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It's Possible at Pitt
See Images from the Proving Possible Launch
Visit our photo gallery from the September 25 campaign launch at Petersen Events Center.
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Advance Scholarship, Creativity and Innovation
Pitt Ranked among Top Programs Worldwide in 17 Academic Fields
The University of Pittsburgh placed in the top 50 in 17 academic fields in recent world university rankings.
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State-of-the-Art Pitt Health Sciences Building Officially Opens
The Fifth and Halket building is home to the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and the School of Medicine’s Departments of Cell Biology and Computational and Systems Biology.
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Pitt’s Ishihara Lab to Receive $2.25M in Google.org Impact Challenge
The lab of Keisuke Ishihara, assistant professor of computational and systems biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, announced Oct. 14 that it has been selected as a recipient of the Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science.
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Pitt School of Education Is Tackling Teacher Shortage with an Innovative, Multifaceted Approach
The national teacher shortage is a complex crisis, and Pitt is stepping up with a revamped undergraduate teacher education program and robust recruitment efforts.
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Translating Space Science into Health Breakthroughs
Kate Rubins, professor of computational and systems biology and a former NASA astronaut, directs the Trivedi Institute for Space and Global Biomedicine at Pitt.
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Three Ways Pitt Researchers Are Making Strides in Assistive Technology
Associate Professor Dan Ding leads an interdisciplinary team that empowers people with disabilities to embrace existing wireless technology to take control of their lives.
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Pitt’s Philosophy Program Ranked No. 5 in the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject
The program has been in the top 5 for more than a decade thanks in part to funding from the Richard King Mellon Foundation