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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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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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
Yvon Woappi

Alumnus Yvon Woappi will speak at Pitt-Bradford’s commencement on May 4

The Columbia University professor researching wound healing and regeneration will also receive an Alumni Award of Distinction.

  • University News
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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
Fitzgerald stands in front of a Pitt branded background.

Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is Pitt’s 2025 spring commencement speaker

The former Pitt football star and NFL Man of the Year recipient will address the University’s graduating class at PPG Paints Arena on May 4.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Athletics
A line of awardees smiles in front of a Pitt-branded screen

Pitt honored 6 outstanding community champions and partnerships at a March forum

The Healthy Home Laboratory, Pitt Dental Assistant Training Program and Partnerships for Family Support were this year’s Partnerships of Distinction.

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  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged