School of Pharmacy receives $7.8 million grant to fight opioid addiction
Pitt’s School of Pharmacy’s Program Evaluation and Research Unit received a five-year, $7.8 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to improve the quality of treatment for patients with...
View ArticleLess-Commonly-Taught Languages Coffeehouse ‘a blast’ for language student...
For Lauren Jewell, volunteering at the Swahili booth at the Lesser-Commonly-Taught Languages Coffee House was a perfect opportunity to combine her passions for tutoring and language learning. “I...
View Article‘Astonishing’: Projects in Digital Composition students create kiosks for...
Many Pitt students write a paper or take an exam as their class final, but students in ENGCMP 1130: Projects in Digital Composition created an interactive kiosk about a topic of their choosing....
View ArticleStudent leaders gather at the Panther Leadership Summit, focus on discourse...
Pitt student leaders gathered on Feb. 3 for the Panther Leadership Summit to discuss the significance of the year’s “Discourse and Dialogue” theme in the broader context of leadership on campus. The...
View Article‘Most valuable discovery’: Foreign Language and Area Studies scholarship...
From Swahili to Irish Gaelic, students who choose to study lesser-known and taught languages are able to reap the benefits of their specialized study through the Foreign Language and Area Studies...
View ArticleDarris Means named executive director for rural and community-based education
Darris Means, an associate professor in the School of Education, is now Pitt’s first executive director for rural and community-based education. Means, who arrived at Pitt in 2020 and since then has...
View ArticleSGB discusses recent ACC Advocacy Days conference, upcoming elections
Upon returning from ACC Advocacy Days in Washington, Student Government Board discussed its upcoming presidential elections, the purchase of new AEDs to install on campus and a recent meeting between...
View Article‘Passion meets profession’: Club helps students start music, entertainment...
For Benjamin Leighow, president of the club Music and Entertainment Business, it is important for students interested in the music business to have a community as early on in their careers as possible....
View ArticleFaculty Assembly discusses testing center issues, university policies
Faculty Assembly President Robin Kear gave an update on the ongoing issue with the Disability and Resource Services’ Testing Center capacity at this week’s meeting. For 18 months, the testing center...
View ArticlePolice blotter: Jan. 31 – Feb. 7
Wednesday, January 31 Pitt police assisted City police with a report of a stolen wallet at the Panera Bread on Boulevard of the Allies. Thursday, February 1 Pitt police took a report regarding a hit...
View ArticleEast Asian Library holds open house, displays rare items
Kuan is one of the earliest examples of paper money, which China began printing in the late 1300s. Pitt’s East Asian Library had an original Kuan note on display for visitors to see during their open...
View ArticleBoard of Trustees discusses shifts on the board, state plans to reduce...
Chancellor Joan Gabel began the first Board of Trustees meeting this year with her chancellor report and said community engagement is becoming an “increasingly important measure of University quality.”...
View Article‘The city becomes your classroom’: Pitt offers multimedia literature class,...
Secret Pittsburgh, a literature class at Pitt taught by Elise Ryan, makes the city its classroom as students explore surrounding areas and create a multimedia project that’s open to the public — which...
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Poet Terrance Hayes visits Carnegie Library
From growing up in South Carolina to living in Pittsburgh, poet Terrance Hayes has used poetry to appreciate the world around him for many years. “Relying on a certain kind of color in conversation...
View ArticlePitt Faculty Union assembles outside the Pete to advocate for higher salaries...
On Sunday morning, around 50 members of Pitt’s Faculty Union gathered outside the Petersen Events Center to advocate for a $60,000 salary floor for part-time faculty. The group handed out fliers to...
View ArticleGeneral Education Reform Task Force working to develop new curriculum
General education requirements are supposed to be “more than just requirements ” — they are an opportunity to discover interests students never knew they had, all while earning credits toward...
View ArticleHolly Lamb promoted to chief of Pitt police following Loftus’ retirement
Pitt police appointed Holly Lamb to chief of police following the retirement of James Loftus in December 2023. Lamb served as deputy chief at Pitt from 2014 to 2023 and began her Pitt career as a...
View ArticleStudents share favorite date spots in Pittsburgh
As Cupid prepares to draw his bow, students at Pitt are on the hunt for the ideal date spot. From museums to restaurants and charming boutique shops, Pittsburgh presents a myriad of options for...
View ArticleSarah Mayer runs uncontested in the SGB presidential election, speaks at...
A modified presidential debate for the Student Government Board president took place on Monday evening, with only one candidate onstage. Junior neuroscience and psychology major Sarah Mayer is the sole...
View ArticleSGB discusses allocation procedures, upcoming elections
Student Government Board President Ryan Young opened the Feb. 13 meeting by discussing allocations policies and procedures. “The Allocations Policy and Procedures Task Force has been in a writing...
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