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Heidi Ward stands in front of a display

How Heidi Ward is helping write the next chapter of Greater Hazelwood

She’s leading Pitt’s engagement efforts close to home, serving her neighbors and promoting the life sciences on behalf of the University.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • It's Possible at Pitt
A black and white photo of Howard Johnson at the Boulevard of the Allies site.

Pitt’s proposal to redevelop 3401 Boulevard of the Allies has passed

The Board of Trustees approved the plans for the former Quality Inn site, which focus on multifamily housing and collaboration with the Oakland community.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Promote accountability and trust
Allen teaches a class to a room of OLLI students.

OLLI marked 20 years of promoting lifelong learning, thanks to instructors like Tom Allen

Before the former lawyer began teaching some of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute’s most popular offerings on legal issues and current events, he was a student of the program.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Dental techincian with mask and glasses

Pitt will continue bolstering Pennsylvania’s dental workforce with a new Regional Training Center

The School of Dental Medicine is partnering with the ETC at Pitt-Titusville and Titusville Area Hospital to offer hybrid training programs for dental hygienists and assistants.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Titusville
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Dental Medicine
An ornithologist handles a falcon chick as a gloved helper watches.

Pitt’s resident peregrine falcon chicks have some new accessories

Hatched on April 24, the young birds were banded and issued a clean bill of health by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
Students pose behind a table filled with art supplies.

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.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Cultivate student success
Hand cyclists line up in a row at the marathon starting line.

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.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Medicine
Composit image of 5 incoming students

5 incoming Pitt first-years from across PA received Stamps Scholarships

The 2025 cohort plans to pursue studies in business, engineering, psychology and more.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
An instructor and students watch as a student practices CPR on a dummy.

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.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Sharrard

Q&A: Aurora Sharrard’s personal path to sustainability leader

What green habits could you pick up from Pitt’s assistant vice chancellor for sustainability?

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
Michelle Kingsley in front of a whiteboard reading "Financial Wellness Center"

After her own detour, this senior is teaching fellow students valuable financial lessons

Along with working full-time and funding her own college career, Michelle Kingsley worked in Pitt’s Financial Wellness Center as a peer educator.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Business
Jaqui Hernandez-Martinez headshot

Pitt helped this senior find her voice. Now, she wants to amplify others’.

The first-generation student plans to use her education to fight disinformation and uplift Latino families like hers.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Mackenzie Evans in front of a blossoming tree

This senior’s long road to recovery ends with a joyful walk at graduation

Mackenzie Evans fought through pain and setbacks to earn her degree after being hit by a car during her junior year.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Social Work
Erin Lancaster with flowers in the background

With 3 global experiences under her belt, this senior shares lessons learned with her peers back at Pitt

Erin Lancaster, a Frederick Honors College student and Global Hub peer mentor, went from the first in her family to attend an out-of-state school to international adventurer and advocate.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Two students posing with garbage bags

How 3 student-led initiatives changed sustainability at Pitt

Thriftsburgh, the Student Office of Sustainability and Food Recovery Heroes began in classrooms and clubs 10 years ago. Today, they are foundational sustainability organizations on campus.

  • Community Impact
  • Sustainability
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Podnar

A Pitt junior was awarded a Truman Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in public service

Sam Podnar, a Pittsburgh native, wants to continue using her voice in Pennsylvania’s legislature to help students across the state.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Fisher sits at a table, his awards spread before him.

William Fisher, Pitt alumnus and beloved local education leader, died at 100

The 1948 School of Education graduate was the first Black principal to serve at the city’s predominantly white Allderdice High School.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education
David Greene and Katie Dealy speaking to an audience

5 ways to combat loneliness, according to David Greene and Katie Dealy

The nationally recognized experts discussed strategies for open conversation and community building as part of a Year of Discourse and Dialogue forum.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Public and International Affairs
Portrait of Tasha Alston.

Tasha Alston is sharing new narratives of Black fatherhood

Hear from the Pitt Medicine researcher and other community experts at a panel on March 31.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
Lacrosse players silhouetted against cloudy skies and mountains

Home field has a deeper meaning for Pitt-Bradford lacrosse

When the newly minted DIII team takes the field in March, they'll be playing for more than just a winning record.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged