Ken Gabriel Announced as CEO of Pitt Bioforge

By Abby Lipold, Assistant News Editor • January 9, 2024

On Monday, the Pitt School of Medicine announced Ken Gabriel will become the inaugural chief executive officer (CEO) of Pitt BioForge.  The BioForge Manufacturing Center, which will be located at Hazelwood...

National Sports Brain Bank created, researches causes and treatments for sports-related brain injuries

By Spencer Levering, Staff Writer • May 24, 2023

The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine announced the creation of the National Sports Brain Bank, a study that researches causes of and treatments for contact sport-related neurodegenerative disorders.

World-renowned doctors receiving honorary degrees from Pitt

By Spencer Levering, Staff Writer • April 20, 2023

The School of Medicine will award Dr. Victor Dzau a doctorate in health innovation for his work in leading the global response to COVID-19. The School of Public Health will also award Dr. Chris Elias an honorary doctorate in global health on April 29.

Pitt ranked among top 20 public universities in the U.S.

By Millicent Watt, Assistant News Editor • September 17, 2021

The U.S. News & World Report ranked Pitt #20 in the top 20 public universities in the U.S. Schools are ranked based on factors such as graduation and retention rates, student selectivity and financial aid resources.

PLRB rules on size of potential Pitt faculty union

By Rebecca Johnson and Jon Moss • April 19, 2021

A Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board official ruled Friday on the size of a potential bargaining unit for Pitt faculty, marking a win for union organizers and moving the campaign further toward an election.

Pitt researchers find racial disparities in pediatric medical imaging

By Rashi Ranjan, Senior Staff Writer • February 22, 2021

Dr. Jennifer Marin and a team of 13 other researchers analyzed 13 million hospital visits from 44 hospitals across the country. Their results — non-white children are less likely to get diagnostic imaging compared to white children.

‘Class of the First Oath’ addresses health care disparities, social justice issues

By Rashi Ranjan, Staff Writer • September 23, 2020

The current first-year class of Pitt’s School of Medicine took a nontraditional oath on Aug. 14 in addition to the modern Hippocratic oath.

Pitt won’t rename Scaife Hall, chancellor says

By Rebecca Johnson, News Editor • August 27, 2020

Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced that a working group charged with investigating Scaife Hall’s name found no reason to continue with the renaming process. Renaming Scaife Hall, home to Pitt’s School of Medicine, was one of Black medical students’ demands that was sent to the School’s dean in June.

Pitt task force planning research restart effort

By Ashton Crawley, Senior Staff Writer • May 14, 2020

Rob Rutenbar, the senior vice chancellor for research, said at Thursday afternoon’s Senate Council meeting that research is restarting now on a rolling basis after originally shutting down in March. He added that due to the pandemic, labs are now required to place pandemic-specific protective measures in place. “That means that in many cases, laboratory environments have to be reconfigured to maintain social distancing,” Rutenbar said. “That may mean that schedules have to be modified in order to not have too many people in the room at the same time. They have to show that they’re ready to do that.”

Breaking a leg: Pitt med students archive their plays in art exhibit

By Marissa Perino / Staff Writer • July 11, 2017

Nestled deep within Falk Library atop Cardiac Hill sits one of Pitt’s most unknown gems — a small art exhibit comprised of artifacts from past plays performed by Pitt’s medical school. Annually,...