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Pitt improved in a number of Center for World University Rankings

Nationally, the University rose to No. 41 overall and to No. 20 among public schools.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
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The newest Cathedral of Learning falcons were banded and given a clean bill of health

See photos of the pair of fluffy, football-sized chicks from their May 20 banding.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Cathedral of Learning
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Pitt-Greensburg students were honored at a Student Pennsylvania State Education Association conference

The campus chapter earned its fifth consecutive APEX award for holding activities that align with SPSEA pillars.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Greensburg
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Clutter for a Cause diverted a record 22K pounds of material from landfills

The event saved tons of electronics, food products and more from residence halls during move-out week.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
  • Students
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Pitt-Greensburg student researchers won top prizes at the Tri-Beta district convention

Their chapter was also honored with the Northeast 3 Outstanding District Chapter Award.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Students
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Pitt-Bradford earned its 14th consecutive Military Friendly designation

The gold level school has been recognized for embracing military students and their families and dedicating resources to ensure their success.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Bradford
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How Pitt is taking steps to make life sciences jobs more accessible for all

A recent presentation and workshop convened by the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs explored creating pathways to well-paying jobs for community members in a growing industry.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
Laura Levitt speaking at a podium

Laura Levitt received the inaugural Fine Fellowship

Through a partnership with Pitt’s Jewish Studies Program and the Heinz History Center, the Temple University professor will work with materials from the Tree of Life attack and its aftermath.

Louis Deemer

Louis Deemer won a NAFSA Rising Star Young Leader Award

He is an immigration specialist in the Office of International Services, a Pitt Commons mentor, and an instructor to students, faculty and staff.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • University Center for International Studies (UCIS)
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9 PhD students were named 2024 Humanities Engage fellows

They will receive funding for immersive summer projects and innovative dissertation research.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Humanities Center
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5 faculty won Pitt’s Health Sciences Ascending Star award

The honor was established in 2022 to recognize highly productive and creative midcareer faculty members in the six schools of the health sciences.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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David Waldeck and Brian Bloom published a ‘spintronics’ paper in Science Advances

The research shows how certain materials could serve as gateways to control currents that harness an electron’s spin rather than its charge.

  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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A Pitt project is addressing skin cancer disparities in Black communities

School of Medicine students connected with community leaders and distributed 750 pamphlets to spread the word throughout Pittsburgh.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt-Greensburg held its first pinning ceremony for nursing graduates

The event, held April 26, welcomed 28 graduates into the nursing profession.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Pitt-Greensburg
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Pitt invited local high schoolers to experience the University’s disability resources firsthand

The University for a Day event, May 6, included a campus tour, an information session featuring an alum and an admissions presentation.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Making batteries takes a lot of lithium. Some of it could come from wastewater.

Water from Marcellus shale gas wells could supply up to 40% of U.S. demand for the metal, according to a new Pitt study.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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4 Pitt Business people were named up-and-coming marketers by Pittsburgh’s AMA chapter

The local American Marketing Association award is presented to recent or soon-to-be college graduates.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • College of Business Administration
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
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8 Pitt students were named Gilman scholars

Seven undergraduates from the Pittsburgh campus and one from Pitt-Greensburg received the competitive study abroad grant.

  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • College of Business Administration
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Chandralekha Singh, holding a marker, points at a whiteboard with graphs on it.

Chandralekha Singh received an AAPT award for physics education

The distinguished professor of physics was recognized for her pioneering advances in the field of physics education research.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt has three new National Endowment for the Humanities awardees

Adam Cilli, Mrinalini Rajagopalan and Annette Vee will each receive funding from the federal agency for their research.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences