT Business Playbook: AI-Driven Strategies and Formulas for Business Success” was among 17 books recognized as outstanding works of emerging talent.

  • Undergraduate students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Law student Jayme Tocci earned a Peggy Browning Fellowship

The 10-week summer program places fellows in labor unions, worker centers and other labor-related nonprofits.

  • School of Law
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Tawanda Stamps was on City & State PA’s Impact 75 list

The director of contract administration and procurement was included for leading Pitt’s Mentor-Protégé Program.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
The interior stairway of the Healthy Home Lab

This Central Oakland house is actually an innovative lab for aging in place

Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab aims to create new ways for a growing population of older adults to better their health and retain mobility and independence at home.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Thomas Songer won the 2023 Abraham Lilienfeld Award

The American College of Epidemiology’s most prestigious award is conferred for extraordinary contributions to the field.

  • Faculty
  • School of Public Health
The Cathedral of Learning

Gurudev Dutt’s physics research received funding from four major foundations

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation partnered to fund 11 innovative “tabletop” experiments.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
An Xray of an impacted wisdom tooth

Why do people have wisdom teeth?

The answer has a lot to do with the distant past — and a bit about the present day, too.

  • Technology & Science
A model of an aircraft suspended from a ceiling

Faculty across the University set their sights on space

Engineering, medicine and biomanufacturing are among the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor of Research’s key priorities.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
  • Faculty
Kelly Gilliam

Meet Pitt’s United Way campaign manager

Two-time breast cancer survivor Kelly Gilliam views the University’s campaign as an extension of her life’s mission to make a difference.

  • Community Impact
  • Staff
A snow-covered panther statue

Pitt received a 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

It’s the seventh-straight year the University has earned this honor.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Volunteers behind a counter serve food

This year’s Christmas Day at Pitt will be the biggest yet

Volunteers will serve holiday meals throughout Pittsburgh and distribute winter accessories and free gifts for kids.

  • Community Impact
  • Pittsburgh Campus