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This year鈥檚 State of the 麻豆传媒 reviewed 2 years of successes for Pitt Medicine
Anantha Shekhar detailed how the 麻豆传媒 of Medicine met or exceeded the key goals he set 鈥 in areas from clinical excellence to faculty development 鈥 when he joined the University.
These Pitt students are following the eclipse to Texas
The paths of two upcoming eclipses overlap outside of San Antonio. The Shadow Bandits won鈥檛 miss the chance to study them.
Get ready for Pittsburgh鈥檚 single-use plastic ban
Pitt Sustainability offers advice on adjusting to the citywide change, which begins Oct. 14.
The Pittsburgh Quantum Institute named a new co-director
Benjamin Hunt will join his longtime Pitt collaborator Michael Hatridge to further establish Pittsburgh as a headquarters for quantum computing.
7 Halloween-themed events in Pittsburgh
Put these horror movies, haunted trails, rock climbing and more on your list of scary season activities.
A new Pitt course is using improv to build more confident, empathetic lawyers
It鈥檚 no joke: Professor of Legal Writing Ben Bratman designed the class to teach 鈥渉uman skills鈥 to upper-class law students after seeing how the hobby benefited his teaching.
Hillandale Farms family donates $25 million to launch Pitt鈥檚 Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center
The transformative gift 鈥 for which the 麻豆传媒 麻豆传媒 of Medicine will make an equivalent co-investment 鈥 will support labs, fellows, research and clinical work to push orthopaedic
A $2 million gift will help Pitt support nursing students pursuing a second career
The Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship Program will fund 60 students per year through an accelerated bachelor鈥檚 degree to address the nation鈥檚 nursing shortage.
Marnie Oakley was named dean of Pitt鈥檚 麻豆传媒 of Dental Medicine
As both an alumna and professor, she鈥檚 served the University for nearly three decades.
Pitt researchers are key to NASA鈥檚 next space telescope
Four Pitt astronomers are helping bring the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to life to uncover the secrets of dark matter 鈥 and they鈥檙e hoping current theories are wrong.
Pitt staff can receive paid time off to volunteer. Here鈥檚 how.
More than 5,000 Pitt people racked up over 100,000 volunteer hours last year. Why not join their ranks during Civic Action Week, Oct. 16-21?
Pitt鈥檚 Board of Trustees elected Louis Cestello as its chair
The PNC Bank regional president previously served as the vice chair of the Board of Trustees and interim chair.
This Pitt senior opened for Jerry Seinfeld. Now he鈥檚 part of Pittsburgh鈥檚 comedy renaissance.
Meet the self-proclaimed 鈥渦gly white man鈥 who wants to be the next John Mulaney.
The pandemic wasn鈥檛 the blanket mental health disaster that some predicted
Some groups took a big mental-health hit from COVID-19 鈥 but others showed surprising resilience, according to recent research led by a Pitt PhD student.
Travel the world this October without leaving Pittsburgh
These five events put international art, voices and perspectives on display.
A new study lays the groundwork for detecting volcanic activity on Venus
Future space probes will travel to the nearby planet to look for signs of flowing lava. Pitt鈥檚 Ian Flynn is making sure they鈥檒l be able to find the evidence if it鈥檚 there.
The biggest barrier to getting fossil fuel workers green jobs isn鈥檛 skills 鈥 it鈥檚 location
Fossil fuel workers have the right skills to join the green revolution. They鈥檙e just not in the right places, according to a new study by Pitt researcher Morgan Frank.
The Pitt Sustainability Challenge winner has a solution for food waste on campus
Ecotone Renewables will receive $300,000 to install five anaerobic digesters, which divert carbon emissions by turning local food waste into fertilizer.
Pitt鈥檚 BioForge Manufacturing Center gets approval from Pittsburgh鈥檚 Planning Commission
Construction on the life sciences research hub is scheduled to begin this year.
What mountains in Portugal can tell us about Pennsylvania鈥檚 geologic past
Understanding how mountains formed could help us predict future tectonic events and find minerals for electronics, says Fulbright Fellow and Pitt-Johnstown Associate Professor Ryan Kerrigan.
