University of Pittsburgh researchers have been awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health as part of a new program investigating how ableism contributes to health ...

After three years as a member, University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Joan Gabel has risen to the role of chair of the Fulbright Scholar Advisory Board (CIES). Sarah Ilchman, co-president of the ...

Tao Han, Distinguished Professor of High Energy Physics in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has won the American Physical Society’s (APS) 2025 Meenakshi Narain Mentoring Award.

Holden Thorp — a chemist, pharmaceutical executive and editor-in-chief at the journal Science — will serve as speaker for Pitt’s 2024 winter commencement. The ceremony is Dec. 18 at 3 p.m. in the ...

Though it’s known as the “good cholesterol,” higher levels of HDL-C have been shown to correlate with heightened risk for Alzheimer’s disease. A new study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and ...

We may be seeing mostly cloud cover in Pittsburgh, but there really is a comet in the skies. And it’s worth looking up for this once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon — Tsuchinshan-ATLAS won’t be back for ...

A Pitt professor and student organization have both earned recognitions from the American Chemical Society (ACS). From the ACS Pittsburgh Women’s Chemistry Committee, Michelle Ward has received the ...

Pitt Chancellor Joan Gabel and Carnegie Mellon University President Farnam Jahanian celebrated Pittsburgh’s role as an AI Tech Community by signing a ceremonial memorandum of understanding with NVIDIA ...

Grete Gansauer, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburgh, earned a National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The $188,360 in ...

The Pitt-Bradford Staff Association has recognized Angela Wolfe, associate dean of student affairs, with its annual recognition award. Wolfe has worked at Pitt-Bradford since 2015 and was nominated by ...

Becoming an employer of choice for individuals with disabilities ought to be a priority for every institution, says Leigh Culley, director of Disability Resources and Services (DRS) in Pitt’s Office ...

The University of Pittsburgh is well-represented on Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 under 40 list for 2024. Each year, the magazine receives hundreds of nominations for the awards honoring young leaders in ...