{"id":308050,"date":"2026-10-16T16:24:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/308050\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:24:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T16:24:07","slug":"pitt-officially-opens-new-306000-square-foot-health-sciences-building-in-oakland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/308050\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitt officially opens new 306,000-square-foot health sciences building in Oakland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 University of Pittsburgh officials and students celebrated on Wednesday the official opening of a new health sciences building that will house multiple departments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The 306,000-square-foot building, located on Fifth and Halket in Oakland, will be home to Pitt\u2019s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the School of Medicine\u2019s Departments of Cell Biology and of Computational and Systems Biology, and several other departments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Pitt Chancellor Joan Gabel, during the formal opening of the new building, said it would help further prepare students for their careers after graduating. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cI think the building represents the sphere of possibilities that we\u2019re so proud of,\u201d Gabel said. \u201cIt makes it possible for us to be absolutely top-notch in student preparation, care for patients, discoveries that might not have happened otherwise, a sense of community both in the building and in the neighborhood, and it\u2019s those possibilities that elevate everything that higher ed is able to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a 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