In his presentation to Faculty Assembly on updates regarding Pitt Information Technology (IT), Mark Henderson, vice chancellor and chief information officer, called the 2024-25 academic year “sort of a journey of transformation.”

The University of Pittsburgh is teaming up with Amazon Web Services to establish a new Cloud Innovation Center focused on health sciences and sports analytics. The project aims to "leverage data, analytics, and breakthroughs in artificial intelligence to enhance the university's health sciences programs and athletics department, while offering students opportunities for real-world experience through internships working with industry experts."

Pitt Information Technology recently completed a year-long initiative to develop an IT 10-Year Horizon and is now socializing the plan with the University community for feedback. You can read the Horizon on Pitt IT’s Technology website and share your feedback via a brief online survey. 

A new project announced April 23 brings together unusual bedfellows — Pitt Health Sciences and sports analytics experts in Pitt Athletics — to partner with Amazon Web Services and Pitt IT for a student-led collaboration on data and artificial intelligence.

The University of Pittsburgh and Amazon Web Services have launched a Health Sciences and Sports Analytics Cloud Innovation Center, where paid student interns will begin developing applications to tackle real-world challenges in healthcare and sports starting this summer.

Pitt is turning to AI to reshape sports science and athlete performance at a new innovation center.

The ribbon was cut Wednesday on the first Amazon Web Service-powered Cloud Innovation Center on the East Coast at the University of Pittsburgh. The new Health Science and Sports Analytics Cloud Innovation Center will provide students with internship opportunities to pursue data driven research in the two namesake fields.

In a landmark partnership that promises to transform both health sciences research and athletics, the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced the establishment of the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences and Sports Analytics Cloud Innovation Center (CIC), powered by AWS.

Faculty Assembly approved two policies — related to identity theft and Pitt IT security — during its April 9 meeting, which then passed Senate Council on April 17. Both were passed with no opposition.

Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato, an alumna of Pitt’s College of Business Administration, will be on the Oakland campus March 19 for an exclusive conversation about how tech influenced her professional journey and how she's using her tech experience in her current position. The event, sponsored by Pitt IT, is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the William Pitt Union, Kurtzman Room.

An initiative to examine and plan Pitt’s technology-based needs and anticipate marketplace changes in the years ahead is moving forward into a public-comment and final-draft period.

A real voice — that’s what callers to Pitt want to hear most, says Maureen Ryczaj, the University’s lone full-time operator. Ryczaj and her team of two part-time staffers and several student employees answer up to 250 calls a week from all over the world — but mostly from Pitt students and their parents.

Since its rollout in November 2022, OpenAI’s ChatGPT has sparked widespread discussions about its potential impact on education and learning. Recognizing its growing use in academic settings, Pitt IT developed PittGPT, a version tailored specifically for the Pitt community.

The University of Pittsburgh is providing students and faculty with its own PittGPT through a pilot program.

At its monthly meeting on Oct. 28, the Senate Computing and Information Technology committee was briefed on a transition from one business intelligence report-writing tool to another as well as a pilot artificial-intelligence service being tailored for the Pitt community.

John Duska, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the University of Pittsburgh, has been recognized as a Top 100 Accelerated CISO Award Winner, a prestigious honor that highlights emerging security leaders with less than five years in the role. The merit-based program celebrates those who have demonstrated exceptional skill, innovation, and a commitment to advancing the cybersecurity industry.

The University of Pittsburgh has also seen an increase in phishing and sextortion emails.

The University of Pittsburgh and KeystoneREN announced they have recently entered into a new agreement for KeystoneREN to provide Pitt with 100 Gigabit Internet2 connectivity.

Shawn Ellies, Mark Henderson and Robert Hill have been named as Class of 2024 Men of Excellence Award honorees by the New Pittsburgh Courier. This annual award celebrates African American men in the Pittsburgh region who “inspire others through their vision and leadership, exceptional achievements, and participation in community services."