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A six-decade Pitt Pharmacy family tradition
Since Bill Thompson Jr. graduated from Pitt in 1962, the Thompsons have used their Pitt education to serve their Blair County community as pharmacists.
These alumna-led hubs are a home away from home for hundreds
Pitt alumna Kristin Proto directs a two-location Chester County after-school hub — one a former car repair shop, the other used to be a fire station — that reaches nearly 500 students each year.
6 projects earned Dietrich Innovation Institute funding
The winning faculty come from Pitt departments ranging from English to geology and environmental science.
Learn about Pitt’s advanced offerings at the spring Graduate Recruitment Fair
Graduating undergrads and alumni can receive up to $7,500 in tuition each year through the Pitt2Pitt Scholarship program. Learn more on Feb. 26.
He’s making libraries into something more
From providing meals to expanding technology resources, alumnus and York County Libraries President Robert Lambert is ‘meeting people where they are.’
A new art display highlights Pittsburgh’s role in electric power history
The display, adorning the hallway outside a Benedum electric power lab, invites students to consider their place in engineering history.
From artistic talent to a sustainable business
PantherLabWorks offers training to creators hoping to scale their businesses and commercialize their products.
3 Dietrich School faculty earned funded professional development leave
Liberty Ferda, Shannon Reed and Evgeni Trofimov are the 2026-27 recipients.
AI-generated ‘podcasts’ are useful but prone to errors, says this Pitt researcher
Ian Flynn’s findings on Google’s NotebookLM tool was selected as an American Geophysical Union featured story.
How a rural recruiter pitches Pitt across Pennsylvania
Daryl Burleigh uses his experience growing up in Wayne County to help prospective students figure out if Pitt is a good fit.
5 Pitt people made the Pittsburgh Business Times 30 Under 30 list
The young professionals are making an impact on their workplaces and their communities.
Local middle schoolers brought Black history — and several Pitt figures — to life
Damon Young, Gertrude Wade and Damar Hamlin were just a few of those portrayed at The Neighborhood Academy’s Night at the Museum event.
This rural Pennsylvania field station is an ecologist’s dream
Pitt’s Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology has hosted a rotating cast of prominent researchers for nearly a century.
The Pitt Research Annual Report is out now
Read about the last year of advances in AI for medicine, next-generation energy sources, space research and more.
A stacked cast of Panthers help new grads find success in showbiz
Hollywood might seem cutthroat, but this growing community of Pitt grads make sure their fellow alums find a soft landing.
Pitt’s Frederick Honors College commemorated 20 years of programming at its Wyoming preserve
Allen L. Cook, a rancher and conservationist, gifted the Spring Creek Preserve to the University, creating a permanent off-site learning environment for honors students.
Using AI at Pitt? Here are 5 secure apps for your tool belt.
Claude for Education is the latest addition to University-approved generative AI tools for students, faculty and staff.
Pitt climbed in the National Academy of Inventors’ global patent ranking
Pitt innovators were issued 107 U.S. patents in 2025, moving the University’s ranking up two spots to No. 26.
Alumnus Donald Alstadt was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
The chemist invented Chemlok, a system of rubber-to-metal adhesives that’s widely used in cars, planes and more.
Doug McCullough is Pitt’s new acting chief advancement officer
Along with the appointment, Danni Piccolo, Jodi Weisfield and Tom Crawford will move to new roles in the Division of Philanthropic and Alumni Engagement.
