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Pitt Public Health established a new award, funded through the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
The Justin Reid Ehrenwerth Emerging Scholar Award will allow local students from under-resourced high schools to attend Pitt’s Public Health Science Academy.
These Pitt students are learning how to bake reuse into the things we make
Engineering students broaden their focus from lab benches to global supply chains with the help of industry in the Circular Economy Program.
This Pitt-Bradford partnership will make getting a chiropractic degree more affordable
Eligible students can earn both a bachelor’s and Doctor of Chiropractic degree in just seven years through guaranteed admission to Northeast College of Health Sciences.
Alumni updates, summer 2025
Pitt alumni recently wrote books, opened rural health facilities in Africa, signed contracts to play professional volleyball, earned honors from NASA and the Whiting Foundation, among others. Read
Go cardless with Pitt’s new Mobile Panther ID
Starting July 15, Pittsburgh campus students, faculty and staff can swap their plastic Panther Cards for a mobile credential and access buildings and campus services via smartphone or smartwatch.
Rory Cooper spoke at the UN about AI-powered assistive technology
The Human Engineering Research Laboratories talk focused on how artificial intelligence is changing the innovation landscape and helping people with disabilities.
Pitt-Greensburg’s biology national honor society won an Outstanding Chapter of the Year award
The campus’ Theta Pi chapter of Beta Beta Beta received that and other honors at the organization’s recent regional meeting.
Brian Dubenion is Pitt’s inaugural associate dean of student culture and community
The new role will advance the University’s commitment to a campus environment grounded in respect, accountability and ethical student engagement.
Melissa Libertus was selected for a Center for Advancing Research Impact in Society fellowship
The associate professor of psychology is one of five researchers in the inaugural cohort.
Pavlov’s dogs were conditioned to go to their treat. Why do some animals learn to interact with the bell instead?
New Pitt research found that this behavior, called sign tracking, relies on dopamine release at just the right time.
Klaus Libertus is the inaugural director of Pitt’s College of General Studies
He will also serve as assistant dean for online education, effective Aug. 15.
A Pitt engineering education took this U.S. Army pilot from the aircraft to the classroom
After finishing his thesis, in which he developed a solution to minimize in-rush currents in motors, Capt. Daniel Hawbaker is heading to West Point to teach the next generation of military engineers.
Tia-Lynn Ashman earned the Botanical Society of America’s highest honor
The Pitt Distinguished Professor was honored for her contributions to plant science, mentoring and global scientific collaboration.
Pitt students published their research with the US Army Corps of Engineers
The cohort, led by Professor Emily Elliott, monitored the downriver impacts from an artificial spring flood along the Allegheny River.
5 Pitt health sciences faculty members received 2025 Ascending Star Awards
Each honoree receives $25,000 and will give a lecture during the fall semester. Here’s the full schedule.
Help Olivia Babcock win an ESPY
The volleyball star is the first female Pitt player to be nominated for one of ESPN’s fan-voted awards.
Pitt is a Best Value College for 2025, according to the Princeton Review
The University was also rated among the top 20 Schools for Making an Impact.
Pitt joined a multi-institutional team researching the impact of AI on labor markets
The collaboration, led by Carnegie Mellon and MIT, is funded by a $1.6 million Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant.
Pitt-Bradford students raised money to bring a bike skills program to a local elementary school
I think it’s a great way to introduce riding a bike to kids,” said JT Magro, a physical education teacher at Otto-Eldred Elementary School.
