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After 6 years of helping Pitt students secure competitive scholarships, Lesha Greene has won her own
The director of national scholarships is heading to Germany with a Fulbright International Education Administrators award.
12 events supporting a culture of consent on campus in September
From trauma-informed yoga and self-defense classes to a march across Oakland, here’s how you can support survivors this month.
Check out Pitt’s newest academic offerings
Pick up a minor in dance, learn about giant monsters in cinema, become a data science expert and more.
Get a sneak preview of Pitt’s upcoming Campus Recreation and Wellness Center
A team of engineering and architecture students created a detailed model, which will be on display in the William Pitt Union through spring 2025.
3 reasons to go to office hours this semester
Your professors can help you explore your academic interests, build your network and find resources to improve your Pitt experience.
This professor’s insect collection will help measure ecosystem health across the continent
Mary Mulcahy spent the summer trapping, sorting, weighing and tracking key species around Bradford.
People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found
The National Science Foundation study is the first to map county by county the impact of nitrogen from the U.S. cattle supply chain.
Pitt archaeologists helped uncover the earliest evidence of farming in East Africa
The ancient findings show how crop domestication spread bit-by-bit through the region.
How Pitt contributes to regional economic and community growth
Explore why the APLU recognized the University with an Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation.
Here’s the latest in campus construction at Pitt
Keep up with the projects transforming study, dining, wellness and research spaces across the University.
Pitt Arrival 2024 in photos
Here’s how returning and first-time Panthers are kicking off the school year.
Your Pitt ID is a free bus pass. Here’s how to ride.
Follow these route planning and rider etiquette tips to make every trip a success.
Pitt’s people-first approach to boosting small businesses in rural Pennsylvania
The Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative is setting a new standard for community engagement in Fayette County.
Alumna Pamela Michaels’ persistence fueled a career of firsts
The former Johnson & Johnson executive has helped to fund dozens of Pitt programs.
Alumni updates: fall 2024
Pitt alumni share their news. Write to us to share yours.
The Pitt Alumni Association has a new president
Bill Pierce believes in the power of Pitt pride.
Questions for the ‘Connecting King’
Vernard Alexander, the new director of Pitt’s Homewood Community Engagement Center, sees himself as the ultimate connector.
Blue and gold on Broadway
Alumni spanning eight decades networked, met Chancellor Gabel and played some Pitt trivia in NYC.
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center earned an NIH grant to fund a third-generation Anton supercomputer
The five-year award will allow noncommercial biomedical researchers to use the system at no cost.