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Volume 59 |
Issue 4: October 10, 2026

  • Cathedral of Learning

    Enrollment shows modest growth in undergrads, decline in graduate and professional students

Pitt Digital leaders update Faculty Assembly on AI products and their implementation at Pitt

Mark Henderson, Victoria Lancaster discuss options, challenges as Anthropic contract renewal looms.
Senate President Kris Kanthak

Kanthak updates Faculty Assembly on expanded executive committee, SVC for Health Sciences search process, privacy policy

Senate president calls it ‘noteworthy’ that faculty have elected representation on search committee.

Picasso painting owned by Guggenheim and stolen from Pitt in 1961 resurfaced at auction

Cubist portrait of Picasso’s first wife is the subject of lawsuit over ownership.
Fall scene on Pitt campus

Senate Research Committee updated on months of federal information requests, proposed procedure changes

New ‘rulemaking’ approach could affect funding, regulations for researchers working with NSF, NIH, DOE.

Faculty Experiential Learning & Technology grants incentivize use of makerspace to facilitate experiential learning

Five 2026 grant winners began implementing their course redesign projects this semester.
Pitt volunteers at a local food pantry

Scores of Pitt volunteers lean into service on Pitt's Day of Caring

Community groups welcome staff who sign up in support of Pitt’s Neighborhood Commitments.

CUPS committee hears updates on campus pedestrian, traffic safety measures in problem areas

Pitt Police Commander Kiefer discusses e-scooter ban, designated bus lanes, crossing improvements, PittSafe app.
SVC for Health Sciences Anantha Shekhar

Shekhar delivers annual State of School talk addressing med school

SVC describes the school as ‘stronger than ever’ as leadership search begins.

Also in This Issue:

Provost announces recipients of 2026 Larry E. Davis Awards
Higher ed update: Federal government aims to change rules, fees for international students
Registration opens for fall term of Faculty & Staff Development Program
Bandison of Pitt HR earns a national Excellence in Benefits Award
October MyHealth Lunch and Learn is 'Make Breast Health a Priority'

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News From Around Pitt:

 

From the Provost’s Office

Leadership Transition in the University Center for Teaching and Learning

From The Pitt News

‘Journalism pro’ Susan Jones retires after eight years as the editor of the University Times

Pitt one of nine universities under federal visa fraud investigation

Delanie’s Coffee opens new location in Big Idea Center

Student activists honor and protest Israeli military three years after Oct. 7

‘It’s counterproductive’: Students share opinions on combined fall break and Family Weekend

From Pittwire

Pitt placed No. 24 among the nation’s public universities in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings

Pitt is globally ranked in 33 subjects, per ShanghaiRanking

4 Pitt researchers received a K-12 AI Infrastructure Program grant

Introducing the 2026 Rees-Chancellor’s Scholars cohort

From the Dietrich School

SCI and Dietrich School Student Build New Student Performance App

From Swanson School of Engineering

Pitt Engineering Alumni Help Commercial Street Bridge Slide into the Future

Pitt Engineering Alumni Help Commercial Street Bridge Slide into the Future

Pitt’s Susan Fullerton Named a Moore Foundation 2026 Experimental Physics Investigator

Swanson School of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus Tony Parasida reflects on a prolific career, a Pitt education, and giving back

From Health Sciences

Nobel Laureate Karl Deisseroth receives Pitt’s Dickson Prize

A Transcendent Gift: Pitt celebrates and remembers those who donated their bodies to medical research.

Rory Cooper Wins King Salman International Award for Disability Research

Therapy Extends Treatment Window for Acetaminophen Overdose in Preclinical Models

 

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Harvey Wolfe brought acclaim to industrial engineering department

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