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The Cathedral of Learning stands over the Oakland neighborhood on a snowy day

Pitt leaders testified on the University’s role in contributing to PA’s future

On Feb. 19, students and administrators shared the value of a Pitt education with the Pennsylvania General Assembly’s Performance-Based Funding Council.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Pittsburgh Campus
Group portrait of Pitt-Bradford faculty and staff members Bill Kline, David Soriano, Karen Strotmann, and Bob Dilks, who, along with 12 others, were honored for combined service that totals 366 years.

Pitt-Bradford honored 18 faculty and staff for their years of service

Among the longest-serving members were Bill Kline, David Soriano, Karen Strotmann, Hashim Yousif and Bob Dilks.

  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Be welcoming and engaged
The University of Pittsburgh campus on a snowy day

17 Pitt affiliates were named to the Pittsburgh Business Times Power 100

Chancellor Joan Gabel is an honoree for a second consecutive year.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
A close up of the panther statue wearing a Pitt scarf in the winter.

Pitt senior Simon Wang won Campus Compact’s Student Leadership Impact Award

He was honored for co-founding the Pittsburgh Policy Initiative, a campus organization for students who want to get involved in public policy and policy analysis.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The Pittsburgh skyline behind a neighborhood

11 Pitt people were named to the Pittsburgh Business Times’ 30 Under 30 list

This year’s esteemed group of young professionals includes University students, faculty and alumni.

  • Community Impact
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Promote accountability and trust
Public Safety police officer speak with and shake the hands of students.

This newly expanded Pitt program is building a community-engaged campus police department

The Police Development Program is reducing the barrier to entry for law enforcement professions by providing free state certification, housing and a stipend.

  • Community Impact
  • Promote accountability and trust
The five Pitt big cat mascots pose in Pitt Day of Giving shirts

Pitt’s better when we’re together. Make an impact with your PDoG gift on Feb. 25.

24 hours of “all in” generosity will create limitless opportunities across the University all year long.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Promote accountability and trust
A woman builds a robot at a table

Angela Stewart is ensuring tech education is welcoming, creative and fun-filled

Her research, in collaboration with a local summer camp, ensures all students are recognized and their participation — whether overt, muted or cautious — is reinforced.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC)
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • School of Computing and Information
Winter drone imagery of the Cathedral of Learning and campus.

A Pitt community partnership was honored for advancing sustainable growth solutions in Fayette County

The Appalachian Bridges to the Future project earned a Climate Luminary Honor for its work fostering economic development and fighting brain drain in the region.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
An aerial view of the Cathedral of Learning during the winter.

Entrepreneurs, join Pitt’s updated alumni business directory

Submit the form to showcase your company, connect with fellow graduates and collaborate with University units.

  • Community Impact
  • Division of Philanthropic & Alumni Engagement
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Alumni
Pitt2Pitt networking event hosted by the Office of the Provost in Alumni Hall.

Why Pitt is the best place for alumni to earn an advanced degree

The Pitt2Pitt Scholarship makes it more affordable. Learn more about graduate and professional offerings, including flexible learning options, on Feb. 11.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Community Engaged Scholarship Forum attendees pose and smile for a photo.

Registration is open for the Community Engaged Scholarship Forum on March 4

This year’s theme is Reducing Barriers, Creating Opportunity. Scholar and Pittsburgh native Andre M. Perry will serve as keynote speaker.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Supporter
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Greater Hazelwood Middle School students get hands-on experience and instruction with biotechnology.

Pitt and the Smithsonian have teamed up to teach life sciences skills to local middle schoolers

The hands-on curriculum is introducing young students in Pittsburgh’s Greater Hazelwood neighborhood to real-world applications of biotechnology.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • It's Possible at Pitt
CAP participants pose with their certificate of achievement.

In ‘community classrooms’ across Pittsburgh, Pitt med students are learning to be engaged physicians

The Community Alliance Program is rethinking traditional medical education, sending students into local public service organizations to learn critical communication and trust-building skills.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Health Equity
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • School of Medicine
A reflection of the Cathedral of Learning in the window of Mervis Hall, an academic building at the University of Pittsburgh.

Pitt undergrads will offer free tax assistance starting in February

In partnership with the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania, the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program provides Pittsburgh residents with tax return and refund support.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Undergraduate students
Baseball player throwing a pitch in a crowded stadium.

This Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher is taking a swing at raising mental health awareness

A family trauma almost toppled Pitt alum Isaac Mattson’s dream. A career roadblock may have saved it.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
Pitt-Greensburg graduates pose for a portrait during the campus' first-ever winter commencement celebration.

Pitt-Greensburg held its first winter commencement ceremony

President Robert Gregerson and other campus leaders recognized the 39 students who completed their degree requirements in the summer and fall semesters.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Cultivate student success
  • Commencement
Charles Rinaldo poses for a portrait in the lab with a colleague.

40 years later, the Pitt Men’s Study is still breaking ground in the fight against AIDS

We spoke with principal investigator Charles Rinaldo and longtime participant and volunteer Marc Wagner about how the study has impacted their lives over the decades.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Public Health
Chancellor Joan Gabel and Board of Trustees Chairperson John J. Verbanac pose with the retiring Director of Internal Audit John P. Elliott during a meeting with a special resolution for Elliott held in the William Pitt Union.

John Elliott will retire after 30 years as Pitt’s director of internal audit

The longtime University leader will be succeeded by Jayne McGoey, assistant director of internal audit.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • The Plan for Pitt
An outside wall of Hillman Library

Students, sign up to collaborate with a local artist on a mural for Pitt’s Hillman Library

The University Library System is seeking up to eight students to create a mural that celebrates the rich diversity of textual and visual communication.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged