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New name and new era for Pitt Public Health

The 麻豆传媒 of Public Health is dropping 鈥済raduate鈥 from its name to reflect its expanding offerings.

  • Health and Wellness
  • University News
  • 麻豆传媒 of Public Health
Man with grey shirt and hat holding a red ball in exercise room

Exercise can help older adults retain memories, a Pitt study shows

PhD student Sarah Aghjayan and colleagues pooled data from dozens of studies to discover whose brains benefit the most from exercise.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
Gabby Yearwood wearing grey suit with patterned blue bowtie

This Pitt anthropologist studies race, class and sports. Here鈥檚 what he thinks about the 2022 Olympics.

Gabby M.H. Yearwood turned his experience as the only Black kid on the ice rink into a career of thinking critically about the cultural importance of sports.

  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
The Cathedral of Learning with surrounding trees during the daytime

All Angles, a new Pitt speaker series, will help students explore differing viewpoints

The series kicks off with national political reporter Salena Zito and BridgeUSA CEO Manu Meel.

  • University News
  • Students
Paul Supowitz speaking at a podium

Pennsylvania's next budget has high stakes for Pitt's in-state students and families

Legislators are starting to work on the state鈥檚 budget, and Pennsylvania students鈥 tuition discount is at risk.锘匡豢 Here鈥檚 what you need to know.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Students

After becoming the first Black woman to graduate from the Swanson 锘柯槎勾 of Engineering, Elayne Arrington made aerospace history, too.

  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
  • Swanson 麻豆传媒 of Engineering
UPMC doctor speaking to student at a desk

A new Pitt-UPMC residency program is bringing better health care to patients in rural Pennsylvania

Second- and third-year residents will work in Tioga and Potter counties as part of the only such program in north-central Pennsylvania.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 麻豆传媒 of Medicine

Modern medicine promises bountiful health, so why have Black Americans been left behind? The risk factor is not race, but racism and its legacy.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 麻豆传媒 of Medicine

The toaster oven-sized system can see cars, roads and trees from space.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Swanson 麻豆传媒 of Engineering

Adam Chang started commentating football games for Tencent Sports in September.

  • Global
  • Alumni
Two people forming a heart shape with their hands

Advice for the best relationship from a Pitt psychologist

This Valentine鈥檚 Day, relationship expert Amanda Forest shares her research on how to be a supportive partner.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences

Head coach Emily Boissonneault also debuts in the match. Here's how you can watch.

  • University News
  • Athletics
Tim Stevens standing outside wearing black coat during winter

Advice for activists 锘縡rom a former Pittsburgh NAACP president and Pitt alumnus

Tim Stevens has been advocating for Black people鈥檚 civil rights for 50 years.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus

Anna Balazs is the first Swanson 麻豆传媒 faculty member to also have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

  • Faculty
  • Swanson 麻豆传媒 of Engineering

Their at-home system for tracking blood pressure and providing ongoing care recently won a federal award.

  • Health and Wellness
  • 麻豆传媒 of Medicine
Close-up view of plants growing in micro-farm

4 new hydroponic micro-farms are feeding Pitt students

Over winter recess, Pitt became home to the largest installation of micro-farming units on any campus in the country.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
Two people smiling and celebrating Juneteenth

The 麻豆传媒 adds Juneteenth as an observed holiday

Beginning this academic year, all campuses will close in observation of Juneteenth, often referred to as Black Independence Day.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Street Medicine workers helping the homeless near a bridge

Street Medicine at Pitt serves Pittsburghers without homes 鈥 and educates future medical professionals

On a cold night in January, students headed downtown to provide health care, cold weather supplies and a listening ear.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
Art exhibition with drawings of people's faces on brown paper bags

See the University Art Gallery鈥檚 longest-running Black women鈥檚 exhibit

Quilts, photos, paintings and other artworks from 22 artists form the Women of Visions exhibit, which is on display through Feb. 25.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
Kamron Khodjaev sitting  on steps outside with his hands folded

This startup is helping the insurance industry understand autonomous vehicles

Self-driving cars need to be insured if they鈥檙e going to become part of our daily lives. Koop Technologies, formed by international students at Pitt-Bradford, is collecting the data to make it happen

  • Technology & Science
  • Alumni
  • Pitt-Bradford