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A crew removes a damaged train car from the track

A new Pitt study helps identify where train derailments pose the greatest risk

In the wake of East Palestine, a new study by Pitt Water Collaboratory researchers maps 26 years of accidents in the Ohio River Basin.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
People stretch behind a sign at the entrance of the Stress Free Zone.

They’re free and can reduce stress by nearly 70%

Beginning this fall, Pitt students can attend sound bath sessions in the Stress Free Zone at the new Recreation and Wellness Center.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Cultivate student success
Two people kneel on the ground to clean a folding wheelchair.

Pitt keeps the community mobile with its annual wheelchair wash and tune-up clinic

University faculty and students come together to provide minor maintenance to wheelchair users in the Pittsburgh area.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Medicine
Student working alone in Honors College study area

The Frederick Honors College’s undergraduate journal won national recognition

The Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review earned second place in the National Collegiate Honors Council’s Honors Publication Contest.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt is among the top public universities in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report

The University’s nursing program is in the country’s top 10, and Pitt was recognized as among the best for veterans.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Nursing
Two children place books in a Little Free Library painted in rainbow colors. A prototype of the box sits on the ground nearby.

Pitt’s University Child Development Center launched a Little Free Library

The free book-exchange box, designed by preschool students, will expand book access in Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Be welcoming and engaged
LaToya Walters in front of bronze panther statue

This recruiter is helping grad students succeed — even before they step foot on campus

From Pittsburgh to Mumbai, LaToya Walters draws students to Pitt with her personal touch and expert knowledge of support services. Read about her first year in the Office of Graduate Studies.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Cultivate student success
Michael Davila

Michael Davila was named executive associate dean and chief wellness officer

He will oversee Campus Recreation, Student Health Services, the Office of Financial Wellness and other units critical to advancing Pitt’s comprehensive approach to student wellness.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Cultivate student success
A person lays in a CT scan machine.

How Pitt is building additional awareness and support for research

The University is highlighting the vital importance of research through its Research Matters program.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Promote accountability and trust
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Pitt-Johnstown was recognized by Audubon International

The campus retained its certified sanctuary designation, which it first received in 2019.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Sustainability
  • Pitt-Johnstown
Munsch family tailgating

Homecoming means family for these Pitt graduates

The annual celebration brings together generations of Panther connections and pride for Roslyn Munsch and her daughters, Maria and Regina.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Alumni
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Board game created by Quantum camp

Pitt hosted its first quantum summer camp for local high schoolers

Professors and undergraduates within the University’s Learning Research and Development Center designed the camp with support from Pitt Cyber.

People entering the recreation center

Pitt’s state-of-the-art Recreation and Wellness Center is now open for students

See inside the new 270,000-square-foot hub for health, fun and community connection on the Pittsburgh campus.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Cultivate student success
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Nominate faculty and staff accessibility champions through Sept. 26

Winners of the second annual ACCESS Awards will be honored at an October ceremony.

Students work at computers while a professor observes

How Pitt’s CyberCamp is drawing high schoolers back to the University

As it approaches its 10th year, the lauded Pitt Cyber program is innovating its approach to help grow the national cybersecurity workforce.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Computing and Information
School of Medicine building sign behind tree

Brad Dicianno was named a community hero

A Pittsburgh organization recognized the School of Medicine professor for his work supporting people with spina bifida.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Medicine
Mohammad Shedeed headshot

Championing student mental health earned this Pitt junior a Newman Civic Fellowship

Mohammad Shedeed has joined a national network of fellows committed to driving civic change across their communities.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Cathedral of Learning with trees surronding turning leaves for the fall

Nominations are open for the Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring

The deadline to nominate an outstanding graduate faculty member is Oct. 10.

  • University News
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faculty
  • Provost
A Panther statue

Alumnus Chris Papst wrote a book based on his Emmy-winning reporting

“Failure Factory” builds on his eight-year investigation into Baltimore City Public Schools for WBFF.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A professor drapes a cord over a graduate's shoulders.

Panthers Forward, which has saved students $5.2 million, is accepting applications

The first-of-its-kind debt relief initiative provides 150 graduating seniors with up to $5,000 in direct federal student loan relief each year. Apply by Sept. 28.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Undergraduate students
  • Cultivate student success