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Seven senior leaders at the University of Pittsburgh will see pay increases of 4% next year, bringing their base salaries to between $271,000 and nearly $1.1 million. The new pay levels were endorsed Tuesday morning by the Pitt Board of Trustees’ Compensation Committee and then approved by the full Board

Chancellor Joan Gabel sat down with The Pitt News to reflect on the successes and challenges that came with her first semester as chancellor and discuss the role of universities during global conflicts and upholding free speech.

University of Pittsburgh trustees have called a special meeting for Monday and are expected to vote on a resolution to name a successor to Chancellor Patrick Gallagher. The 11 a.m. main campus meeting inside Alumni Hall’s Connolly ballroom is to be livestreamed and will include “Remarks of the Chancellor Elect,”

Gov. Wolf announced that ElevateBio will invest in its first Pennsylvania operation through the buildout of a biomanufacturing facility with the University of Pittsburgh, creating 172 new jobs.

He will advocate on behalf of the University’s students, faculty and staff at all levels of government.

David Brown has been named the new vice chancellor of Pitt’s Office of Government Relations and Advocacy. He starts May 9. Brown succeeds Paul Supowitz, who will become special assistant for strategic initiatives in the Office of the Chancellor. Supowitz joined Pitt in 1997 and has held leadership roles in government relations since 2002.

He has studied health care systems in the U.K. and Kenya, hoping to bring insights back to the U.S. His next stop, supported by the prestigious scholarship, is China.

PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh and Richard King Mellon Foundation today announced a $100 million gift that will advance the region’s burgeoning life sciences economy by creating an anchor bioresearch and development facility on Hazelwood Green, the sprawling former industrial site near Downtown Pittsburgh being restored into a center for

Innovation and Research A mentoring and career development program for students who have historically been excluded from STEM fields. A series of boot camps aimed at bridging the cybersecurity skills gap and making cybersecurity education more accessible to diverse populations. Accommodations for students with disabilities that enable them to actively participate in hands-on laboratory activities.  These are among the 20 projects that will receive funding as part of the 2021 Pitt Seed Gra...

Tuesday, July 13, 2021 Share A mentoring and career development program for students who have historically been excluded from STEM fields. A series of boot camps aimed at bridging the cybersecurity skills gap and making cybersecurity education more accessible to diverse populations. Accommodations for students with disabilities that enable them to actively participate in hands-on laboratory activities.  These are among the 20 projects that will receive funding as part of the...