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Healthy Practices and COVID-19 Concerns: February Update
The Pitt COVID Concern Connection is a resource for anyone in the University community to share concerns or ask questions related to health behaviors on campus. The COVID Compliance Team will share
Experience Journalist George Barbour’s (A&S ’51) Journey from Selma to Montgomery
Pitt alumnus George Barbour had the harrowing experience of being one of only two Black reporters covering the historic 1965 civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery. His career is the subject of a
Pitt Teams Score in NFL Big Data Bowl
A pair of Pitt graduate students have parleyed their data science expertise and football knowledge into a win in the National Football League’s annual Big Data Bowl. They’re among eight winning teams
Film students spotlighted a Pitt alum’s iconic role in 'Night of the Living Dead'
Students in the film and media studies course Making the Documentary: George Romero and Pittsburgh explore the horror maestro's early career in the city and learn more about Pitt alumnus Duane Jones
Perspective: An Appreciation of Duane Jones
Film and Media Studies Senior Lecturer Carl Kurlander writes not only on the Pitt alum’s important role in film history but also on his accomplishments before and after “Night of the Living Dead.”
Super Bowl LV: A Matchup of Firsts
The first pregame poem, first matchup with home-field advantage, first female officiant: Pitt experts offer commentary on Sunday’s historic game. Plus, a branding pro on what to expect from this year
Pitt Physician-Scientist Joins U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
Esa Davis, associate professor of medicine and clinical and translational science, has been appointed to the national panel of experts tasked with making evidence-based recommendations about clinical
Pitt-Bradford Announces Black History Month Speakers
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will host online discussions with two leaders in the Black arts community in honor of Black History Month: renowned poet Nikki Giovanni and music industry
Fecal transplants can help more cancer patients respond to immunotherapy
Changing the bacteria in the gut can help patients with advanced melanoma, according to a Pitt-UPMC study published in Science.
This Pitt professor's book explores Black freedom on native land
Alaina E. Roberts says people are usually stunned to learn that five Native American tribes in what’s now Oklahoma owned Black slaves in the 1800s.
Map Shows Where Black Americans Will Travel Farther Than Whites for COVID-19 Vaccination
A new School of Pharmacy analysis found that Black residents in 69 U.S. counties were far more likely than white residents to live more than a mile from a COVID-19 vaccination facility. Three-quarters
How Coronavirus Variants Could Outsmart Vaccines
A scientific detective story that unfolded in Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research unearths how the virus that causes COVID-19 evolves new variants that evade antibodies. Director Paul Duprex says this
More Than Just Flytraps: Student Brings Carnivorous Plants to Campus
In his new book, longtime plant collector and Pitt junior Alvin Liu offers an in-depth look at the wild carnivorous plants that thrive in the New Jersey Pinelands.
The research consequences of COVID-19
As labs have shifted attention to SARS-CoV-2, efforts have been duplicated and precious time and resources have been used ineffectively, writes Terence Dermody for The Conversation and Knowable
Pitt’s hydropower plans spark a new clean power commitment
The University plans to tap the Allegheny River for electric power as part of its commitment to carbon neutrality. Now, Allegheny County has announced a similar plan to source energy from the Ohio
Health Sciences Students and Faculty Join Forces to Support Vaccination Clinic
In just two and a half weeks, Pitt and the Allegheny County Health Department pulled together a vaccination clinic for 800 patient-facing health care students and professionals in the Pittsburgh
Are Snow Days a Thing of the Past?
Much to the disappointment of schoolchildren everywhere, probably, says Cassie Quigley in Pitt’s School of Education. But there’s a silver lining.
Sustainability Distinction now available for undergraduates
The Office of the Provost has established a Sustainability Distinction, which adds to transcripts a credential signaling the student’s academic, community service and professional commitment to
Pitt Joins Wellcome Leap’s Global Network to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Human Health
The University of Pittsburgh joins 21 other leading academic and research institutions in the Leap Breakthrough Network. Its charge? Spark breakthrough scientific and technological solutions in human
Creating a Just Community at Pitt
Special honors were given this week to Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems and Department of Africana Studies Chair Yolanda Covington-Ward, who led the development of Pitt’s new Anti-Black
