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These alumna-led hubs are a home away from home for hundreds
Pitt alumna Kristin Proto directs a two-location Chester County after-school hub — one a former car repair shop, the other used to be a fire station — that reaches nearly 500 students each year.
A new art display highlights Pittsburgh’s role in electric power history
The display, adorning the hallway outside a Benedum electric power lab, invites students to consider their place in engineering history.
He’s making libraries into something more
From providing meals to expanding technology resources, alumnus and York County Libraries President Robert Lambert is ‘meeting people where they are.’
How a rural recruiter pitches Pitt across Pennsylvania
Daryl Burleigh uses his experience growing up in Wayne County to help prospective students figure out if Pitt is a good fit.
AI-generated ‘podcasts’ are useful but prone to errors, says this Pitt researcher
Ian Flynn’s findings on Google’s NotebookLM tool was selected as an American Geophysical Union featured story.
Local middle schoolers brought Black history — and several Pitt figures — to life
Damon Young, Gertrude Wade and Damar Hamlin were just a few of those portrayed at The Neighborhood Academy’s Night at the Museum event.
From artistic talent to a sustainable business
PantherLabWorks offers training to creators hoping to scale their businesses and commercialize their products.
This rural Pennsylvania field station is an ecologist’s dream
Pitt’s Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology has hosted a rotating cast of prominent researchers for nearly a century.
The Pitt Research Annual Report is out now
Read about the last year of advances in AI for medicine, next-generation energy sources, space research and more.
A stacked cast of Panthers help new grads find success in showbiz
Hollywood might seem cutthroat, but this growing community of Pitt grads make sure their fellow alums find a soft landing.
Pitt climbed in the National Academy of Inventors’ global patent ranking
Pitt innovators were issued 107 U.S. patents in 2025, moving the University’s ranking up two spots to No. 26.
Doug McCullough is Pitt’s new acting chief advancement officer
Along with the appointment, Danni Piccolo, Jodi Weisfield and Tom Crawford will move to new roles in the Division of Philanthropic and Alumni Engagement.
Pitt researchers received $2.2M from the Gilbert Family Foundation to combat blindness caused by NF1
John Ash’s work at the UPMC Vision Institute and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine made him a member of the Vision Restoration Initiative Dream Team.
Pitt-Bradford’s new emergency medicine program is meeting a crucial community need
McKean County is facing a shortage of emergency medicine personnel. Now, students like Jay Mckenzie are stepping up.
It’s never too late to improve your handwriting. Here’s 4 tips for adults, from a Pitt OT.
Kelsey Voltz-Poremba is also encouraging legible penmanship among local youth through the University’s Hope for Handwriting program.
What is it about Pitt’s football program that launches Hall of Fame careers?
Larry Fitzgerald is the 11th Panther to join the group of esteemed athletes, making Pitt the No. 3 producer of Pro Football Hall of Famers among universities nationwide.
A Pitt-Johnstown professor found syntax in the warbling duets of wild parrots
How wild birds use language has long flown under the radar — but now Christine Dahlin’s research is moving scientists closer to understanding.
Behind the $30 million gift that created the Rees-Chancellor’s Scholars Program
Michael Rees’ transformational gift will support scholarships for the most accomplished and ambitious students in the David C. Frederick Honors College.
Pennsylvania is in the midst of a rural dental crisis. Pitt is ready to help.
The development of regional training centers has the Pitt School of Dental Medicine, led by Dean Marnie Oakley, ready to provide much-needed access to oral health care.
Pitt graduates are making housing more affordable for Pennsylvanians
The cost of living is up in Pennsylvania, but Sean Kelly is up for the challenge of finding housing solutions for those in need.
