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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
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
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
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
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
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
Students embrace on the field of the Acrisure Stadium during a Homecoming Football game.

2024 at Pitt, in photos

Our photographers shared their 10 favorite images of innovative researchers, major developments and more from the year.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Promote accountability and trust
Portrait of Charles “Chas” Bonasorte at The Pittsburgh Stop Inc.

Chas Bonasorte, Pitt football’s ‘Kamikaze Kid’ and owner of famed Pitt apparel kiosk, died at 70

After his career on the field, Bonasorte became a fixture on the Pittsburgh campus with his clothing kiosk at Forbes and Bigelow.

  • Community Impact
  • Alumni
  • Be welcoming and engaged
A woman smiles while petting her dog.

This Pitt alum got a humanitarian award from Farmworker Justice

Amy Liebman ensures the nation's immigrants are protected and supported.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
A branded Pitt flag with the University shield is framed by fall leaves.

Pitt contributed $6.6 billion to Pennsylvania in FY23

The latest Economic Impact Report showed the University supported nearly 49,000 jobs and contributed $356.2 million in state and local taxes.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Promote accountability and trust
Fang on a staircase in the Honors College

This Pitt senior and cancer researcher is one to keep watching

Here’s what’s next for Richard Su Fang, a Goldwater scholar who has already received interview invitations from 17 MD/PhD programs.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
The Nonprofit Capacity Building Program cohort poses for a group photo at Café Momentum.

Nonprofits are scaling up their regional impact with support from Pitt

The Nonprofit Capacity Building Program connects local organizations working to improve economic stability with University training and resources.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
An adult and child volunteer help prepare meals for Christmas Day at Pitt.

Volunteers will spread cheer, presents and thousands of meals for Christmas Day at Pitt

156 people will serve at the University’s 19th annual celebration on Dec. 25.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Participants engage with one another during the Community Engaged Scholarship Forum.

Save the date for Pitt’s Community Engaged Scholarship Forum on March 4

Nominations are now open for Partnerships of Distinction, the CESF Collaboration Champion and more awards.

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