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5 ways Pitt is reaching its sustainability goals
Plus, 5 ways you can get involved during Campus Sustainability Month.

Pitt’s United Way Campaign is back
Learn how you can volunteer to support financial stability, educational opportunities and more for communities across Southwestern Pennsylvania.

The Board of Trustees recognized Dave DeJong’s long career of service to Pitt
After 35 years in various academic and leadership roles, DeJong will serve as a senior advisor to the chancellor and then return to the faculty.

A new Pitt class is taking engineering to greater heights
Space engineering is just the first Swanson School course in a new effort to train students for the growing demand in aerospace and other industries.

This Pitt program equips students with the skills to be impactful disability advocates
The Disability Studies Certificate prepares students to incorporate accessibility and inclusion into their fields, from digital design to health care.

Everything you need to know for Election Day on Nov. 5
Check registration deadlines, find your polling place and learn what to expect in November with Pittwire’s voter guide.

Pitt’s undergraduate nursing program is No. 4 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report
The University also joined the ranks of Most Innovative Schools in the 2025 Best College rankings.

Anthony Delitto will lead Pitt’s new Center for Excellence in Digital Education
Known as Pitt EDGE, the dedicated hub will support the development of the University’s online and continuing education programming.

Pitt Homecoming 2024 in photos
The Panthers made football program history. Students and alumni earned spirit awards. See all the highlights.

Students, faculty and leadership welcomed the Frederick Honors College to Pitt-Greensburg
At the September celebration, David C. Frederick himself encouraged the new honors students to approach their education with a “thinking heart.”

Hillandale Farms family giving tops $45M with the creation of the Orland Bethel Musculoskeletal Research Center Biobank
The specimen repository ultimately will help develop treatments for painful conditions like arthritis that affect millions globally.

When words won’t suffice, Morgan Overton communicates through art
Join the Frederick Honors College artist-in-residence at a hands-on, creative peace-building workshop on Sept. 21.

¿Pero por qué?
Gretchen Rosado’s childhood curiosity led her to science. A Spanish-speaking lab at Pitt just may lead her home.

Schools of medicine and social work researchers received a $5M NIH grant
A multidisciplinary team will conduct a study to find effective interventions for systemic racism. Plus, join the fall cohort of Pitt’s Racial Equity Consciousness Institute.

Humans aren’t the only creatures to make nostalgic returns home
In honor of Pitt Homecoming, we spoke with Professor Corinne Richards-Zawacki about natal philopatric amphibians, which habitually return to the place where they were born to reproduce.

Pitt Space is bringing researchers together at the start of a new space race
The new initiative will focus on research and workforce development in space engineering, biomedicine and science.

Pitt celebrates Paul Supowitz upon his retirement
The alum and longtime vice chancellor helped to revitalize the Pittsburgh campus and community during his Pitt career.

Researchers built an autonomous system to help detect the most urgent victims in mass casualty events
The Pitt and Carnegie Mellon team will keep testing and readying its robots for real-world missions as part of a three-year DARPA Triage Challenge.

A moon tree is taking root near Pitt’s historic Allegheny Observatory
A seed that circled the moon with NASA will be planted in Riverview Park. Celebrate its arrival on Oct. 6.

Pitt teamed up with Penn State and Temple to award a joint office supplies contract
The University of Pittsburgh has contracted with ODP Business Solutions and Supra Office Solutions, a minority-owned Philadelphia business, for more than a decade.