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An illustration of the Future Works building

A Pitt community partnership is transforming the Jupiter Building into a training hub

With support from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and local schools and businesses, Future Works is the outcome of a yearslong effort to revitalize downtown Johnstown.

  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Johnstown
Students hold up the mayoral proclamation while standing beside a presentation screen

Pitt students brought Pharmacy Appreciation Week to Pittsburgh

The City of Pittsburgh issued a proclamation honoring the community caregivers, who were recognized at a School of Pharmacy celebration.

  • Community Impact
  • School of Pharmacy
A bronze Panther statue

The Pennsylvania Innocence Project will recognize the work of Pitt student interns

Since 2016, more than 50 University of Pittsburgh students have volunteered to help the wrongfully convicted.

  • Community Impact
  • Students
a Panther statue at sunset

Jill Stemple was selected for the Medicaid Pathways Program

The Master of Public Policy and Management candidate will participate in the Center for Health Care Strategies’ executive training initiative.

  • Community Impact
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Price

Jamelle Price became an Appalachian Leadership Institute fellow

The external relations manager for the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine will participate in the Appalachian Regional Commission’s extensive training program.

  • Community Impact
  • Staff
  • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Two nurses in white coats work on an IV stand

A $2 million gift will help Pitt support nursing students pursuing a second career

The Joanne and William Conway Nursing Scholarship Program will fund 60 students per year through an accelerated bachelor’s degree to address the nation’s nursing shortage.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • School of Nursing
Volunteers shovel mulch from a truck bed into a wheelbarrow

Pitt staff can receive paid time off to volunteer. Here’s how.

More than 5,000 Pitt people racked up over 100,000 volunteer hours last year. Why not join their ranks during Civic Action Week, Oct. 16-21?

  • Community Impact
  • Staff
Three people in blue Pitt shirts shovel mulch into an orange wheelbarrow

The annual Pitt United Way Campaign is here

Show your support through a payroll deduction, vacation day donation or volunteering. Here’s the full schedule of events.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
A rendering of the BioForge facility

Pitt’s BioForge Manufacturing Center gets approval from Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission

Construction on the life sciences research hub is scheduled to begin this year.

  • Community Impact
  • Technology & Science
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
A bobcat statue atop a rock

Pitt-Bradford was recognized again for its value and national service contributions

Washington Monthly included the campus for an eighth year on its ranking, which assesses social mobility, research and community.

  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Bradford
Rehbach stands in front of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum

Meet the president of Pitt Vets

Skyler Rehbach draws on his own Army and research experiences to connect with other student-veterans at Pitt.

  • Community Impact
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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
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
a student in a yellow Pitt shirt working with wires

New accreditation will help BE STEM create more paths to college

The pre-college, equity-centered initiative will now be recognized by college admissions. Early data shows it’s already helping to diversify university STEM programs.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A person breastfeeds an infant

Pitt’s School of Nursing was recognized as a breastfeeding friendly place

Each year, Allegheny County recognizes workplaces and public spaces that make the extra effort to support breastfeeding in the community.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Nursing
A view of Downtown Pittsburgh from the Ohio River

Pitt’s Water Collaboratory issued report cards for Allegheny County water systems

The researchers hope their grades will help break down lack of transparency, fragmentation and other barriers to clean water.

  • Community Impact
  • Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach
  • Innovation and Research
A student talks to a person about their research in front of a poster

Summer Pitt Public Health programs spark passion for the field

High schoolers and undergraduate students worked closely with faculty mentors at Pitt and presented their research for their mentors and educators — and even the CDC.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Public Health
A panther statue surrounded by plants

3 Pitt alumni were sworn-in to the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Next Generation Engagement

The new commission will focus on the needs of Pennsylvanians ages 16-26 years old.

  • Alumni
  • Community Impact
The Cathedral of Learning

A Pitt alumna was selected for the Obama Foundation Leaders USA program

Rosamaria Cristello (GSPIA ’17), founder of the Latino Community Center in Pittsburgh, will represent Pennsylvania in the inaugural class.

  • Community Impact
  • Alumni
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs