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People exit through glass doors at the Barco Law Building

Law student Jayme Tocci earned a Peggy Browning Fellowship

The 10-week summer program places fellows in labor unions, worker centers and other labor-related nonprofits.

  • School of Law
A person reads a book in a classroom

Submissions are open for the 2024 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize

The reading period for the prize, awarded annually to a first or second book by a writer of African descent, closes Feb. 15.

  • Arts and Humanities
The interior stairway of the Healthy Home Lab

This Central Oakland house is actually an innovative lab for aging in place

Pitt’s Healthy Home Lab aims to create new ways for a growing population of older adults to better their health and retain mobility and independence at home.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Stamps

Tawanda Stamps was on City & State PA’s Impact 75 list

The director of contract administration and procurement was included for leading Pitt’s Mentor-Protégé Program.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
An Xray of an impacted wisdom tooth

Why do people have wisdom teeth?

The answer has a lot to do with the distant past — and a bit about the present day, too.

  • Technology & Science
A model of an aircraft suspended from a ceiling

Faculty across the University set their sights on space

Engineering, medicine and biomanufacturing are among the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor of Research’s key priorities.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Space
  • Faculty
Kelly Gilliam

Meet Pitt’s United Way campaign manager

Two-time breast cancer survivor Kelly Gilliam views the University’s campaign as an extension of her life’s mission to make a difference.

  • Community Impact
  • Staff
A Panther logo flag hangs from a lamppost on a snowy day

Thomas Songer won the 2023 Abraham Lilienfeld Award

The American College of Epidemiology’s most prestigious award is conferred for extraordinary contributions to the field.

  • Faculty
  • School of Public Health
The Cathedral of Learning

Gurudev Dutt’s physics research received funding from four major foundations

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation partnered to fund 11 innovative “tabletop” experiments.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A snow-covered panther statue

Pitt received a 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award

It’s the seventh-straight year the University has earned this honor.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Volunteers behind a counter serve food

This year’s Christmas Day at Pitt will be the biggest yet

Volunteers will serve holiday meals throughout Pittsburgh and distribute winter accessories and free gifts for kids.

  • Community Impact
  • Pittsburgh Campus
People sit around a large table

The Office of the National Cyber Director visited Pitt to discuss workforce development

Government, academic and foundation leaders convened to share ways to grow and diversify the region’s cybersecurity workforce.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
A drone photo of the Cathedral of Learning and Pitt's campus at night

15 undergraduate students received 2023 Gilman Scholarships

The U.S. State Department program supports undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants with up to $5,000 to pursue study abroad opportunities.

  • Global
  • Undergraduate students
The POGOH logo on a blue bike

Pitt’s partnership led to record POGOH ridership in 2023

Of the 200,000 Bike Share Pittsburgh trips this year, 110,000 came from University students, faculty and staff.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
A statue of a bobcat

Pitt-Bradford students finished first in a global business simulation

Business management capstone students ranked first in earnings worldwide during the week of Nov. 13.

  • Undergraduate students
  • Pitt-Bradford
Graduates wearing regalia sing arm-in-arm

Here’s who will deliver the address at Pitt’s first University-wide Winter Commencement ceremony

Civic education advocate Rajiv Vinnakota will offer remarks to students who have earned their degrees since May.

  • University News
  • Commencement 2023
A person moves leaves into a pile using a backpack leaf blower.

The University grounds team is making campus cleanup quieter and more sustainable

The facilities management and sustainability offices collaborated to implement battery-powered equipment that helps mitigate carbon emissions and noise pollution.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
Graduates walk down an orange hallway

Staff volunteers are needed for Winter Commencement

Sign up to lend a hand at the Dec. 17 ceremony.

  • Staff
  • Commencement 2023
The Panthers Forward Class of 2024 poses in a banquet hall

Pitt’s Panthers Forward debt-relief program welcomed 150 seniors to its Class of 2024

The first-of-its-kind program has offset $3.75 million in federal loans since 2019, helping 750 students address their debt.

  • University News
  • Undergraduate students
  • Pittsburgh Campus
A Pitt script flag on a lamppost beside a snowy path

Alumnus Willie Kinard III published his debut poetry collection

Their book, “Orders of Service,” won the 2022 Alice James Award.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Alumni
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences