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Celebration of innovation

Meet this year’s emerging innovator, startup of the year, small business of the year and more, as recognized by Pitt’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute

Pitt Athletics Earns Community Service Award

University of Pittsburgh student-athletes topped the NCAA Team Works Community Service Competition for their youth programs, blood drives and other volunteer efforts.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Students

Games Strive for Therapy, Fun and Inclusivity

Millions of Americans struggle to understand or express speech, and the experience can be incredibly isolating. A Pitt-supported suite of therapeutic games—now available for anyone to play—aims to

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Department of Communication Science and Disorders

Sheth Awards Honor International Impact

Diego Chaves-Gnecco, Carmelo Mesa-Lago and Vyasa Sai (ENGR ’13G) are working toward equality in health care and STEM fields.

  • Alumni

Pitt-Bradford ‘Foodraiser’ Fills Seats, Kitchens

The 500-seat theater “sold out” on April 24 with more than $10,000 in donations to Bradford’s soup kitchen.

An Equation for the Future

For senior Julia Foust, computer science + bioengineering = a better life for patients.

  • Students
  • School of Computing and Information
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Anna C. Balazs Elected to National Academy of Sciences

The Distinguished Professor in the Swanson School of Engineering adds one of the nation’s top honors to her portfolio. Balazs is internationally recognized for her theoretical and computational

Shadows on a brick wall behind a chain-link fence

Inside-Out

The Pitt Prison Education Project brings together incarcerated students and college students to bridge gaps of difference, facilitate conversations and empower all.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Pitt to Extend Funding for COVID-Delayed Doctoral Students

PhD students who have passed their comprehensive exams and whose funding has run out will be eligible for an additional semester of support in academic year 2021-2022. Learn more.

Lopez

A Pitt researcher is bringing attention to an emerging public health crisis

Daniel Jacobson López studies sexual assault survivors in the Black, Latino and LGBTQ communities.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Beloved Med School Tradition Lives On

Scope and Scalpel, the medical school’s satirical and punny student tradition, is aiming for a part live, part virtual play this year. See behind the scenes of “Cramilton.”

  • Students

Newest Panthers Forward Class Prepares to Give Back

The innovative debt relief program is about more than just finances.

  • Students

A Step Above the Rest

How far can Pitt’s graduate and professional students go? In life, the sky’s the limit. In a recent fitness challenge, they logged nearly 66.5 million steps in just three weeks.

  • Students

Earth Day is every day at Pitt

Revisit stories of Pitt’s many commitments to sustainability.

  • Global
  • Sustainability
  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
Kirk Savage leans on a monument

Kirk Savage was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The art historian and Pitt professor joins the likes of Oprah Winfrey, Kimberlé Crenshaw and Sanjay Gupta in the newest class of the prestigious academy.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Pitt Commencement on Social Media

Share your memories of Pitt and your graduation celebration on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using the hashtags #PittGrad21, #ForgeAhead and #H2P.

Students showcased their entrepreneurial drive at the Randall Family Big Ideas Competition

ReSolution, a self-cleaning contact case, took home this year's top prize.

  • Innovation and Research

Lessons from the HIV Epidemic

Pitt Public Health’s Jean Nachega and coauthors draw practical parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and HIV, including innovative ways to ensure scale-up of a vaccine or treatment in Africa.

  • Covid-19
  • School of Public Health
  • Global
Andrea Kozai

En Pointe

PhD student Andrea Kozai has completed a first-of-its kind review of dance curriculums at education schools across the world.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Students
  • School of Education

Class of 2021: Fill Out the Post-Graduation Survey

Pitt’s Career Center would like to know your plans after graduation and how they can assist you.