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Go Behind the Scenes of the Pitt Nationality Room that Portrays Colonial Life in America

Ahead of Independence Day, you can get a closer look at how English colonists lived before the founding of the United States of America with a tour of Pitt’s Early American Room.

Kazakhstan Medical School

A Pitt Partnership Established This Kazakhstan Medical School, Which Just Earned its First MD Accreditation

In Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, there is now a medical school offering a fully accredited four-year medical program with a U.S.-based curriculum, thanks to a longstanding partnership with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

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Pitt Earns Spots in Best Global Universities and Times Higher Ed Impact Ranking

Pitt was 50th in the 2024-25 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings.

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University of Pittsburgh and Taiwan's National Central Library Launch Collaborative Chinese Studies Initiative

The University of Pittsburgh signed a cooperation agreement alongside the National Central Library (NCL) of Taiwan on Monday, June 24, 2024, as part of the Taiwan Resource Collaboration for Chinese Studies (TRCCS).

Cho-yun Hsu

Cho-yun Hsu is a 2024 Laureate of the Prestigious Tang Prize

Cho-yun Hsu, university professor emeritus of history and sociology in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences with a longstanding relationship to the Asian Studies Center, was awarded the prestigious Tang Prize in Sinology today.

Shyam Visweswaran

Shyam Visweswaran was Inducted as an International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics Fellow

Shyam Visweswaran, a biomedical informatics professor and vice chair of clinical informatics in Pitt's School of Medicine, has been named a fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics (IAHSI).

Lina Insana

Lina Insana Will Study Italian American Experiences Through a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

Lina Insana, associate professor of Italian and ESC and GSC faculty affiliate, is part of a project with the Senator John Heinz History Center and partners at West Virginia University that received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Rys Shultz in the desert

Spotlight on Rys Shultz

Rys Shultz has been the Administrative Coordinator for the Center for African Studies at Pitt for over a year, where he has helped navigate several large grants, expand the role of social media, and plan events and seminars. Rys was program assistant in the Center for African Studies’ study abroad in Senegal program from May 1 to May 31, 2024.

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Pitt Professor to Deliver Key Animal Health Care Supplies to Bolivia

When Danielle Tufts, assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health, was asked to teach an infectious diseases course in Bolivia as one of Pitt’s study abroad offerings, she jumped at the chance.

Danielle Tufts

Pitt Researcher Combines Sustainability Efforts, Education and Research in Trip to Bolivia

The amount of waste from expired and unused lab supplies always bothered Pitt researcher Danielle Tufts. But after reading about a sanctuary that rescues animals from abuse, illegal pet trade and wildlife trafficking in Bolivia, she saw an opportunity.

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A Rising Star at Pitt: Louis Deemer Receives the NAFSA International Education Rising Star Young Leader Award

Louis Deemer, M.Ed., Immigration Specialist in the Office of International Services, has been selected to receive the prestigious NAFSA Rising Star Young Leader Award for 2024.

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Pitt has Three New National Endowment for the Humanities Awardees

Three Pitt faculty members have received new grants for their research from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including two PittGlobal faculty affiliates.

Undergraduates

Pitt Undergraduates Came in Second Place in the 2024 Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition

A University of Pittsburgh team won second place and a $3,000 cash prize at the 2024 Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition.

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Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

Today we celebrate our global graduates as they join our worldwide family of alumni!

 

Asian Studies Center Certificate in Advanced Asian Studies

Hayley Rose Gerlach (G)
Aakriti Bikash Kumar (G)
Palasha Tuladhar (G)
Simiao Wang (G)

Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews: Inspiring Language Learners at Home and Abroad

Most people could never imagine themselves going grocery shopping in a foreign country with the equivalent of one US dollar to their name and only four days’ worth of practice in a new language. For Chris Matthews, however, occurrences like these are a tangible reality.