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Say Her Name white dress with names written over it

This gown at Pitt memorializes Black women killed by police

You can see the “Say Her Name Memorial Gown” through Sept. 24 at the University Art Gallery.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Three Pitt biologists in a field of grass

How to save rare plants? Protect their pollinators.

Tia-Lynn Ashman and a team of Pitt biologists put a network of plants and pollinators under the microscope to tackle a tough question in ecology.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Lakdawala in lab coat

They're trying to detect the next pandemic

Seema Lakdawala’s lab is part of a new multi-institutional partnership that will assess the pandemic potential of new viruses.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
  • Health and Wellness
Students using smartphones at desks

6 essential apps for students

Get around Pittsburgh, get fed and get class info.

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • Students
Man with mask using computer with five monitors

What you need to know about HVAC on campus

Indoor air quality matters now more than ever. Here’s how the Office of Facilities Management is keeping the air safe in Pitt buildings.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Covid-19
Pitt Students with Roc

Pitt maintains top 20 U.S. News & World Report ranking

In the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges ranking, Pitt landed at No. 20 among public colleges and universities. The rankings also put Pitt at No. 27 in its best colleges for veterans

  • University News
Girl in a field of purple flowers

University art exhibit affirms the value of Black lives

Text and artwork displayed near the Cathedral of Learning show the exultation, struggle, defiance and love inherent in the Black American experience. See it for yourself.

Window art of Pitt in gold text with a blue heart

7 takeaways from the student town hall

Students: Got questions about in-person classes, COVID-19 testing or quarantine? We’ve got answers.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Teaching & Learning
Daren Ellerbee and Thaddeus Mosley standing by wooden art piece

Gallery brings outside in

Pitt’s Community Engagement Center in Homewood uses a gift from sculptor Thaddeus Mosley (A&S ’50) and works from other artists to highlight the value of art in building connections.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
two men shaking hands outside of the Cathedral

Alum wants no hero left behind

To honor a fallen friend from ROTC, Nick Liermann (CGS ’00) launched an organization to give service dogs to injured veterans. An upcoming cycling marathon will raise funds for the group.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
Student with red mask working on laptop

New programs and ways to learn launch this fall

Multidisciplinary computer science options, a variety of Dietrich School certificates and accelerated graduate degree programs usher in the 2021-22 school year.

  • Students
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Computing and Information
  • School of Education
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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9/11 memorial event honors veterans and first responders

Attendees at the campus event shared their experiences of the Sept. 11 attacks and their appreciation for those who serve.

  • University News
A portrait of Mary Margaret Kerr

Research sheds light on how children interpret ‘dark tourism’

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Professor Mary Margaret Kerr shares insights on how to help children make meaning of tragic events.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Education
  • School of Medicine
Drone image of Cathedral of Learning and Oakland

Home installations are underway for a community Wi-Fi pilot

A program between Pitt and Every1online that’s bringing Wi-Fi to local families in need is expanding. Residents of New Kensington and Homewood are encouraged to apply.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
Student with wheelchair going through a doorway

Lecture to focus on disability policy beyond the pandemic

A Sept. 13 virtual lecture by Sen. Bob Casey will address the pandemic’s impact on people with disabilities and the need to bolster home- and community-based services.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Students at Panthers Forward

Panthers Forward program fills financial aid gap for last-year students

The first-of-its-kind program gives up to $5,000 and exclusive mentoring to participants. Applications for this year are due Sept. 26.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Students
Oakland block party, decorated with gold and blue balloons

Block party series brings together Oakland residents

Pitt students and their South Oakland neighbors bonded over tacos and prizes at the first of four summer events.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
Artistic depiction of particles

Where the laws of matter break down, a quantum discovery crops up

Lasers, fiendishly complex calculations and some of the coldest temperatures on Earth led to physicist Vincent Liu’s recent superfluid discovery.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Students with masks, flower painting

Get (re)involved on campus

Make the most of your college experience: Here are eight ways to get involved, suggested by a fellow student.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
Stephanie Jimenez wearing striped shirt, artwork in the background

Alumna chases opportunities at NASA

Stephanie Jiménez (A&S ’21) put her Pitt degree to work this summer as an intern for a NASA program that addresses environmental issues.

  • Space
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Alumni