Community Impact
Pitt's Humanity in Action Fellowship awardees work toward social justice at home and abroad
The fellowship highlights models of action in social justice and examines the social and political roots of discrimination on a global scale.
A Pitt Law alumnus was appointed the US Marine Corps’ senior legal advisor
Daniel J. Lecce will serve as Staff Judge Advocate to the Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Pitt physical therapy students won an annual donation challenge
They raised $50,552 for the Foundation for Physical Therapy.
Pitt's BYO[Bag] is featured in the 2018 Sustainable Campus Index
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education recognized the University's reusable shopping bag program.
Kirk Holbrook to lead Pitt’s Hill District Community Engagement Center
Kirk Holbrook has been named director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Hill District Community Engagement Center (CEC).
Pitt’s first CEC, directed by Daren Ellerbee, is set to open in Homewood in September. Pitt’s next CEC, the Hill District center, is expected to open in 2019.
Hesselbein Global Academy celebrated 10 years of nurturing the next generation of leaders
Over its history, student leaders from 72 countries have participated.
Pitt-Johnstown hosts 10th annual Older Youth Retreat
Over the last decade, the School of Social Work event has supported more than 1,000 young people.
A School of Public Health graduate student is named Ms. Wheelchair USA
At the pageant, Heather Tomko also won the Invacare People’s Choice Award and the Dr. Georgi Hudson Smith Quest for Knowledge Award.
Alumna Monica Ruiz is lauded for work in Pittsburgh's Latino community
The two-time School of Social Work graduate organizes around immigrant rights, housing and legal issues.
Pitt Education faculty are awarded federal funds for urban special education doctoral program
The grant, which totals more than $1 million, will operate the program as a collaboration between Pitt’s Special Education Program and the Center for Urban Education.