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Register for the Community Engaged Scholarship Forum

The annual event celebrates mutually beneficial partnerships with the University.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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School of Education summer academy to complement Pittsburgh Promise’s Advancing Educators of Color scholarship

The scholarship aims to add 35 Black educators to the Pittsburgh Public School system in the next seven years.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Education
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Submit a nomination for the 2022 Pitt Sustainability Awards

The deadline is Feb. 18.

  • Community Impact
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students
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Daren Ellerbee named inaugural director of Pitt’s new University Educational Outreach Center

The center is dedicated to creating equitable pathways for students to gain the potential to enroll at Pitt or other select colleges and universities.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

3 staffers win 2021 Teaching Center awards

The annual awards recognize staff who demonstrate excellence in teaching and a commitment to learning.

  • Community Impact
  • Staff
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Submit your proposal by Feb. 1 for Year of Data and Society funding

Up to $8,000 will be allotted to approved proposals.

  • Technology & Science
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
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Pitt recognizes community members creating a more just, equitable and inclusive University

The University Art Gallery and Associate Professor Gina A. Garcia were honored this week for their work.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Submit nominations for the inaugural Black Excellence Service Award

The award will be given to a Black community member who is making a difference at Pitt and throughout the greater community.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Year of Data and Society awards second round of projects

The deadline for the next round of funding is Feb. 1.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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Pitt Seed Program issues call for pitches to advance the Plan for Pitt

The funding program is looking for ideas that align with the new strategic plan and that make the University an even better place to learn, teach and work.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
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How Pitt helped Pennsylvania in 2021

Revisit stories of the University’s impact around the commonwealth.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pitt-Titusville
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Christmas Day at Pitt returns

After a year’s absence, the Pitt community will come together to bring back the holiday service tradition.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Athletics
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Allegheny County Policing Project simplifies police policies for the community

This Pitt-initiated project is designed to create a greater understanding of local policing and police accountability.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Apply for Pitt's Community Engaged Scholarship Forum by Dec. 22, 2021

The annual event highlights scholarship and partnership.

  • Community Impact
  • Students
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How you can help your neighbors this holiday season

Calls to the United Way’s 211 crisis hotline have soared over the past 18 months. Help them help neighbors in need.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
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A Pitt alumnus on his much more than 'OK' career

A phone call from the governor changed Samuel McCullough’s life. Now he’s giving back to help change lives at his alma mater.

  • Community Impact
  • Alumni
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This year’s recipients of the Coleman Award for Excellence in Community Service

Food bank CEO Lisa Scales and former Pitt community relations leader John Wilds will be honored during a Dec. 9 event hosted by the Institute of Politics.

  • Community Impact
  • Institute of Politics
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The first in-person event at the SHRS Wellness Pavilion focused on Black maternal health

The forum gave attendees a chance to discuss solutions to pressing health issues in the Homewood community and beyond.

  • Community Impact
  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Pitt ophthalmologists provided free vision care at an October clinic

Almost 300 pairs of glasses were ordered, and serious vision issues were identified in 100 patients.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Medicine
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Grad students: Applications for the Super Analytics Challenge are due Dec. 3

Team up with fellow students to address hunger in this year’s challenge.

  • Community Impact
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business