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Pitt helped bring a gospel pioneer’s music back to life

A daylong community celebration honoring composer Charles Henry Pace and his activist wife, Frankie, resurrected songs not heard in more than six decades. Learn more about their legacy.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Center for American Music
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Students, look out for an annual student loan notification

These Pitt resources can help you understand your repayment options.

  • University News
  • Students
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Graduate student Hebah Uddin published a YA novel

The doctoral student in Pitt’s Department of English is better known to young readers as Karuna Riazi.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of English
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He’s going to predict your next favorite song

Pitt graduate student Hunter Osterhoudt is mixing his love of music with the power of algorithms as he pursues a master’s in computer science, thanks to Pitt2Pitt.

  • Technology & Science
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Computing and Information
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This Pitt-Johnstown professor boosted COVID-19 vaccination rates in rural Pa.

Jill Henning harnessed her expertise as an infectious disease researcher and consummate collaborator to get a remarkable number of shots in arms.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Pitt-Johnstown
  • Covid-19
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8 new projects received funding in the Pitt Seed 2.0 competition

This summer, they’ll pitch their ideas to campus leadership for the chance for $75,000 in funding.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Staff
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Pitt’s HexAI lab earned a grant to address challenges in total joint arthroplasty research

The Oracle for Research award will fund a project that uses AI to improve diagnosis and treatment mechanisms.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Calling all volunteers: Your help is needed at commencement

Sign up to lend a hand at Graduation Central or the April 30 ceremony by March 24.

  • University News
  • Commencement
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Pitt researchers earned an EPA grant to study the health impacts of increased rainfall

The project, which earned $1.3 million in funding, will analyze the climate change phenomenon’s impact among residents of two low-income Black neighborhoods in Pittsburgh.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
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Pitt Med students meet their match

On Match Day 2023, 135 fourth-year medical students found out where they’ll continue their training as residents.

  • University News
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Medicine
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4 Pitt students were named 2023 Critical Language scholars

The graduate and undergraduate students will work toward fluency in languages that are critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Don’t miss Pitt’s 2023 Student Sustainability Symposium on April 21

The 16th annual event will showcase class projects and celebrate this year’s sustainability awardees.

  • University News
  • Sustainability
  • Students
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Register to volunteer on Be a Good Neighbor Day by March 27

Service projects on April 1 will take place in Oakland, Homewood and the Hill District.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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Lydia Grmai was selected for the NIH MOSAIC program

The award, which aims to enhance diversity in the biomedical research workforce, will fund her career development and research for up to five years.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Technology & Science
  • School of Medicine
  • Department of Cell Biology
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Register for the Humanities @ Work conference on March 29

The event is a full day of interdisciplinary learning for Pitt people in the health, community and technology industries.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Department of Linguistics
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt-Bradford was named a Top 10 Military Friendly school

It’s the 13th consecutive year that Viqtory Media has recognized the campus for providing opportunities for veterans.

  • Community Impact
  • Prospective students
  • Pitt-Bradford
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What Pitt employees should know about the next phase of the Compensation Modernization Project

This summer, the University will implement the structure across Pitt Worx and Talent Center, transitioning from the current staff classification system to the comprehensive new job catalog.

  • University News
  • Staff
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See a new portrait honoring the first Black woman to graduate from Pitt’s School of Pharmacy

When two doctoral students realized there wasn’t a commemoration of Ella P. Stewart on campus, they took action. Learn more about her at a March 21 event.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • School of Pharmacy
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2 Pitt people were honored during a celebration of global education

A faculty member highlighting the plight of domestic workers in Asia and an alumna safeguarding human rights in Nigeria are the winners of the 10th annual Sheth Awards.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • Alumni
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Michael Baker was awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship

The Pitt undergraduate will pursue his Master of Philosophy degree at the University of Cambridge in England.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research