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7 fall events around Pittsburgh this October

Explore the city this October with street festivals, spooky tours and leaf-peeping spots

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
A person behind a podium toasts toward the Tansky family.

Pitt honored the Tansky family’s dedication to the University with a space in Hillman Library

The Tansky Family Commons is named in honor of their most recent gift to the University Library System, which will support experiential learning and technology in the renovated space.

  • University News
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
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A Pitt mentorship program is giving small businesses a leg up

By pairing up small companies and large firms, the Mentor-Protege initiative is one way the University is boosting opportunities for emerging enterprises and driving local economic development.

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  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Renee Cloutier

A Pitt professor is playing a key role in tracking where Pennsylvania’s opioid settlement money goes

A new database co-created by Renee Cloutier offers a way to see which approaches to the opioid crisis are working.

  • Community Impact
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Medicine
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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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.

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  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Alumni
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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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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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
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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.

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  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Step into a new Hillman Library this fall

Along with updated infrastructure and comfortable study spaces, the library now puts unique special collections and experiential learning labs in the spotlight. Take a tour at a Sept. 8 open house.

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  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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You’re at a New Ivy — now make the most of it

Pitt students are so employable that Forbes named the University a “New Ivy.” Here’s how to live your best Ivy life in Pittsburgh.

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  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Cultivate student success
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Meet the students behind Pitt’s social media accounts

And, follow along Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Facebook and more.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
Lacrosse team in front of a crowd of children

This Pitt team is modeling a love of sports to the next generation of women athletes

Along with a successful season on the field, Pitt’s women’s lacrosse team partnered with the Boys and Girls Club to exchange letters with local kids this year.

  • Community Impact
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Athletics
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5 September events you won’t want to miss

Make the month memorable and affordable with free festivals, board game gatherings and more.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Welcome Week 2025, in photos

Thousands of new Panthers kicked off the academic year with New Student Convocation, Lantern Night and other traditions. See some of our favorite moments.

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  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Cultivate student success