Our City/Our Campus

The Pitt initiative will collaborate with the Carnegie Hero Fund to make its 121 years of data on heroes available to researchers.

With support from Pitt’s Nonprofit Capacity Building Program, Pittsburgh Scholar House offers scholarships, housing and transportation assistance and other resources to help nontraditional students.

Explore the city’s largest park, shop vintage and upcycled goods, see the stars and try new flavors at these free events throughout the month.

There’s easy access to wooded trails, bike paths and scenic rivers just outside the University’s Pittsburgh campus. 

Pitt's Sylvia Owusu-Ansah, an assistant professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine, served as a consultant for the writers of the show starting Noah Wyle.

The “Voices of History” project traveled across Pennsylvania to collect Black family histories from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Meet career counselor Celiwe Jones, who helps connect residents across Pittsburgh to roles at the University.

The technology tested and developed in Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab is making it safer for older adults to age in place.

Starting July 15, Pittsburgh campus students, faculty and staff can swap their plastic Panther Cards for a mobile credential and access buildings and campus services via smartphone or smartwatch.

The cohort, led by Professor Emily Elliott, monitored the downriver impacts from an artificial spring flood along the Allegheny River.