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Why everyone at Pitt should care about the state budget

State funding provides more than $16,000 annually in direct support for Pennsylvania students at Pitt, but it’s not guaranteed. Here’s how you can help.

  • University News
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Pitt’s latest Newman Civic Fellow is using data to fight food insecurity

Pitt Pantry volunteer and statistics grad Yunge Xiao is headed to Harvard to transform nutrition and well-being in communities.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Highlights from the 2018-2022 Pitt Sustainability Plan progress report

From declining greenhouse gas emissions to innovative educational campaigns, Pitt is on its way to meeting many of the 68 goals established in the 2018 plan. Here’s what you need to know.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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10 Pitt students and alums are 2023-24 Fulbright winners

The announcement comes a year after the University was named a top producer of U.S. recipients in 2022-23.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Alumni
  • Students
  • University Center for International Studies (UCIS)
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Students took a leading role in creating Pitt’s new Jonas Salk exhibit

Museum studies and public health students helped choose, clean and display the objects that make up the new exhibit in the School of Public Health building.

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • Students
  • School of Public Health
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Don’t miss these 5 things in Pitt’s new Jonas Salk exhibit

An iron lung, an award from Disneyland and an iconic desk are among the objects on display from the polio pioneer’s archives.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Public Health
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9 Pitt projects won $210,000 to support sustainable innovation

The seed grants from the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation fund teams focused on finding solutions to the world’s toughest problems.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • Faculty
  • Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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This Pitt program trains members of Black churches to provide bereavement counseling

Thanks to the Pitt Innovation Challenge, the TRIBUTE program is increasing mental health support in communities of color. You can fund your bold idea, too.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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NFL Hall of Famer Rickey Jackson received his Pitt degree at age 65

Forty years after leaving Pitt for the NFL Draft, Jackson earned his diploma. “I’d put it up with the Super Bowl,” he said.

  • Commencement 2023
  • Athletics
  • College of General Studies
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4 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad

The recipients will travel to Croatia, Latvia, Montenegro and Tajikistan.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Undergraduate students
  • College of General Studies
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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The graduates who received Pitt’s top honors in 2023

A political poet, the student behind Roc himself and a nurse in training earned the ODK Senior of the Year Awards and the Emma Locke award.

  • University News
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Nursing
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Commencement 2023 at Pitt, in photos

Relive moments of graduates' joy and parents' pride with this gallery.

  • University News
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Commencement 2023
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Your questions about doing research at Pitt, answered

The new Pitt Research Navigator is designed to connect Pitt researchers to resources with personalized customer service on grants, data management and more.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Students
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Panthers Forward — and Pitt — changed this senior’s life

First-generation scholar Hosea Wah said the debt-relief and mentoring program instilled professional and financial confidence as he gets ready to launch his career.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Undergraduate students
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She’s Pitt’s first-ever recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Anna Li will receive $90,000 over two years as she completes her MD/PhD. If that wasn’t enough, she’s an inventor tackling health disparities as well.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Graduate and professional students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt graduate programs retain high U.S. News and World Report rankings

Programs in public health, education, engineering and more saw jumps in the 2024 rankings.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Education
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Public Health
Herb Douglas

Oldest living U.S. Olympic medalist, Herb Douglas, a University of Pittsburgh alumnus, has died at 101

The track and field legend was a storied businessman and philanthropist.

  • University News
  • Athletics
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A guest’s guide to commencement at the University of Pittsburgh

Everything you need to know about parking, pictures, accessibility and more for your time on the Pittsburgh campus.

  • University News
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Commencement 2023
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Rachel Decker Richelieu named Pitt’s vice chancellor for University Communications and Marketing

Richelieu brings decades of experience from her work in the public sector, aerospace and defense, and technology.

  • University News
  • Staff
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Graduating Pittsburgh Public Scholars want to help the city and beyond

The Pitt program guarantees admission and financial assistance for Pittsburgh Public Schools’ valedictorians and salutatorians. Here’s how two hope to change the world.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
  • Commencement 2023