Community Impact

Pitt Vets members reach out beyond the University campus to serve the community and region while also helping student veterans adjust to college life.

Over its 10 years, volunteers for Pitt Make a Difference Day have given 120,000 cumulative hours of service.

In his 17th year at the helm of Pitt’s School of Social Work, Davis announced he will step down amid praise for his leadership and his dedication to issues of race, social justice and community.

As Pitt kicks off its 14th United Way campaign, one Pitt staff member explains why she supports the campaign and gives to the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Researchers found that trace bits of potentially hazardous metal from long-ago industries could be reintroduced into neighboring areas after severe storms and flooding.

Pitt's Advancing Inclusive Manufacturing program helps college students with conditions such as paraplegia, epilepsy and autism transition to careers in machining and engineering.

Increasingly, universities are looking to their alumni in China for help creating important international links. For Pitt, that effort is being bolstered by one key graduate.

The new program, called Pitt to You, connected Pittsburgh students with their future classmates during travels around China.

Erikah Abdu (BUS ’10) and Richard Dodge (A&S ’95) found ways to personally lend their support to friends, neighbors and strangers affected by the massive storm.

Missing as few as two days of school per month can negatively affect a student’s academic performance, so Pitt and United Way are teaming up to help middle and high school students not miss class.