The Cathedral of Learning has been standing tall for 100 years, and the secret? The right set of bricks!
Homecoming weekend celebrations were in full swing for the Cathedral’s 100th birthday. A fan favorite was the build-your-own Cathedral station, where visitors received building block kits with instructions to make their own mini-Cathedral.
About two-thirds of Puerto Rico’s population had already lost power during Hurricane Irma when Hurricane Maria landed in September of 2017, shutting down power across the rest of the island.
Seeing the devastation caused by the storm and the conditions resulting from loss of electricity, Fernando Tormos-Aponte, an assistant professor of sociology in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, knew he had to act.
The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has recognized a research team co-led by Rachel Bezanson, associate professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics and Astronomy, for no less than revealing the contents of the distant universe.
A new University of Pittsburgh-led research project aims to automate the scientific process, using a team of AI agents to harness a promising new type of quantum computing that could enable discoveries in chemistry and materials science. Led by School of Computing and Information Professor Youtao Zhang, the project is supported by the U.S.
The University of Pittsburgh moved up to No. 24 among public universities nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges rankings, released Tuesday. Pitt sits at No. 59 among all national universities — a 10-spot jump from last year’s list, making the University the biggest mover among publics in the top 100.
Who doesn’t love a good horror story?
The curious architect stands at the base of the tower, looking up. Tall and magnificent, the structure looms above him, leaving him amazed and captivated.
It is March 2005, his first visit to Pittsburgh. He is here to interview for a faculty post and to check off items on a very specific architectural bucket list.
He’s been downtown, standing before the more-than-a- century-old Allegheny County Courthouse, a masterwork of civic architecture. He’s traveled through Pennsylvania’s woods to Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic home suspended over a rushing stream.
Before reaching Hillman Library’s front doors, passersby can look through the windows and see a phrase in bold blue letters running the length of the grand staircase inside. It reads: “I am made to leave I am made again to return.”
Kornelia Tancheva, director of Pitt’s University Library System (ULS), reads the line through her own experience as an immigrant from Bulgaria.
“Your past is always part of you, and you change all the time, but you don’t forget where you come from,” Tancheva said.
For the first time since 2009, Pitt will offer a journalism program in the Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences this fall.
