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School of Pharmacy students in the Global Health concentration work longitudinally with patients in San Jose del Negrito, Honduras, providing care and conducting research on healthcare access.
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Global Impact: Redefining ‘Access to Care’
School of Pharmacy students in the Global Health concentration work longitudinally with patients in San Jose del Negrito, Honduras, providing care and conducting research on healthcare access.
Dental students working
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Pitt to Provide Dental Training and Patient Care in Johnstown
The School of Dental Medicine’s Johnstown-based training center is set to open in the spring.
Students talking
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Pitt launches Community Impact Network to connect University research, regional priorities
UCSUR’s Community Impact Network pairs University researchers with community partners to find solutions for high-priority regional challenges, including air quality, housing instability, data accessibility, and youth wellbeing.
High schoolers are doing research at Pitt
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High schoolers are doing research at Pitt, too
Pitt’s Gene Team gives high school students the opportunity to conduct research and contribute to scientific literature as early as the summer before their sophomore year.
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cutting the ribbon on the newest Community Engagement Center in the Hill District
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Celebrating a Key Community Connection
Pitt’s newest Community Engagement Center honors the history and supports the future of Pittsburgh’s Hill District.
Group of Gismondi Education Corps members
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Pitt’s Gismondi Neighborhood Education Program Launches a Corps to Strengthen Student Tutors
The Gismondi Education Corps is a special initiative that will serve to strengthen Pitt student workers by offering personal and professional development, networking and career opportunities, and activities that help student workers build relationships with one another.
Audrey Murrell
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Pitt Faculty Member Provides Spark to the Next Gen of Social and Organizational Researchers
Audrey Murrell uses the local community as her research lab and the residents reap the benefits.
Two students talk in a hallway
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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.