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Pitt’s OLLI program inspires lifelong learning

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Pitt has become a thriving hub for older adults seeking intellectual enrichment and a vibrant community of lifelong learners.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
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Submit your proposal for Year of Discourse and Dialogue programming

The Office of the Provost will award up to $5,000 to support efforts connected to the theme from the Pitt community and beyond.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Provost
Star-shaped memorials outside the Tree of Life synagogue

Local events set to honor the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims

Five years later, all are invited to reflect, volunteer and create messages of hope.

  • Our City/Our Campus
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Ronald Roth was honored with a proclamation by the City of Pittsburgh

Mayor Ed Gainey named Oct. 10 in Roth’s honor for his decades of serving community health as an emergency medicine instructor.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Medicine
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Get ready for Pittsburgh’s single-use plastic ban

Pitt Sustainability offers advice on adjusting to the citywide change, which begins Oct. 14.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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2 Pitt people were recognized as among the best in Pittsburgh tech

Paola Buitrago and Katrina Knight were on Technical.ly's RealLIST Engineers 2023 list.

  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Swanson School of Engineering
A panther statue holds a pumpkin in its mouth

7 Halloween-themed events in Pittsburgh

Put these horror movies, haunted trails, rock climbing and more on your list of scary season activities.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
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This Pitt senior opened for Jerry Seinfeld. Now he’s part of Pittsburgh’s comedy renaissance.

Meet the self-proclaimed “ugly white man” who wants to be the next John Mulaney.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
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Travel the world this October without leaving Pittsburgh

These five events put international art, voices and perspectives on display.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Global
A person in a Pitt hat and shirt holds up a black trashbag

Compete to clean up Pittsburgh at the Garbage Olympics

Volunteers will collect trash with teammates from around their neighborhoods on Saturday, Sept. 23.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
People talk and eat behind flags of Latin American countries hanging in the foreground

A monthlong celebration will mark the rich heritage of Pittsburgh’s Latinx and Hispanic communities

Organizers hope festivals, art exhibits, professional development sessions and other events will show participants the nation’s largest ethnic group is not a monolith.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Center for Latin American Studies
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Be a Good Neighbor Block Parties connect campus and community

Short- and long-term residents of the Oakland neighborhood are invited to free, family friendly events this September.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pittsburgh Campus
An indigenous person in traditional attire at a powwow

Pittsburgh’s 2nd annual Indigenous Cultural Festival will celebrate the region’s indigenous residents

Everyone regardless of background is invited to the Sept. 18-24 festivities, which include a mini powwow and special exhibits at Pitt.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
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'Pitt to the Point' earned 3 Emmy Award nominations

An alumna was also nominated for her work with Pittsburgh’s CBS outlet.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
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Keep up with campus construction at Pitt

Check out a new deli in The Eatery or watch construction projects from your desk with two livestreams.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
Kornelia Tancheva with materials from the August Wilson Archive

How August Wilson’s archive came home to the University of Pittsburgh

The renowned playwright’s work is widely acclaimed for embodying key elements of 20th-century America. His actual life — in which Pittsburgh was centerstage — did too.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Pitt Arrival 2023 in pictures

Here’s how new and returning Panthers kicked off the 2023-24 academic year.

  • Our City/Our Campus
Pittsburgh's point, from the air

The Pittsburgh Study won the W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Award

The innovative longitudinal effort is conducting research in collaboration with community partners to help kids thrive.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
Solar panels on the Gaucho Solar Farm

18% of Pitt’s energy will now come from the sun

A partnership at the Gaucho Solar farm, the largest solar energy facility in Southwestern Pennsylvania, is yet another milestone on Pitt's road to carbon neutrality.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
  • Pittsburgh Campus
A bridge and parts of the Pittsburgh skyline

Iconic — and cheap — Pittsburgh spots new students won’t want to miss

Use your Panther Card to get in discounted or free.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
  • Pittsburgh Campus