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Gear up for commencement: Graduation Central starts April 8

Purchase regalia, enter giveaways and get key details about the ceremony at the University Store on Fifth through May 1.

  • University News
  • Students
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How Pitt is preparing local small businesses for large institutional partnerships

The University’s local spend last year totaled $477 million. Learn more about contracting opportunities at Doing Business with Pitt on May 16.

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Forbes has named Pitt a ‘New Ivy’

The University made the magazine’s list of 10 public universities graduating students that business leaders want to hire.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Rebecca Price

Transforming care for treatment-resistant depression.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
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Kris Davitt is stepping down as Pitt’s senior vice chancellor for philanthropic and alumni engagement

Davitt, who has more than 30 years’ experience in fundraising, will become senior vice president for development at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

  • University News
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Tasha Alston is sharing new narratives of Black fatherhood

Hear from the Pitt Medicine researcher and other community experts at a panel on March 31.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
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4 Pitt-Greensburg faculty received President's Distinguished Awards

Celebrate the winners’ accomplishments in teaching, service and professional development at Honors Convocation on April 11.

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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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This alumnus is giving Pitt students the resources needed to take a big step

Pitt's Rhodes Family Resource Fund supports the student who puts ‘everything into their education but does not have the resources to access the things that enrich that experience.’

  • Community Impact
  • Alumni
  • Supporter
  • Pitt-Johnstown
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Computing and Information
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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
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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
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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