Community Impact

The funding will establish the Western Pennsylvania Quantum Information Core, a cross-disciplinary effort that will position Pitt and its partners at the forefront of the field.

Kelly Protho began her new role in the neighborhood she’s long loved on March 17.

The EvolvingSTEM program gives high school classrooms the tools to deliver lab-ready lessons to kids. Key Pitt suppliers pitched in to help, too.

Pitt Pantry volunteer and statistics grad Yunge Xiao is headed to Harvard to transform nutrition and well-being in communities.

Seven nursing graduates from the region were recognized April 30 during the annual nursing pinning ceremony and commencement exercises at the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville.

“It takes a very special person to be a nurse,” Pitt-Titusville’s president, Richard T. Esch, said during the ceremony. “Someone who not only has the knowledge and dedication but also possesses a deep well of compassion and empathy.

Michael Giazzoni, director of Pitt’s College in High School program, was elected to the Board of Directors of the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP), as the organization’s four-year public institution representative, to serve a term of three years. He has been a member for 10 years.

Pittsburgh’s Heinz History Center will honor James Adovasio and Loren Roth on June 8.

Thanks to the Pitt Innovation Challenge, the TRIBUTE program is increasing mental health support in communities of color. You can fund your bold idea, too.

The theme, set by the Office of the Provost, will focus on the power of differing perceptions to enrich community and open inquiry on campus.

She will lead the Division of Student Affairs in improving students’ social and academic development through community.