Graduate Students

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Passionate about Innovation and Healthcare?

The Michael G. Wells Student Healthcare Competition is an opportunity to accelerate the Pitt research commercialization journey, while providing students and postdocs with exposure to the world of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Students must apply with a faculty sponsor and up …

By Alyson Kavalukas
Alyson Kavalukas Assistant Director
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Tips for Networking as an Introvert

Being an introvert does NOT mean you don’t have social skills. However, it does mean that being around lots of people at one time can be draining. I am what you might consider an “expressive” introvert, so I am often …

By Tiffany I. Waddell
Tiffany I. Waddell
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Student Spotlight: “Very Powerful Women” 

Maddy Laurash hadn’t considered using the Career Center until she was employed by it. The spring 2022 graduate was hired during the spring semester of her sophomore year to be a mentorship program assistant for Pitt Link, a program that …

By Dionna Dash
Dionna Dash Nordenberg Scholar
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Student Spotlight: “Advice I Wouldn’t Have Thought Of” 

Richie Brigandi used to apply to dozens of jobs, scouring Handshake and LinkedIn for openings, examining the websites of medical device companies, and interviewing with numerous places with no success. The spring 2020 graduate would re-check all the sites every …

By Dionna Dash
Dionna Dash Nord
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Student Spotlight: “Fun, Mad Science” 

If Sam Taylor’s being honest, he regrets his interactions with the Career Center. Not his interactions once he began searching for a job and regularly consulting the Center, but rather his interactions from before his job search, when he virtually …

By Dionna Dash
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