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Give back to Pitt and have fun doing it
Participate in Philanthropy Week events beginning Feb. 15 and join a scavenger hunt, sock giveaway and more on Pitt Day of Giving, Feb. 22.
Fall in love with data during these events
Feb. 14-18 is international Love Data Week, designed to raise awareness about research data management, sharing and preservation. At Pitt, there’s witchcraft is involved.
Register for a mini wedding at Heinz Memorial Chapel
Five all-inclusive and budget-friendly ceremony packages are available for June 5, 2022.
The International Space Station got new Pitt-designed computers and sensors
The toaster oven-sized system can see cars, roads and trees from space.
Pitt's new lacrosse team kicks off its inaugural season Feb. 11
Head coach Emily Boissonneault also debuts in the match. Here's how you can watch.
Advice for activists from a former Pittsburgh NAACP president and Pitt alumnus
Tim Stevens has been advocating for Black people’s civil rights for 50 years.
Meet the Pitt alumnus giving a voice to NFL China
Adam Chang started commentating football games for Tencent Sports in September.
Advice for the best relationship from a Pitt psychologist
This Valentine’s Day, relationship expert Amanda Forest shares her research on how to be a supportive partner.
Pitt professor named to the National Academy of Engineers
Anna Balazs is the first Swanson School faculty member to also have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Canceled: Hear from Rep. Mike Doyle on infrastructure investment during a free Feb. 15 lecture
The virtual event will be held from 7-8 p.m.
Amber Johnson earns 2022 Escalator Award for Research
Johnson plans to explore neighborhood-level determinants of health for patients with hypertension.
Pitt and UPMC researchers improve heart-disease monitoring after pregnancy
Their at-home system for tracking blood pressure and providing ongoing care recently won a federal award.
4 new hydroponic micro-farms are feeding Pitt students
Over winter recess, Pitt became home to the largest installation of micro-farming units on any campus in the country.
Street Medicine at Pitt serves Pittsburghers without homes — and educates future medical professionals
On a cold night in January, students headed downtown to provide health care, cold weather supplies and a listening ear.
Apply for $50,000 from the Virginia Kaufman Pain Research Challenge
The funding program aims to advance ideas and solutions addressing problems in the area of pain.
The University of Pittsburgh adds Juneteenth as an observed holiday
Beginning this academic year, all campuses will close in observation of Juneteenth, often referred to as Black Independence Day.
Pitt physicists built their very own quantum computer
While impressive for its size alone, the Lego-like computer’s real innovation is in how its components are connected.
See the University Art Gallery’s longest-running Black women’s exhibit
Quilts, photos, paintings and other artworks from 22 artists form the Women of Visions exhibit, which is on display through Feb. 25.
Limited registration is open for the Racial Equity Consciousness Institute’s spring cohort
The series creates a framework for fostering anti-racist practices and creating racial equity.
This startup is helping the insurance industry understand autonomous vehicles
Self-driving cars need to be insured if they’re going to become part of our daily lives. Koop Technologies, formed by international students at Pitt-Bradford, is collecting the data to make it happen
