Fitzgerald and Gabel in front of a Pitt step and repeat

$3B campaign kickoff, Cathedral celebration and light show highlight Pitt Homecoming weekend

Features & Articles

Lisa Bodnar was elected to National Academy of Medicine

The maternal nutrition expert joins two alumni as a 2026 recipient of one of the highest honors in health and medicine.

The Cathedral of Learning is always on display, thanks to this artist’s image-a-day vision

A campus gallery of daily landscape paintings showcases artist Félix de la Concha’s vision of the University’s grand tower.

Study of cosmic rays continues high upon Pitt’s iconic tower

More than a century ago, scientists began studying cosmic rays atop Paris’ Eiffel Tower. Today, Pitt researchers replicate work in the Cathedral of Learning.

Nancy Washington, a longtime Pitt educator and local civic leader, died at 87

The former psychology professor and assistant to the chancellor helped found Pittsburgh’s August Wilson center and served on more than a dozen arts, education and civic boards.

View All Articles
Announcements and Updates
People filled plastic bags with food from bins on a table.

The 2026-27 United Way campaign kicked off Oct. 1

Three women talking around a circle table

Save the date for Pitt’s Community Engaged Scholarship Forum on March 2

A Pitt script sticker on the Enter key of a keyboard

Comment on the University’s draft privacy policy by Oct. 28

Graduate receiving sash

Pitt adds a doctoral hooding ceremony to its annual winter commencement celebrations

View All Articles
Accolades & Honors
Hickton stands arms crossed in a tunnel

David Hickton spoke to Ireland’s parliament about AI

Bioforge

Pitt’s BioForge earned LEED Platinum certification

John M. Kirkwood stands with five others in front of auditorium

John Kirkwood was this year’s Thomas E. Richards Distinguished Lecture Series keynote speaker

Surgery faculty Patrick Evans looks into a machine

Pitt ranked among the world’s top 50 in 17 academic fields

View All Articles