December 2024
- 40 years later, the Pitt Men’s Study is still breaking ground in the fight against AIDS
- A NASA-funded Pitt team is exploring the benefits of sleeping in space
- How this Pitt duo’s startup plans to attack the ‘tricky beast’ that is cancer
- Panthers Forward, which has helped more than 1,000 Pitt students address their debt, welcomes its seventh class
- ICYMI: Pitt contributed $6.6 billion to Pennsylvania in FY23
- This Pitt professor designed a ‘Survivor’-style game to teach social psychology lessons
- Chronic pain treatments can be dangerous and ineffective. These Pitt researchers are working on a solution
- Nearly half of new moms in STEM leave their full-time positions. This Pitt program wants to change that.
- Nonprofits are scaling up their regional impact with support from Pitt
- Pitt’s new building at Fifth and Halket will support health sciences, medicine and online learning
- A new Pitt center will use AI to accelerate women’s health research globally
- Pitt-Greensburg held its first winter commencement ceremony
- Pitt celebrated its newest Class of 2024 graduates at winter commencement
- 4 Pitt students received Gilman Scholarships
November 2024
- Audrey Murrell is helping to develop emerging Black leaders at Pitt and beyond
- With 2 Nature papers in a month, Peng Liu is unraveling new reactions — and new ways of working together
- Tray Crayton III is staying on the game
- Pitt’s first signing day for startups celebrated a milestone for researcher-entrepreneurs
- This Pitt medical student wants to make tests for cerebral aneurysms simpler and more effective
- This social scientist turned entrepreneur supports Black parents with an innovative program
- How a fish could lead to new hope for treating persistent wounds
- Pitt’s third Community Engagement Center has found its home in Greater Hazelwood
- Marlin Nabors has been named associate vice provist and dean of students
- James Maher, a provost emeritus who drove progress at Pitt for 16 years, died at 82
October 2024
- Pitt scientists validated a new panel for blood biomarkers of Alzheimer’s
- A recent Pitt study sheds light on the correlation between cholesterol and Alzheimer’s disease in women
- Pitt-Bradford is partnering with SHRS to offer an emergency medicine degree
- How Pitt is helping the commonwealth thrive in an increasingly digital world
- Pitt and Carnegie Mellon are collaborating with NVIDIA to launch its inaugural AI Tech Community
- Pitt-Johnstown will regain the former Met Life building, thanks to a gift from alumnus John R. Musulin
- 5 ways Pitt is reaching its sustainability goals
- Look to the western skies this month to see a once-in-a-lifetime comet
- Work on the Panther Overlook hillside development will begin soon
- How Pitt helped August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ make its debut in Italy
- Pitt is a top employer for people with disabilities, according to the National Organization on Disability
- Science editor Holden Thorp is Pitt’s 2024 winter commencement speaker
September 2024
- Pitt’s undergraduate nursing program is No. 4 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report
- Hillandale Farms family giving tops $45M with the creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank
- Schools of medicine and social work researchers received a $5M NIH Grant
- When words won’t suffice, artist-in-residence Morgan Overton communicates through art
- A Spanish-speaking lab: ¿Pero por qué?
- Pitt Space is bringing researchers together at the start of a new space race
- A new Pitt class is taking engineering to greater heights
- A moon tree is taking root near Pitt’s historic Allegheny Observatory
- Researchers built an autonomous system to help to detect the most urgent victims in mass casualty events
- Experts are worried about cyber threats to infrastructure. This Pitt program is raising awareness
- This author found an incomplete George Romero novel in Pitt’s archive. Here’s how he finished it.
- Anthony Delitto will lead Pitt’s new Center for Excellence in Digital Education
- This alumna is building a bike-friendly campus
- After 6 years of helping Pitt students secure competitive scholarships, Lesha Greene has won her own
- Pitt teamed up with Penn State and Temple to award a joint office-supplies contract
- Check out Pitt’s newest academic offerings
- This Pitt program equips students with the skills to be impactful disability advocates
- Students, faculty and leadership welcomed the Frederick Honors College to Pitt-Greensburg
- A beam from the World Trade Center is at the heart of Pitt-Johnstown’s Heroes Memorial
- A construction milestone for BioForge, Pitt’s biomanufacturing innovation facility
August 2024
- The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center earned an NIH grant to fund a third-generation Anton supercomputer
- Pharmacists play a vital role in improving health care, says Lucas Berenbrok
- People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found
- Pitt archaeologists helped to uncover the earliest evidence of farming in East Africa
- This professors insect collection will help to measure ecosystem health across the continent
- A new Pitt program pairs biblical messages with the science of cognitive behavioral therapy
- A Pitt English class called Secret Pittsburgh
- Pitt will host the JCC Maccabi Games in summer 2025
- Pitt’s people-first approach to boosting small business in rural Pennsylvania
- How Pitt contributes to regional economic and community growth
- Here’s the latest in campus construction at Pitt
- Get a sneak preview of Pitt’s upcoming Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
July 2024
- A rare stellar explosion will soon reveal a ‘new’ star. Here’s how to see it.
