Panthers Forward debt-relief program welcomes 150 new members

Students in the first-of-its-kind program receive up to $5,000 in federal loan relief, mentoring and exclusive programming to support them as they graduate from Pitt.

Pitt’s new chilled water plant marked a construction milestone this week

The tower will provide sustainable and efficient cooling for the upper campus hillside transformation.

This new report details the educational barriers Black students face in Greater Pittsburgh

The yearslong effort between community groups and Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems outlines ways to better support Black families in the region.

How a Pitt alumna is fostering recovery through literacy

Courtney Colligan uses performance arts and writing to help people in prison build self-esteem, self-worth and overcome trauma.

Pitt’s new $2.5 million partnership with the Pennsylvania Turnpike aims to improve the state’s roads

Electrified roadways, noise cancellation, sustainable geogrids and near real-time infrastructure modeling could soon become reality in Pennsylvania.

Pitt's Just Discipline Project expands to more schools this fall

Led by Ming-Te Wang and James Huguley, the program seeks to eliminate disciplinary practices that contribute to the school-to-prison pipeline.

Benjamin Davies

A urologist and mentor who’s closing gaps in health care.

Get to know the Homewood Community Engagement Center at a Sept. 24 block party

Food, music, art and more await at the free event, which celebrates the next phase of the center’s development.

Pitt’s Regional Dementia Caregiver Training and Employment Program received a $500,000 grant from the Henry L. Hillman Foundation

The program is training hundreds of caregivers on skills essential to support persons living with dementia.

Jen Silver joined the Pennsylvania chapter of the National Association of Social Workers’ Board of Directors

Silver (A&S ’13) is a second-year master's student in the School of Social Work who plans to advocate for people with substance use disorders.