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Pitt-Bradford is among the best colleges for veterans, per Military Times

It’s the third time the regional campus has made the list, which included 14 Pennsylvania colleges.

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A Pitt internship will give students valuable business experience — and community groups a helping hand

The new Doris Carson Williams Internship, supported by the Elsie H. Hillman Foundation, will pair students with organizations making a positive impact in the region.

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  • Institute of Politics
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  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Anna Li

Meet the 2025 Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship awardees

The annual honors recognize Pitt people as well as regional small businesses whose inventions and companies contribute to the University’s spirit of possibility.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Woman holds Saxby's cup

Prevention at Pitt partnered with Saxbys on an awareness campaign

This November, pick up a reminder about sexual assault prevention and campus resources with your warm beverage.

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Save the date for Pitt’s Community Engaged Scholarship Forum on March 3

Award nominations and proposals for workshops and posters are open now.

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Pitt’s CEC in the Hill District moving to the New Granada Theater

Neighborhood residents and University community members can visit the Community Engagement Center at its new home on Wylie Avenue starting Feb. 2.

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From data to display, Pitt is giving the EKG an upgrade

A machine learning-based system could save lives and anxiety when it comes to suspected heart attacks.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
 Michele Lagnese holding award

Pitt students and staff took home awards at a statewide TRIO conference

Students and staff members took home scholarships and an award at the 2025 PA TRIO Annual Conference.

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  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Photo from 1998 Bill Viola shakes hands with Arnold Schwarzenegger

This Pitt alum is promoting fitness and perseverance through competitive martial arts

Bill Viola Jr. offers advice for setting and achieving goals in his book, “Common Sensei.”

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  • Pitt-Greensburg
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A Pitt-Bradford conference taught students to recognize signs of human trafficking

Nursing, criminal justice and computer information systems majors heard panelist perspectives on building awareness and strengthening community responses to trafficking.

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  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Pitt-Titusville
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Fireworks over Pittsburgh

5 free things to do this November in Pittsburgh

Keep busy as the cold sets in with a micro-movie festival, a jazz listening session and a big downtown celebration.

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  • Pittsburgh Campus
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RJ Thompson

RJ Thompson won the Dr. Tom Baker Community Leader Award

The award, granted by local non-profit Get Involved, Inc., recognizes passionate and positive community impact.

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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt’s United Way campaign is back for another year of impact

Faculty and staff can give through automatic payroll deductions and vacation time donations — and win prizes in return.

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Man with Pitt shirt trims a hedge

Pitt’s Day of Caring connected volunteers and the community

108 faculty, staff and students said yes to helping their neighbors on Oct. 17.

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(seated, from left) Samuel W. Black, director of the African American Program at the Heinz History Center; Rob Ruck, professor of history in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; Bobby’s son Rob Grier, Jr.; CNN journalist Fredricka Whitfield (far left).

Bobby Grier’s Sugar Bowl stand: How one Pitt player changed the game

A recent Heinz History Center event commemorated the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Pitt football legend’s watershed moment.

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McClure stands next to a Point Park University banner.

Christine McClure received a Distinguished Alumni Award from Point Park University

A two-time graduate of the university, McClure is an expert on qualitative and community-engaged research.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Education
  • School of Public and International Affairs
  • School of Public Health
A panther statue.

2 Pitt Law students took part in a national Jewish graduate student summit in DC

Cooper Feiner and Amallia Rascoe joined the invitation-only Miller Family Partners Summit, an annual convention of Jewish graduate student leaders.

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  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Law
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Pitt-Greensburg honored 3 alumni at its Blue and Gold Celebration

Dominick Domasky, Melissa Davis and Jamal Woodson are this year’s winners.

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  • Cultivate student success
Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Chapel with a lamppost decorated with a Pitt banner

Pitt was named a Leading Disability Employer for a second year

The National Organization on Disability once again recognized the University for inclusive workplace practices and accessibility efforts.

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The Robinsons stand with Franco Harris and Mark Nordenberg.

Remembering Betty and ‘Jimmy Joe’ Robinson, who transformed parts of Pittsburgh through education and service

The Pitt alumni, who were married for 74 years and credited with reshaping the city’s Manchester neighborhood, died weeks apart.

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  • Teaching & Learning
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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Education