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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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Advance Scholarship, Creativity and Innovation
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.
Keisuke Ishihara, assistant professor
It's Possible at Pitt
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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Rory Cooper
It's Possible at Pitt
Rory Cooper Named to Forbes' List of Most Successful Living Veterans
The founder of Pitt’s Human Engineering Research Laboratories, Cooper has led groundbreaking research in wheelchair design, robotics and other assistive technologies.
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Cultivate Community, Partnership and Impact
Pitt’s Center for Governance and Markets Received a $2.7 Million Grant to Promote Civil Discourse
The program is designed around the principles of living together in a varied society and that students engage difference in many ways.
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Advance Scholarship, Creativity and Innovation
Pitt Ranked No. 7 for NIH Research Funding in 2025
The University of Pittsburgh received $669.7 million in National Institutes of Health funding and six Schools of the Health Sciences were all ranked in the top 20 for their categories.
Andy Rhodes
Accelerate Student Success
This Alumnus Is Giving Pitt Students the Resources Needed to Take a Big Step
Limited finances as a student meant Andy Rhodes could not participate in the full college experience; he wants to make sure today’s students have the assets they need.