- A Pitt partnership established this Kazakhstan medical school, which just earned its first MD accreditation
- Bobby Grier, a Pitt trailblazer who broke a college football color barrier, died at 91
- If it’s glass, Ryan Tate can make it
- How Pitt is taking on the next phase of the opioid epidemic
- Pitt’s CyberCamp is diversifying the tech professional pipeline in Pittsburgh and beyond
- These former Pitt Med students designed a lab plastic recycling system
- These Pitt students took to the world stage to share a database project designed to combat systemic racism
- Former Pitt Olympians look back at their Games and what they’ll be watching this year
- A new book by Pitt professors showcases the life of a pioneering Black journalist
June 2024
- Panthers Forward can now help graduates find loan forgiveness and repayment options
- Introducing Pitt's 2024-25 Fulbright winners (14 students and alums)
- Pitt junior Connor Diaz was named a 2024 Newman Civic Fellow
- 44 Pitt undergraduates received 2024 Brackenridge Fellowships
- Cho-yun Hsu is 2024 laureate of the prestigious Tang Prize
- Pitt research studies adolescent mental health, social media use and body image
- See U.S. pharmacy closures over the last decade on an interactive Pitt map
- Prevention at Pitt was recognized as a community champion against sexual violence
- The Pittsburgh Study was honored for its child health equity programming
- How Pitt is paving the way for transfer students
May 2024
- Eboni Zamani-Gallaher is the new dean of Pitt’s School of Education
- Michele V. Manuel is the first woman U.S. Steel Dean of the Swanson School of Engineering
- Dwayne Pinkney is Pitt’s new executive senior vice chancellor for administration and finance and CFO
- Carla Panzella is named Pitt’s vice provost for student affairs
- Graham Hatfull is among the latest National Academy of Sciences electees
- How nanotubes, nanoparticles and antibodies are used to detect tiny amounts of fentanyl
- Making batteries takes a lot of lithium. Some of it could come from Pennsylvania wastewater.
- Here’s how a Pitt project is addressing skin cancer disparities in Black communities
- Oakland will be home to a new affordable housing community for LGBTQ+ older adults
- The David C. Frederick Honors College is expanding to Pitt-Greensburg
- How Pitt is taking steps to make life sciences jobs more accessible for all
- A Pitt program is connecting people through storytelling to build a more inclusive campus
- A Brookings Institution event highlighted Pittsburgh’s growth as a life sciences leader
- The newest Cathedral of Learning falcons were banded and given a clean bill of health
- A Pitt program earned a first-of-its-kind Middle States Association accreditation
- Pitt has three new National Endowment for the Humanities awardees
- These students were published in the Journal of Science Policy and Governance
- 8 Pitt students were named Gilman scholars
- 2 Pitt alums are 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners
April 2024
- Joan Gabel installed as Pitt’s 19th chancellor
- A new home for Pitt’s School of the Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will unite its program and foster interdisciplinary opportunities
- Pitt is launching an Office of Sustainability in the Health Sciences
- New rooftop solar installations are springing up across campus
- The University Pharmacy has switched to biodegradable prescription bottles
- Pitt’s Sustainable Design Lab is developing novel materials to combat global water pollution issues
- The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory and Women for a Healthy Environment join forces to investigate local water systems
- PFAS, the ‘forever chemicals,’ explained by Pitt engineer Carla Ng
- Some of Earth’s estuaries are warming, consistent with climate change
- Pitt researchers are solving a mini mystery of cell division
- This new hub will leverage smart technology to improve independence for people with paralysis
March 2024
- New research shows migrating neurons may play important roles in development
- The best way to retain memories may depend on the content
- Endometriosis research is the focus of a new hub at Pitt
- 836 Pitt undergraduates contributed data for a new study on plants and pollution
- A Dell Technologies gift will provide Pittsburgh medical researchers with expanded computational power
- Community members and Pitt partners work together to plan how the field of life sciences can benefit Greater Hazelwood
- 2 Pitt faculty were elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors
- Joseph J. McCarthy named Pitt’s provost and senior vice chancellor
- Phil Bakken named Pitt’s vice chancellor and secretary to the Board of Trustees
- A poignant news story led to dozens of new pledges for the National Sports Brain Bank
February 2024
- Pitt ranks in Top 20 for patents granted to universities worldwide
- Pitt has been named a 2023-24 Fulbright Top Producer
- Pitt has joined the Keystone Space Collaborative to bolster out-of-this-world research
- Pitt launches a Doctor of Chiropractic Program
- General Education Task Force aims to transform Pitt’s undergraduate experience
- 15 Pitt faculty members won 2024 Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards
- A record-setting 11,400 alumni and donors raised $2.4 million on Pitt Day of Giving
- High school students are taking their Pitt summer projects to a big science stage
- Pitt researchers discovered a way to prevent hearing loss caused by loud noise
- A Pitt professor is using virtual reality to connect to the Hill District’s past
- Pitt will pay tribute to 7 community leaders on Feb. 24
- Solved at Pitt: What are Saturn’s rings made of?
- To find rare frogs and birds, Pitt researchers are using machine learning algorithms and hundreds of microphones
January 2024
- Pitt BioForge appointed its inaugural CEO
- How Pitt’s Small Business Development Center supports Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs
- What if… we could remove roadblocks for rural students?
- An R.K. Mellon Foundation award will help Pitt train Pennsylvania workers in responsible data science
- The School of Education is tackling the teacher shortage with an innovative, multifaceted approach
- Here’s who won the University’s annual social justice awards
- Nicholas Rescher, a polymath who helped to establish Pitt as a philosophy powerhouse, dies at 95