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Ukraine during a sunset with orange sky

Scenes in Ukraine, from a Pitt economics professor

Tymofiy Mylovanov, former Ukrainian minister of economic development, trade and agriculture, shared his firsthand account from Kyiv after Russia invaded Ukraine.

  • Global
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Ukraine
Tagbo Niepa wearing lab coat and safety goggles

Tagbo Niepa receives Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation

The award will enable his lab to further explore how bacteria cope with changes in surface tension and energy, and their adaptation to changing conditions to develop new materials.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Students wearing Pitt attire at the Safety Fair

Learn about personal and campus safety on Feb. 28

The Spring Safety Fair will feature fun and informative demonstrations, plus a chance to win a pair of Apple AirPods Pro.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
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3 Pitt professors were honored by the National Academy of Inventors

They were recently named senior members for their work on tissue engineering and therapies for fibrosis and heart diseases.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
A variety of plants inside of greenhouse

Go behind the scenes at Pitt's teaching greenhouse, where it's never winter

Perched atop Langley Hall, this space for biologists and botanists boasts all sorts of living treasures.

  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
John P Murtha Building at Pitt-Johnstown

Pitt-Johnstown receives LEED recognition for John P. Murtha Center

This recognition is the second LEED certification for the Johnstown campus.

  • University News
  • Pitt-Johnstown
Alaina Roberts smiling in black shirt in front of grey background

Alaina E. Roberts is a finalist for Los Angeles Times book prize

Professor Roberts digs into archival research and family history for her book, “I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land.”

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Nishanth Abdullah wearing Saxbys hat and T-shirt

New student CEOs take charge of campus coffee shops

The business students who run Pitt's Saxbys locations get real-world leadership experience and keep the coffee flowing.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
People holding blue and yellow Pitt Day of Giving shirts

More than 11,000 people gave $3 million on Pitt Day of Giving 2022

Donations from 50 states and six continents will benefit dozens of areas and funds representing every University of Pittsburgh school, college and campus.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Alumni
  • Students
Old photo of Jonas Salk with nurses helping a child

4 stories about Pitt’s vaccine legacy, 68 years after the first public polio shots

Arsenal Elementary School students in Pittsburgh rolled up their sleeves for Jonas Salk's polio vaccine on Feb. 23, 1954.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
Roc posing with people wearing Pitt Day of Giving shirts next to Pitt sign

On Pitt Day of Giving, give today so we can transform tomorrow

Learn how your donation on Pitt Day of Giving can unlock extra funding for groups such as Men’s Rugby and the Hillel Jewish Student Union.

  • University News
  • Students
Multiple Pitt students with face masks studying separately on a long bench

Need a new study spot on the Pittsburgh campus?

Here’s a huge list of spaces to try out.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
Haliyat Oshodi wearing blue and gold sweater posing in front of the Cathedral of Learning

See the new digital archive that puts Black history front and center

The Blue, Gold and Black Archive, debuting Feb. 21, will provide a permanent home for the stories and photos of Pitt’s Black community. Register now.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
7-foot tall gumball machine with Pitt logo inside Litchfield Towers

Have you seen the giant gumball machine in Litchfield Towers?

Proceeds from the normal-sized gumballs benefit the Pitt Pantry and families facing cancer through the GRACE Giving Foundation.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
Illustration of K. Leroy Irvis sitting in chair with blue background

Pitt's Black History Month Program is named after the first Black speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Alumnus K. Leroy Irvis was instrumental in reshaping education in the commonwealth.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Law
Panther statue in front of the Cathedral of Learning on a sunny day

Pitt was named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes

The University came in at No. 212 in the 2022 ranking.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Staff
Rob Rutenbar wearing dark blue suit and sitting at a desk

Rob Rutenbar receives Pioneering Achievement Award

The senior vice chancellor for research is recognized for his outstanding contributions in electronic design automation.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Computing and Information
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Pitt monument sign with autumn trees

The Pitt News won a Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association

The annual honor recognizes overall excellence in publications.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
Gabby Yearwood wearing grey suit with patterned blue bowtie

This Pitt anthropologist studies race, class and sports. Here’s what he thinks about the 2022 Olympics.

Gabby M.H. Yearwood turned his experience as the only Black kid on the ice rink into a career of thinking critically about the cultural importance of sports.

  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Man with grey shirt and hat holding a red ball in exercise room

Exercise can help older adults retain memories, a Pitt study shows

PhD student Sarah Aghjayan and colleagues pooled data from dozens of studies to discover whose brains benefit the most from exercise.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences