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Prospective Students Commit to Pitt During Virtual Admitted Student Day

Travel restrictions may have put the brakes on admitted student campus visits, but a team at Pitt admissions created an innovative way of bringing campus to students wherever they are.

  • Students
  • Department of Mathematics

Social Distancing Puts Telehealth on the Front Lines

Virtual visits with health care providers are becoming more important than ever during the pandemic. Pitt’s Alyson Stover is working to bring telehealth to occupational therapy and other practitioners

  • Department of Occupational Therapy
  • Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Department of Critical Care Medicine

Initiatives to Empower Volunteerism, Professional Development Launching

Opportunities for students, faculty and staff to reach out, give back and grow continue to increase over the weeks since the University began responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Pitt Med Students Step Up to Deliver Life-sustaining Medication

A group of Pitt medical students have started sprawling volunteer efforts to help children and adults in need, both virtually and door to doorstep.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Department of Medicine

Dispatches from the First Week of Online Learning

The rapid transition from in-person to online courses went smoothly, though there were a few bumps in the road. Hear what Pitt faculty members have to say about the transition to a remote academic

Thank a Physician on National Doctors’ Day

The Pitt community is grateful for all the dedicated doctors working during the pandemic (and every day). Share your gratitude with @PittTweet and follow @PittMedMag for stories of physicians doing

  • Innovation and Research

How Should We Ethically Allocate Scarce Critical Care Resources During COVID-19 Pandemic?

Douglas White, professor in the Department of Critical Care Medicine and director of its Program on Ethics and Decision Making in Critical Illness, published a new framework that helps hospitals

  • Department of Critical Care Medicine

Pitt-Bradford’s Preparation for Online Teaching

Faculty members at all University of Pittsburgh campuses have worked tirelessly to transition to online learning in the wake of COVID-19. Here, instructors from Pitt-Bradford share how they prepared.

  • Pitt-Bradford

Five Mental Health Experts on Coping with Social Distancing

Feeling worried? From managing time on social media to helping others, Pitt experts share calming strategies for those who are anxious or struggling with mental health issues during the pandemic.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Psychology

Researchers in Pittsburgh, Paris and Vienna Win Grant for COVID-19 Vaccine

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is committing nearly $5 million to a consortium that includes the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research to develop a vaccine for

  • Innovation and Research
  • Center for Vaccine Research

From the Chancellor: Pittsburgh's Race to Protect the Helpers

In his op-ed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher reminds the Pittsburgh community to "look for the helpers"—especially researchers and health care providers.

Social Distancing and Mealtime: Advice from a Pitt Nutrition Expert

Pitt instructor and nutritionist Caroline Passerrello shares reminders for making healthy meals from pantry staples for the whole family, including pets.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Sports Medicine and Nutrition

Pitt Turns Rapid Coronavirus Data Sharing into Sustainable Research Infrastructure

Sharing data and model results is crucial in the new research culture emerging during the COVID-19 outbreak, and Pitt is making that possible on a global scale.

  • Innovation and Research
Cynthia Golden smiling in front of bookshelf

One expert’s tips for teaching online

Cynthia Golden, associate vice provost and executive director of Pitt’s Center for Teaching and Learning, has advice for faculty members as they shift their courses online.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Covid-19

COVID-19: What You Need to Know

All University of Pittsburgh campuses will shift classes to remote learning approaches beginning on March 23.

Researchers Aim to Increase Diversity in STEM By Supporting K-12 Teachers

A School of Education associate professor helped develop a comprehensive rubric that measures how well students problem-solve in computer science learning. In the process, educators can see how gender

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

New Tutoring Program Aims to Create Positive Change

PittEnrich is a new program launched with The Gismondi Family Foundation, Pitt’s School of Social Work, the School of Education and the Community Engagement Center in Homewood.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Africana Studies Returns to Its Roots

The Department of Africana Studies’ history of community-building and fostering critical conversations makes it an especially salient major for students wishing to tackle tough issues today. The new

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Department of Anthropology
  • Department of Africana Studies

Story Lab Helps Early Career Writers Professionalize

Writing can be a solitary endeavor, but for Pitt professor and award-winning author Jeanne Marie Laskas, it’s a team effort. The collaboration she nurtures has already spawned a bestseller, and much

  • Department of English

Five Takeaways from the 2020 Mentoring and Advising Summit

What does it mean to be an effective mentor or advisor to students today? Folks from Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University gathered last week to discuss inclusive excellence in higher ed.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion