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Pitt Social Work turns research into better child-welfare training

The Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center, driven by Pitt, helps professionals serve children and families with greater competence, compassion and consistency.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Social Work
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Jason Bittel wants you to love America’s wildlife like he does

In his new National Geographic Explorer book ‘Grizzled,’ the Pitt alum composes an ode to our animal neighbors, from grizzly bears to salamanders.

  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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These students are producing local indie films using skills they picked up at Pitt

Plus, don’t miss the web premiere of “No Encore,” a gothic short film by recent alumna Gigi Vitolo Gonzalis Butkewitsch.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Business
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16 Pitt faculty were honored with 2026 Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards

The awardees, who hail from schools across the University, exemplify excellence in public service, research and teaching.

  • University News
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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More than 50 online and hybrid programs extend Pitt’s reach virtually anywhere

A Pitt education has never been more accessible.

  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Law
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An impromptu stop started this senior vice chancellor’s 25-year Pitt journey

Kevin Washo’s own story reaches all 67 of Pennsylvania’s counties — much like the story of Pitt.

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Pitt has partnered with Google to offer a real-time glimpse of our dynamic cosmos

An alert broker will make data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory freely available online within seconds of receiving them, lowering the barrier of entry to studying the universe.

  • Space
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Chancellor Joan Gabel was named 2026 Council of Fellows Mentor Award recipient

Gabel is recognized for her mentorship of American Council on Education fellows and higher education leaders.

  • Cultivate student success
  • Chancellor
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Pitt ranked No. 7 for NIH research funding in 2025

All six schools of the health sciences were among the top 20 recipients of National Institutes of Health dollars for their categories in the latest Blue Ridge Institute ranking.

  • University News
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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This Pitt-Greensburg alumnus turns generosity into a way of life

Jamal Woodson, Pitt-Greensburg's 2025 Alumnus of Distinction, lives his life trying to "do all I could to help as many people as possible."

  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Introducing Pitt’s Implementation and Research Center for Healthy Communities

Formerly PERU, the IRC offers resources for substance use and suicide prevention in Pennsylvania and beyond.

  • University News
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  • School of Pharmacy
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A Pitt-Bradford alumna writes the next chapter of her hometown's story

No matter how far she wandered, Kane, Pennsylvania (and McKean County, home to UPB) would always be Kate Kennedy's home

  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Pitt-Johnstown
  • Pitt-Titusville
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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8 Pitt people made the New Pittsburgh Courier 40 Under 40 list

Three staffers and five alumni were among the young Black professionals recognized by the publication.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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They benefited from Pitt’s Student Success Hub. Now, they’re giving back.

Peer Success Guides like Kam Chan and Alivia Melius play an important role in the University’s goal of cultivating access, affordability and support for all students.

  • Cultivate student success
  • Provost
  • School of Education
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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These two Pitt-Johnstown alumni prove the power of teaching

Amy Arcurio and Nicole Kuzmiak turned their experiences at UPJ into roles as local educational leaders.

  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Pitt-Johnstown
  • Pitt-Titusville
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Care for community gives this Pitt-Titusville alumnus the right frame of mind

First as a nurse, now as a small-business owner, UPT alumnus Corey Young continues to play a vital role in his tight-knit community.

  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Pitt-Johnstown
  • Pitt-Titusville
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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6 free things to do this March

Make nature-themed art, get ready for internship season and check out local theater productions all over Pittsburgh.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Q&A: Pittsburgh’s little-known role in the Great Migration

We asked Pitt-Greensburg Assistant Professor Adam Cilli to share highlights from his research into this essential Black history that changed the city.

  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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11,431 donors raised more than $3M for vital University initiatives on the 10th annual Pitt Day of Giving

This year’s daylong fundraising sprint generated funding for scholarships, research, academic programs, student organizations, athletics and other vital initiatives.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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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.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Alumni
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Pharmacy