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Local high schoolers are soaking up the science at Gene Team 2026
Gene Team 2026 wrapped up this past week, with students presenting their projects last Thursday.
Pitt students can now bop to the top with the new Musical Theatre Certificate
Musical Theatre enthusiasts can rejoice over the new Musical Theatre certificate being offered by the Department of Theatre Arts in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.
Why is it so hard to find DNA in bird poop?
For years, scientists talked about the problem. They swapped stories of failed projects, came up with explanations and hinted at it in published studies.
Poushalee Banerjee won an American Fisheries Society student writing award
Poushalee Banerjee, a doctoral student in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology and Environmental Science, received an honorable mention in the American Fisheries Society’s 2026 Student Writing Contest.
Prepared for Anything: How a Pitt Humanities PhD Led to an Unconventional Career
When Spyros Sakellariadis (A&S ’80G) arrived at the University of Pittsburgh in the late 1970s, he wasn’t following a carefully designed career plan.
5 ways Pitt people helped shape America
The radio in your car, the ambulance that arrives in minutes, the dance number you can’t get out of your head — most Americans go a full day without realizing how many ordinary moments trace back to the University of Pittsburgh.
NASA dedicated an area of Mars to a late Pitt professor
Sanford Abraham Asher — a Pitt professor who was a pioneer of one of science’s mainstay imaging technologies until his death in January — was honored by NASA, who officially named a region of Mars after the chemistry innovator.
Meet Pitt’s 2026-27 Fulbright scholars
Eight University of Pittsburgh faculty members — more than double last year’s total — were awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Awards by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
How Debate Set Sarayu Cheemalapati's (A&S '26) Course
In high school, Sarayu Cheemalapati (A&S ’26) was nearly unstoppable as a debater.
Pitt Pride 2026 Events
Join the Office for Institutional Engagement and Wellbeing for their Pride 2026 events!
Jonathan Fuller was named a 2029 Greenwall Faculty Scholar
The Greenwall Foundation has named Jonathan Fuller, associate professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History and Philosophy of Science, one of its 2029 Greenwall Faculty Scholars for his work to improve diagnoses for diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Wind energy is not bad for your health, new research shows
As wind energy continues to grow as an alternative to fossil fuels, studies and media reports have suggested wind turbines can cause all manner of health problems, from sleep disturbances and irritability to outcomes as serious as suicide.
Four Dietrich School educators earned a Nancy Tannery Grant for Open Educational Resources
Pitt’s Office of the Provost has announced 11 awardees of the 2026 Nancy Tannery Grant for Open Educational Resources, an initiative that supports faculty as they adapt, adopt or create open educational resources for use in an existing course.
Making waves may be key to making memories
G. Bard Ermentrout, Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, working with a team led by University of Chicago, has shown distinct patterns in waves of brain activity carry information when forming and recalling memories.