Fitzgerald and Gabel in front of a Pitt step and repeat

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

Features & Articles

A $5M gift from the Mario Lemieux Foundation will support microbiome research at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

The new center will help researchers better understand how microorganisms that naturally live in and on the human body can influence cancer development.

For 25 years, Cathedral has offered a home on high for peregrine falcons

Standing at 535 feet, the Cathedral of Learning’s height makes it the perfect home for this keystone species.

World-expanding stories from Pitt’s Nationality and Heritage Rooms

The cultural spaces that bridge past and present have been a part of the Cathedral since the beginning. As the University grew, so did they.

Meet Rory Cooper, a Hall of Fame innovator who’s been harnessing tech to build better wheelchairs for three decades

With inventions benefiting disabled veterans and other wheelchair users, the HERL director is pushing technology and entrepreneurship toward new possibilities.

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Announcements and Updates
People filled plastic bags with food from bins on a table.

The 2026-27 United Way campaign kicked off Oct. 1

A Pitt script sticker on the Enter key of a keyboard

Comment on the University’s draft privacy policy by Oct. 28

Three women talking around a circle table

Save the date for Pitt’s Community Engaged Scholarship Forum on March 2

Graduate receiving sash

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

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Accolades & Honors
Students walk on Pitt-Greensburg's campus

3 Pitt-Greensburg alumni were honored at the Blue and Gold Celebration

Robin Brooks

Robin Brooks was awarded a National Humanities Center Fellowship

Many solar panels on a rooftop

Pitt is among the first institutions recognized for Climate Action Milestones

A corner of Alumni Hall, with leaves in the foreground

Mike Arenth and Bridget Ridge will continue leading the University Center for Teaching and Learning

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