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One of Pitt’s oldest startups just got FDA approval for its artificial lung device

ALung was approved for emergency use during the pandemic. It’s now going to help asthma, cystic fibrosis and transplant patients, too.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Meet Pitt’s chief diversity officer

Vice Chancellor Clyde Wilson Pickett shares what he’s been doing to create a more equitable and inclusive university.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Education
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Let there be sight

A patient enrolled in a trial to restore sight to blind people shares his journey in the latest Pitt Med Magazine, and the glow-in-the-dark science behind the advance is astonishing.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Department of Ophthalmology
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COVID-19 Fund to Retain Clinical Scientists will support researchers with family caregiving responsibilities

The gift will support at least 250 biomedical early-career faculty at medical schools and their affiliated hospitals in 17 states.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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A vaccine clinic in Homewood helped more than 400 people get their flu and COVID-19 vaccines this week

Sponsored by a half dozen local organizations, including Pitt, the clinic boosted access to the life-saving shots.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Pharmacy
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Does Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill address America’s needs?

A Pitt professor in civil and environmental engineering weighs in.

  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Innovation and Research
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Robert K. Cunningham appointed interim executive director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

The CNBC is a collaboration between Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University that advances research into the cognitive and neural mechanisms that give rise to behavior.

  • University News
  • Faculty
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Pitt researchers are part of an international team awarded $1 million Magee Prize

The team, led by Pamela Moalli, is working to develop materials to repair tissue loss in people with compromised vaginal structure and function.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation announces new program

The Covestro Circular Economy Program will enable graduate students at Pitt to address the challenge of global waste and material use.

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Pitt expands apartment-style housing options through hotel acquisition

The University intends to purchase the Residence Inn, which will be earmarked for housing graduate students and additional Pitt community members.

  • University News
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Students
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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A new way to stop diseases from spreading in hospitals

How clinicians stop infectious disease transmission in hospitals hasn’t changed in more than a century. Pitt researchers are using AI and genome sequencing to change that.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Public Health
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Todd Reeser will be a fellow at the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study

Reeser will spend next spring in residence at the university to work on a book project exploring trans representation and conceptions of French citizenship.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt to lead the region’s transformation into a life sciences powerhouse

The University of Pittsburgh, with a historic nine-figure grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, looks to bring manufacturing back to the city — and catalyze game-changing economic growth.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
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What Pittsburgh students need to know before Thanksgiving break

Here’s how to get home, what to do if you’re staying on campus and important COVID-19 info.

  • Health and Wellness
  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Michael Meyer named Visiting Scholar at Oxford's Centre for Life-Writing

While in residence, Meyer is finishing research on a book recounting a scandalous 1877 trial in London.

  • Faculty
  • Department of English
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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For Roc’s birthday, we asked a Pitt ecologist about getting him some panther friends

Pitt’s mascot turns 112 this week, but his species hasn’t been spotted in the commonwealth for more than a century. Could we reintroduce panthers to the region? Should we?

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Take your first step toward a smoke-free life during the Nov. 18 Great American Smokeout

Participate in the American Cancer Society event and get support from Pitt at no cost.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
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Pitt’s new recreation and wellness center will champion students’ mental and physical wellness

"The newest, coolest and healthiest place on campus" is coming soon.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
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Harness the power of data analytics to address hunger during this year’s Super Analytics Challenge

All graduate students are invited to an information session on Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. to learn more about the competition.

  • Community Impact
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
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Is this pain muscle strain or a minor heart attack?

An interdisciplinary Pitt team is using machine learning to more quickly and accurately identify heart attacks and their arterial origins.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Nursing
  • Swanson School of Engineering