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Pitt ranks No. 24 among the nation’s public universities, says U.S. News & World Report

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$3B campaign kickoff, Cathedral celebration and light show highlight Pitt Homecoming weekend

Homecoming at Pitt was bigger than ever in 2026, as the University looked back on 100 years of a campus icon while setting up its next century of possibilities.

Pitt’s Center for Governance and Markets received a $1.8M grant from the John Templeton Foundation

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Ilia Murtazashvili will co-lead the study on how to revitalize public governance and policy.

Pitt's $3 billion campaign is the most ambitious in its 239-year history

Pitt has launched a multi-billion-dollar fundraising effort to spur and support transformative ideas at the onset of the the institution's next century.

A new Pittsburgh life sciences startup incubator will grow early stage companies

The Pitt incubator, located in Oakland, will provide a much-needed link in the regional life sciences ecosystem.

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Announcements and Updates
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Pitt adds a doctoral hooding ceremony to its annual winter commencement celebrations

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Senior vice chancellor and dean of the School of Medicine search begins with virtual forums

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Nominations are now open for 2 Provost’s Awards

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The Dick Thornburgh Forum’s American Experience Distinguished Speaker lecture is Sept. 17

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Accolades & Honors
The Cathedral of Learning looms over a dark building and tree

John Norton won the 2026 Lakatos Award

Hadi Noori

Hadi Noori won an NSF grant to develop an energy-efficient welding process

Adam Lowenstein poses with George Romero film memorabilia.

The story of Pitt’s Horror Studies Center was published in Film Quarterly

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Sept. 6 is now ‘Vernard Alexander Day’ in Pittsburgh

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