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Pitt-Greensburg is getting more K-12 teachers into rural schools
Director Melissa Marks has built a program that gets student-teachers into classrooms sooner and keeps them there after graduation.
Melissa Bilec will speak on a May 21 sustainability panel
The panel, held by Pittsburgh Earth Day and Duquesne Light Company, will feature women who are shaping environmental progress in the city.
Afshin Beheshti represented Pitt Space in Harrisburg
He joined government officials, representatives from NASA and industry leaders in the state capital to discuss Pennsylvania’s future as a national aerospace leader.
Dean Nicola Foote was named an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa
She was honored by the honor society for her contributions to Pitt’s David C. Frederick Honors College.
Pitt will host health and tech visionaries for a global forum in October
Experts and visionaries from around the world will spend three days exchanging ideas on competitiveness, resilience and innovation in Pittsburgh.
Pitt Athletics announced its 2025 Hall of Fame inductees
The eight former student athletes will be honored on Sept. 27, as Pitt football takes on Louisville at Acrisure Stadium.
This new Pitt service helps investigators do research that’s ethically sound
The interdisciplinary RECS team consults with researchers on ethical questions and connects them with philosophers and historians elsewhere in the University.
How Pitt keeps hand cyclists on the road to success in the Pittsburgh Marathon
The Hand Cycle Assistance Team, powered by volunteers from the University and community, provides support to racers with spinal cord injuries and other disabilities.
5 incoming Pitt first-years from across PA received Stamps Scholarships
The 2025 cohort plans to pursue studies in business, engineering, psychology and more.
Calling all volunteers: Your help is needed at the JCC Maccabi Campus Games
In August, Pitt will host thousands of athletes and their families for the world’s largest in-person Jewish youth sporting event.
PhD student Hossein Nakhaei won a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
The history of art and architecture scholar is the second from Pitt to win the award for emerging researchers.
Alumna Jasmine Al Rasheed won a German Academic Exchange Service graduate fellowship
The award will fund her master’s degree in public health, a joint program between two universities in Berlin.
A new Pitt Public Health partnership will focus on connections between people and the environment
Pitt and UNIC Health in Cyprus will develop a joint online master’s degree program in One Health.
Don’t miss Pitt Stages’ 2025-26 season
The productions, centered on the theme of transformation, will include “Iphigenia and Other Daughters,” “The Brown Overcoat” and “Head Over Heels.”
Register for Pitt’s second Transfer Pathways Summit on June 6
The event, which will feature a student panel and a colloquium with local community college leaders, aims to bolster support for transfer students at four-year institutions.
Alumnus Alex-Jaden Peart won a Fulbright Austria US Teaching Assistantship
The 2024 Frederick Honors College graduate and Lionel Peason Fellowship recipient will teach English in an Austrian school.
Pitt students are mentoring high schoolers into health care careers
NextGen Healthcare, a new student group, is offering friendship, advice and even money for college.
Meet the Class of 2025 grads who won top University honors
Ashawnti Buckner and Gabriella Lombardi were honored for their commitment to campus and community.
Pitt’s partnership with a Puerto Rican university was awarded a Sloan Foundation grant
The partnership with University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez will facilitate collaborative energy systems research.
Pitt celebrated its largest graduating class yet at commencement
More than 5,000 Pittsburgh graduates walked the stage at PPG Paints Arena on May 4. Plus, ceremonies in Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown and Titusville.
