The Proving Possible campaign
$3B campaign kickoff, Cathedral celebration and light show highlight Pitt Homecoming weekend
Homecoming at Pitt was bigger than ever in 2026, as the University looked back on 100 years of a campus icon while setting up its next century of possibilities.
Pitt's $3 billion campaign is the most ambitious in its 239-year history
Pitt has launched a multi-billion-dollar fundraising effort to spur and support transformative ideas at the onset of the the institution's next century.
Pitt’s Gismondi Neighborhood Education Program launches a corps to strengthen student tutors
The new initiative will develop and connect student workers as they reach out to neighborhood youth development programs.
Introducing the 2026 Rees-Chancellor’s Scholars cohort
Fourteen outstanding scholars from across eight states received the University’s pinnacle award for incoming first-year students.
Pitt doctors performed the first artificial iris implantation in Western Pennsylvania
The transformative procedure largely saved the vision of Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Evan Facher.
Pitt is part of an effort to recharge energy security and resilience with $320M for new technology, infrastructure and jobs
The Resilient Energy Technology and Infrastructure Consortium, led by West Virginia University in collaboration with Pitt and Carnegie Mellon, received an NSF Regional Innovation Engines award.
Biomanufacturing, workforce development and community partnerships improve life and lives in Greater Hazelwood
Not far from BioForge Manufacturing center, Pitt Academy gathering amplifies the importance of neighborhood engagement in partnership with biotech development
3 Pitt projects were in space at the same time, a rare university milestone
Student projects out of the NSF Center for Space, High-performance and Resilient Computing could be found in three distinct areas of space during FY2025.
Pitt’s new quantum lab will advance innovation across the region
The Western Pennsylvania Quantum Information Core represents more than a decade of Pitt’s commitment to partnerships in quantum science and industry commercialization.
The next generation of wheelchairs can navigate curbs and hold beverages
HERL researchers debuted a prototype that integrates advanced robotics, sensing and embodied artificial intelligence to empower wheelchair users to navigate common daily challenges.