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Pitt earns Silver Bicycle Friendly University status

The League of American Bicyclists awards institutions that promote and enable safe, accessible bicycling on campus.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher asks state lawmakers for continued support of Pennsylvania students

Here are the three things you need to know about his testimony in Harrisburg this month.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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After living near Chernobyl, these Pitt researchers set their eyes on thyroid cancer

Yuri Nikiforov and Marina Nikiforova saw the effects of thyroid cancer on children in Belarus. Now, their test for the disease has eliminated thousands of unneeded surgeries.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty

A new Pitt Cyber report shows how policymakers and the public can address bias in algorithms

Algorithms can reflect existing biases in data and our society and can accelerate and exacerbate harm, especially along racial and gender lines.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Community Engaged Scholarship Forum celebrates collaborations improving the Pittsburgh area

The forum featured 13 sessions, virtual lounges and networking spaces, and announced the winners of the Partnerships of Distinction Awards.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
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For tadpoles, what’s in their gut may be key to enduring climate change

A new Pitt study is the first to show a connection between heat tolerance and the microbiome in animals like amphibians.

  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

A multidisciplinary research group received a Pitt Momentum Grant

The $60,000 award will support the Pittsburgh Center for Interdisciplinary Bone and Mineral Research.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
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Translate science into action with the dean of public health

Maureen Lichtveld was the youngest and first female physician to work directly in the Amazon rainforest. Join her on a study abroad program there this summer.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Global
  • Students
  • School of Public Health
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Winners of the Black Excellence Service Award announced

Recipients are students, staff, faculty, businesspeople and alumni who are role models in the community.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • Students
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25 projects awarded Pitt Seed funding and support

The projects range from using Netflix in student services to diversifying academia.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
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Attend the 2022 Staff Council Spring Assembly on March 9

This year’s keynote speaker is Felicia Savage Friedman, founder of YogaRoots. The theme is, “Who are You in the Legacy of Racism?”

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Staff
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Register for 'College Writing and Your Neurodiverse Brain'

Registration is limited for the workshop led by English Instructor Johanna Murphy at noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Support Ukraine at this March 4 fundraising event

Stop by the fundraising event from 1:30-2:30 p.m., at the Pitt Global Hub on the first floor of Posvar Hall. Donations will be used to support the Ukrainian people.

  • Global
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Phone service will be briefly interrupted March 9 at the Pittsburgh campus

From 9-11:30 a.m., incoming calls to individual phone numbers may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes during the transition to a new service provider.

  • University News
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See the ‘women in the windows’ at Heinz Chapel this March

Throughout Women’s History Month, anyone with a Pitt ID can attend a free tour of the chapel’s stained-glass windows featuring historical women.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Pitt Education’s Kari Kokka receives grant from the National Science Foundation

The grant supports early career faculty with the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.

  • Community Impact
  • Faculty
  • School of Education
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Pitt Education’s Ready to Learn program empowers middle schoolers to use math for social change

The Center for Urban Education hosts the after-school and summer math program, inspired by civil rights icon and educator Bob Moses.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education
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Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards recognize exceptional Pitt faculty

Faculty members, as well as an entire office, were honored for going above and beyond in their contributions to the University and the world.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Faculty
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Pitt announces $5 million gift to Men’s Basketball from Thomas E. and Mary Beth Richards

Thomas E. Richards, former Board of Trustees chair, and his wife Mary Beth made the commitment to the Pitt Men's Basketball program, fulfilling a wish Tom made before his passing in October.

  • University News
  • Athletics
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Learn about Ukraine's resilience and its history with Russia through these 4 songs

One way to better understand a country's culture and past is through popular music, says Pitt professor and ethnomusicologist Adriana Helbig.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Ukraine
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences