Community Impact

A Pitt professor and dozens of volunteers are helping to connect Afghan citizens with former employers so they can apply for asylum in the U.S. Plus, Pitt resources for veterans.

At the Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, Katie Kefalos (A&S ’12) helps injured and abandoned animals make it back home.

Jennifer A. Koget (SOC WK ’97G) has been named national director of social work, Fisher House & Family hospitality and intimate partner violence assistance programs in care management and social work within the Office of Patient Care Services in Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

She will lead the clinical practice of more than 17,000 social workers across VHA and provide leadership and oversight for the VA Fisher House and Temporary Lodging and Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Programs.

Improving access to broadband and technology and creating personalized learning environments were some of the top recommendations noted in the report from Pitt’s Institute of Politics.

Gender imbalances in leadership could imperil recovery from the COVID-19, socioeconomic and climate crises.

Here are five post-Diversity Forum 2021 actions that you can take to help create more just communities.

Harold Rickenbacker (ENGR ’19G) manages clean air projects in the United States and abroad with the Environmental Defense Fund.

As today’s challenges mount, Pitt nurtures tomorrow’s big data problem solvers.

The University of Pittsburgh plans to add a grocery store and nonstudent housing at a key site connecting Central and South Oakland.

Studying trauma and its impact.