Be welcoming and engaged
6 free ways to have fun this August
It’s the perfect time to take in sights and sounds around Pittsburgh: salsa dancing, roots music rocking and a night market with local wares.
Pitt’s new Summer Concert Band is a community effort
Eighty-eight past and current members of the Pitt Band, faculty and staff, and local Pittsburgh musicians put on an America-inspired performance to close out July.
High schoolers are doing research at Pitt, too
The Gene Team brings Pittsburgh-area teens to the University to do four weeks of biology research each summer, learning undergraduate-level skills and preparing them for college.
Alissa Clark won a professional society’s Marketing and Communications Award
Granted by the Alumni Career Services Network, the award honors Clark for developing an innovative alumni career resource.
Pitt’s Graduate Studies team received a $1M Sloan Centers for Systemic Change grant
The implementation award, which follows a 2023 seed grant, will fund scholarships for 36 exceptional PhD students in STEM fields.
Pitt’s School of Pharmacy received a national community service award
The school was honored at the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy for its commitment to addressing unmet community needs through education, practice and research.
The Institute for Learning earned another $1M from the Hewlett Foundation
The Learning Research and Development Center’s practice arm will continue its work strengthening middle school literacy in two Pennsylvania school districts.
Pitt hosted 1,500 international admissions and high school counselors for three days of connection and education
Counselors representing universities, high schools and community organizations from 90 countries gathered for the 2026 International Association for College Admission Counseling Conference.
University responds to recommendations from the Working Group on Antisemitism
The University reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring everyone at Pitt can pursue learning, teaching, research and work free from fear, harassment and hatred while outlining actions already underway to advance the group’s recommendations.
Pitt joined a new national effort to strengthen community engagement
The University will spend seven months developing a campus action plan with support from Campus Compact, building on its recent Carnegie classification.