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You are using an older browser that does not support current Web standards. Although this site is viewable in all browsers, it will look much better in a browser that supports Web standards. University of Pittsburgh Pitt Bar links 225 Home Pitt Home Find People View Story ListBuilding to Advance Research Over the last decade, Pitt construction and renovations have added state-of-the-art facilities for research in medicine, science, engineering, and technology. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsLights, Camera, Academics Pitt students don’t have to go to Hollywood to learn about film. Pitt’s Film Studies Program and Pitt in Hollywood organization cover practical as well as academic aspects of filmmaking. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsRub the Nose and Ace the Exam Students know that rubbing the panther statue’s nose brings good luck on exams. Learn about that and other Pitt traditions. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsClassrooms of Pride The 29 Nationality Classrooms in Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning depict, and were donated by, the peoples who helped to build Pittsburgh. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsPitt Ranks Among Elite Universities From research funding to international studies to the happiness of its students, Pitt ranks among the best in higher education. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsHistoric Pittsburgh Preserves Pitt Treasures On a sunny day in Pittsburgh, automobiles convey baseball fans across the St. Pierre Bridge to Forbes Field. It’s a remarkable scene (and no cracks about the rarity of sunny days in Pittsburgh). Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsGene Kelly: A Pittsburgher in Hollywood Before he brought a muscular new dancing style to Hollywood musicals, Gene Kelly was a Pitt economics major who supported himself by pumping gas, digging ditches, and teaching at his family’s dance studios. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsPitt Researchers Fight Deadly Diseases From polio to cancer, Pitt researchers have a long history of fighting, and beating, deadly illnesses. Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research continues the battle. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsPitt’s Heritage of Architecture From a luxurious hotel that became a student union to a gleaming tower for biomedical sciences, Pitt buildings demonstrate a diversity of history and design. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsA Chapel For All Open to campus religious groups of all denominations, as well as the public, Pitt’s Heinz Memorial Chapel is a popular site for guided tours, weddings, and concerts. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsUCIS Connects Pitt Scholars to World In 1968, when the University Center for International Studies (UCIS) was created as an encompassing framework for all of Pitt’s international programs, it was unique. Today, it’s emulated worldwide. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsGooooood Morning, Pitt! High atop the Cathedral of Learning, a transmitter broadcasts the signal of WPTS-FM, Pitt’s student-run radio station, cofounded by Adrian Cronauer of Good Morning, Vietnam fame. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsPitt Pioneers Training of ICU Doctors Pitt’s first-of-its-kind Department of Critical Care Medicine (CCM) trains intensivists—physicians who specialize in treating critically ill patients in intensive care units. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsULab Creates Robots & Virtual Reality Pitt researchers are using robotics and virtual reality in projects ranging from helping the military control unmanned aerial vehicles to creating simulations of ancient temples. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsSpreading the Word to Improve Public Health One of Pitt’s missions is getting health information and resources out into the community for use in fighting diseases and developing policy. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsPitt’s DDI Drives Drug Discovery Pick a disease. Let’s say you understand its mechanism. A logical way to treat it would be with a drug. But of millions of drugs available, how might you find one that works, or create a new one? Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsAll Over the MAP in 120 Days Students study and conduct research from Beijing to Buenos Aires—becoming part of the neighborhoods where they live—through the Pitt Multi-region Academic Program (PittMAP). Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsGeniuses Fight Pathogens, Tackle Concussions A Pitt professor and an alumnus were two of only 22 MacArthur Fellows selected nationwide in 2011. Better known as the genius” award, the honor includes $500,000 in unrestricted support for each recipient. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsDNA Bank Provides a Research Windfall At the School of Dental Medicine, some researchers come to work every day hoping to make people drool—all to help build what is believed to be the world’s only DNA bank to share data among colleagues. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsWant to Study Swahili? Acquire Arabic? Want to study Swahili? Improve your Icelandic? If you answered sawa or ja , respectively, Pitt’s Less-Commonly-Taught Languages Center (LCTL) can help. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsServing ‘Our Most Able, Inquisitive Students’ The Honors College provided me with the feel of a small, liberal arts school with all the opportunities of a major research university,” says student Nana Marfo. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsThe Cathedral: Iconic Heart of the University The building was to be more than a schoolhouse; it was to be a symbol of the life that Pittsburgh through the years had wanted to live , ” Chancellor John G. Bowman wrote of Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsStaff Serve Above & Beyond Pitt staff members don’t just serve the University. Through their volunteer work, they serve the greater Pittsburgh community, too. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsHofmann Gave Biochem an Adrenaline Rush Hurting? The hormone endorphin will dull the brain’s perception of pain. But while they’re essential to human self-preservation, little was known about hormones when Klaus Hofmann began studying them. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsThomas Mellon: Alumnus Who Founded a Dynasty Inspired by The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin , Thomas A. Mellon decided in 1834 to enroll at the Western University of Pennsylvania rather than try to eke out a living on his family’s farm. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsOAKLAND ZOO!!! (What?? Can’t Hear You) Some 1,500 strong and wearing yellow T-shirts blaring the Oakland Zoo” logo, Pitt’s student fan section encircles the Petersen Events Center’s lower level during home basketball games. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsStudent-Athletes’ Glory, Carved in Stone Between the Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Chapel is a sidewalk called the Varsity Walk, where the names of outstanding Pitt student-athletes are embedded in the stones. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsFrom Historic Hotel to More Perfect Union Once a luxurious hotel, the William Pitt Union is today the epicenter of Pitt student life outside the classroom and home to more than 300 student organizations. Learn moreView More Stories in this CategoryView All Story TopicsLangley’s Innovations Propelled Flight From the ceiling of...