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Pitt archaeologists helped uncover the earliest evidence of farming in East Africa
The ancient findings show how crop domestication spread bit-by-bit through the region.
How Pitt contributes to regional economic and community growth
Explore why the APLU recognized the University with an Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation.
Pitt Arrival 2024 in photos
Here’s how returning and first-time Panthers are kicking off the school year.
Here’s the latest in campus construction at Pitt
Keep up with the projects transforming study, dining, wellness and research spaces across the University.
Your Pitt ID is a free bus pass. Here’s how to ride.
Follow these route planning and rider etiquette tips to make every trip a success.
Pitt’s people-first approach to boosting small businesses in rural Pennsylvania
The Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative is setting a new standard for community engagement in Fayette County.
Alumna Pamela Michaels’ persistence fueled a career of firsts
The former Johnson & Johnson executive has helped to fund dozens of Pitt programs.
Blue and gold on Broadway
Alumni spanning eight decades networked, met Chancellor Gabel and played some Pitt trivia in NYC.
Questions for the ‘Connecting King’
Vernard Alexander, the new director of Pitt’s Homewood Community Engagement Center, sees himself as the ultimate connector.
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center earned an NIH grant to fund a third-generation Anton supercomputer
The five-year award will allow noncommercial biomedical researchers to use the system at no cost.
Pharmacists play a vital role in improving health care, says Lucas Berenbrok
The Pitt professor is showing how important community pharmacies are through his teaching and research.
Pitt will host the JCC Maccabi Games in summer 2025
More than 6,000 young athletes, coaches and family members are expected to attend the world’s largest in-person Jewish youth sporting event.
This popular Pitt class reveals the city's secrets
A Pitt English class called Secret Pittsburgh invites students to explore the city's most interesting, unusual or historic sites — and discover some things about themselves along the way.
A new Pitt program pairs biblical messages with the science of cognitive behavioral therapy
The CHURCH program aims to improve mental health outcomes in Black communities in Pittsburgh and beyond.
She’s built a welcoming place for Latino immigrants in Pittsburgh
GSPIA alum Rosamaria Cristello created the Latino Community Center to help the city's immigrant community thrive.
These Pitt students took to the world stage to share a database project designed to combat systemic racism
The Frederick Honors College scholars presented their research to international leaders at the United Nations’ Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.
Rural students took a mental health hit during the pandemic, a Pitt-Bradford professor found
Shailendra Gajanan is now helping several Pennsylvania counties make a plan to lower stress levels among youth.
These grazing goats helped the Pitt grounds crew clear a hillside
The herd provides a fossil fuel free solution to combating invasive vines and underbrush.
