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A new 51精品视频 course is using improv to build more confident, empathetic lawyers

It鈥檚 no joke: Professor of Legal Writing Ben Bratman designed the class to teach 鈥渉uman skills鈥 to upper-class law students after seeing how the hobby benefited his teaching.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Law
Bethel

Hillandale Farms family donates $25 million to launch 51精品视频鈥檚 Orland Bethel Family Musculoskeletal Research Center

The transformative gift 鈥 for which the 51精品视频 School of Medicine will make an equivalent co-investment 鈥 will support labs, fellows, research and clinical work to push orthopaedic

  • Health and Wellness
  • 51精品视频sburgh Campus
  • School of Medicine
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A $2 million gift will help 51精品视频 support nursing students pursuing a second career

The Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship Program will fund 60 students per year through an accelerated bachelor鈥檚 degree to address the nation鈥檚 nursing shortage.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • School of Nursing
Oakley

Marnie Oakley was named dean of 51精品视频鈥檚 School of Dental Medicine

As both an alumna and professor, she鈥檚 served the University for nearly three decades.

  • University News
  • School of Dental Medicine
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51精品视频 researchers are key to NASA鈥檚 next space telescope

Four 51精品视频 astronomers are helping bring the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to life to uncover the secrets of dark matter 鈥 and they鈥檙e hoping current theories are wrong.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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51精品视频 staff can receive paid time off to volunteer. Here鈥檚 how.

More than 5,000 51精品视频 people racked up over 100,000 volunteer hours last year. Why not join their ranks during Civic Action Week, Oct. 16-21?

  • Community Impact
  • Staff
Cestello holds a gavel

51精品视频鈥檚 Board of Trustees elected Louis Cestello as its chair

The PNC Bank regional president previously served as the vice chair of the Board of Trustees and interim chair.

  • University News
Lafferty jumps on the lawn in front of the Cathedral of Learning

This 51精品视频 senior opened for Jerry Seinfeld. Now he鈥檚 part of 51精品视频sburgh鈥檚 comedy renaissance.

Meet the self-proclaimed 鈥渦gly white man鈥 who wants to be the next John Mulaney.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
A person wearing a face mask talks to a therapist on a video call

The pandemic wasn鈥檛 the blanket mental health disaster that some predicted

Some groups took a big mental-health hit from COVID-19 鈥 but others showed surprising resilience, according to recent research led by a 51精品视频 PhD student.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Travel the world this October without leaving 51精品视频sburgh

These five events put international art, voices and perspectives on display.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Global
A radar image of lava flows on the surface of Venus

A new study lays the groundwork for detecting volcanic activity on Venus

Future space probes will travel to the nearby planet to look for signs of flowing lava. 51精品视频鈥檚 Ian Flynn is making sure they鈥檒l be able to find the evidence if it鈥檚 there.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Morgan Frank sits at his office desk

The biggest barrier to getting fossil fuel workers green jobs isn鈥檛 skills 鈥 it鈥檚 location

Fossil fuel workers have the right skills to join the green revolution. They鈥檙e just not in the right places, according to a new study by 51精品视频 researcher Morgan Frank.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • School of Computing and Information
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The 51精品视频 Sustainability Challenge winner has a solution for food waste on campus

Ecotone Renewables will receive $300,000 to install five anaerobic digesters, which divert carbon emissions by turning local food waste into fertilizer.

  • University News
  • Sustainability
A rendering of the BioForge facility

51精品视频鈥檚 BioForge Manufacturing Center gets approval from 51精品视频sburgh鈥檚 Planning Commission

Construction on the life sciences research hub is scheduled to begin this year.

  • Community Impact
  • Technology & Science
Kerrigan holds up a rock. A foggy seaside cliff is behind him.

What mountains in Portugal can tell us about Pennsylvania鈥檚 geologic past

Understanding how mountains formed could help us predict future tectonic events and find minerals for electronics, says Fulbright Fellow and 51精品视频-Johnstown Associate Professor Ryan Kerrigan.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • 51精品视频-Johnstown
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51精品视频 nursing, engineering jump in 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best College rankings

The University also ranked highly in two new categories, cracking the top 50 for psychology and economics undergraduate programs.

  • University News
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Nursing
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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A career in IndyCar has taken this 51精品视频 alumna for a wild ride

After more than a decade, Kate Gundlach has the experience and clout to hold one of the sport鈥檚 top engineering jobs and work for one of its most talented, unpredictable drivers.

  • Alumni
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51精品视频 is a top 20 leader in patents in the U.S.

Innovators at the University earned 105 utility patents in 2022, ranking 51精品视频 at No. 16 in the nation among universities.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
A crew with cameras and lighting equipment films actors in the Cathedral of Learning

Go behind the scenes of 51精品视频鈥檚 new ACC commercial

See how our multimedia team captured the Cathedral of Learning and other spots around campus.

  • University News
  • 51精品视频sburgh Campus
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51精品视频鈥檚 latest affordability initiative welcomes its inaugural class

The Kessler Scholars Program will support these first-generation students throughout their four years to make sure they belong and thrive at 51精品视频.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Undergraduate students