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Meet the 2022 Pitt Sustainability Award winners

Started in 2015, the awards honor members of the Pitt community working for a greener University.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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Open Enrollment is available through May 25

Faculty and staff can make changes to their benefits during the 2022-23 Benefits Open Enrollment period through Wednesday, May 25.

  • Faculty
  • Staff
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This first-generation student is on her way to becoming a philosophical counselor, thanks to TRIO

The program for under-resourced students helped propel Tia Blassingale from Philadelphia barber to future PhD student in an emerging field.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Students
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In honor of Audubon Day, check out Pitt’s collection of his prints

Pitt has one of the only sets of John James Audubon’s Birds of America series and was among the first to make them accessible in high resolution. Take a look.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Pitt historian Keisha N. Blain is a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

The program provides support for original research projects that address “enduring issues confronting our society.”

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt’s Dietrich School and College of General Studies launched new awards for seniors

The 19 students are lauded for their academic achievements, perseverance and commitment to service.

  • Students
  • College of General Studies
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt-Bradford names Michael Davila as vice president of student affairs

Davila has been serving as associate vice chancellor and dean of students at the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

  • University News
  • Pitt-Bradford
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A big idea for better batteries

This year’s Randall Family Big Idea Competition winners want to enable renewable energy by providing the tools to store it.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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This Pitt alumna is on a mission to stop relationship abuse

Thais Ridgeway (A&S ’13) is fighting dating violence through her work as a lawyer, Army reservist and Miss New York United States 2020.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Melony A. Sacopulos joins Pitt as associate vice chancellor for capital financial management

She will play a vital role in capital projects and real estate initiatives, working closely with the CFO’s Office to help advance the Campus Master Plan.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Remembering Sen. Orrin Hatch

Chancellor Patrick Gallagher released a statement on the death of the legislative giant and Pitt Law alumnus.

  • University News
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The University Library System received a grant from the Recordings at Risk program

The $36,826 grant will allow ULS to digitize five Pittsburgh area oral history collections held by the Archives and Special Collections Department.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
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2 Pitt professors rank among top marketing researchers

The professors contributed nine of the 57 publications from Pitt Business’ marketing faculty members between 2012 and 2021.

  • Faculty
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
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Traffic and parking tips for Pitt commencement and Pittsburgh marathon weekend

Commencement isn’t the only big event in Pittsburgh on May 1. Here’s what you need to know to get to campus in time for the Class of 2022 ceremony.

  • University News
  • Commencement 2022
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Apply for the Mothers Leading Science leadership development program by April 30

The training is intended for research-intensive faculty in the health sciences who identify as mothers of school age and/or young children.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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Pitt team takes third place at Emory University Global Health Case Competition

Forty teams participated, representing institutions from around the world.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Pharmacy
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A new partnership will help support the Afghanistan Project at Pitt

The Open Society University Network has identified the Center for Governance and Markets program as a critical partner in resettling at-risk Afghan scholars.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Nationality Room scholarships for summer study abroad are back

This year’s 46 recipients will travel to Ghana, Italy, Guam and elsewhere for immersive global learning experiences.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Nine Pitt people earn New Pittsburgh Courier’s 2022 FAB 40 Awards

The honor celebrates the leadership, achievements and community service of local African American young men and women.

  • University News
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Social Work
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2022 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring winners announced

Each award consists of a $2,500 prize to the graduate faculty member to recognize excellence in mentoring.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering