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Pitt will host a Humanities @ Work conference on April 4

The cross-disciplinary event will connect students and scholars with leaders in the community, health and technology industries.

  • University News
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Two hands place multicolored flowers into soil.

See the Pittsburgh campus in bloom in this spring gallery

Pitt’s expert grounds crew members will spend tireless hours prepping flower beds, mulching, planting and weeding throughout the growing season.

  • Our City/Our Campus
Smiling student receiving food from a food truck.

Support the United Way at a food truck event on April 8

Each business will donate 15% of their sales to Pitt’s United Way Campaign.

  • Community Impact
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
The Cathedral of Learning

4 Pitt faculty won the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring

This year’s recipients will be honored at 3 p.m. March 26.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Provost
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Meet 4 graduate students who took unconventional paths to Pitt

Their journeys showcase the changing dynamics of who’s seeking graduate education and when.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Man holding wooden lacrosse stick

One Pitt-Bradford student is reviving a (nearly) lost indigenous art

Tyrone Bowen-Collateta creates handmade lacrosse sticks from blocks of hickory.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Lacrosse players silhouetted against cloudy skies and mountains

Home field has a deeper meaning for Pitt-Bradford lacrosse

When the newly minted DIII team takes the field in March, they'll be playing for more than just a winning record.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Brett Ranon Nachman

This Pitt researcher is using his own experience to help autistic students thrive on campus

After a decade of surveying and studying autistic college students, Brett Ranon Nachman has come away with some important, and surprising, insights.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Education
Heart-shaped signs outside the Tree of Life Synagogue reading "Love will always win" and "You matter. You are so loved."

Pitt will host a traveling exhibition on ‘Lessons from The Tree of Life’ starting March 27

With curated artifacts and personal statements from the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, the exhibition will challenge visitors to reflect on the impact of antisemitism in America.

  • University News
  • Be welcoming and engaged
A crosswalk near the Scaife Hall entrance

Be aware of the latest sidewalk and stop sign improvements on upper campus

The City of Pittsburgh found in a recent safety study that it is no longer possible to cross Terrace Street in front of Scaife Hall.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
Vesterlund in a black blazer

Lise Vesterlund will receive an honorary doctorate from Copenhagen Business School

Pitt’s Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics will give a lecture on March 21 in celebration of the honor.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
An abstract yellow sculpture outside Pitt's Posvar Hall

Pitt’s School of Public and International Affairs takes a new name and an expanded mission

With new programs like a BA in public policy and the Policy and Social Impact Fellows, the school will welcome and prepare students at all academic stages.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Public and International Affairs
Crowd of seated students at Pitt commencement

Volunteers are needed for Pitt’s spring commencement

Join in on the festivities when you sign up to help by April 16.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Faculty
  • Staff
A bus travels over a yellow bridge into downtown Pittsburgh

6 Pitt people were named Pittsburgh Business Times Women of Influence

The annual honor recognizes the region’s most impactful businesswomen.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
A student works on a laptop computer

Comment on a draft policy regarding information security until April 10

Members of the Pitt community are invited to provide feedback via an online form.

  • University News
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students
Burton Tansky

Burton M. Tansky, trustee emeritus and luxury retail leader, dies at 87

The CEO of the Neiman Marcus Group, Tansky served as a Pitt trustee for decades and helped lead a $2 billion fundraising campaign.

  • University News
Annette Vee

Annette Vee will pen a newsletter series on AI and teaching

The associate professor has partnered with publisher W.W. Norton to explore topics around artificial intelligence.

  • Technology & Science
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Cathedral of Learning in early spring, with students lounging on the green

Pitt’s Annual Disclosure Certification period begins March 17

University faculty and staff who are mandatory disclosers will receive an email between March 17 and 20. The form is due by April 15.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Staff
Mosley leans on the floor in a white, ruffled dress

This alumna is protecting people from cons, one podcast episode at a time

Laci Mosley pokes fun at grifters in “Scam Goddess,” an award-winning podcast and Hulu documentary series.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
Susan Silvestri

Alumna Susan Silvestri will receive Pitt-Bradford’s Presidential Medal of Distinction

The founding member of the Pitt-Bradford Alumni Association will be honored at the campus’ commencement ceremony on May 4.

  • University News
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Cultivate student success