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Turn your winter from gray to green with these sustainable activities
Plus, here’s how Pitt reduced emissions and diverted a record number of donations from landfills.
Regional high schoolers are getting a head start with this Pitt-Bradford program
More than 1,200 students from 30 high schools are earning college credits before they arrive on campus.
Pitt has joined the Keystone Space Collaborative to bolster out-of-this-world research
The move is just the latest effort to connect University researchers to the region’s space science ecosystem.
Here’s who won the University’s annual social justice awards
The students and staff who make Pitt more just, equitable and inclusive will be recognized during a Jan. 26 luncheon.
Nicholas Rescher, a polymath who helped to establish Pitt as a philosophy powerhouse, dies at 95
Renowned for a “sheer range of intellect,” the professor’s career spanned six decades of teaching and researching topics such as logic, metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of science.
Meet 5 award-winning alumni educators who are transforming classrooms
Their work is shaping the future, which ultimately benefits us all.
The School of Education is tackling the teacher shortage with an innovative, multifaceted approach
With its new undergraduate teacher education program, Pitt wants to get more qualified teachers into K-12 classrooms faster.
Preventing violence among youth could start on the field
Pitt researchers are studying a national antiviolence program that is instilling healthy relationship and mental health practices in young male athletes through their coaches.
What if … we could remove roadblocks for rural students?
Darris Means has spent the last decade examining how to build resources for Black youth in rural districts.
A Pitt alumnus is developing ‘green steel’ to revolutionize the industry
Boston Metal CEO Tadeu Carneiro says, “We are privileged, all of us, to be living in the decade during which we will save the planet.”
Pitt’s father-son coaching team is keeping track in the family
Their one-on-one approach helps student-athletes sprint toward their best selves.
An R.K. Mellon Foundation award will help Pitt train Pennsylvania workers in responsible data science
The Office of the Provost initiative will use the funding to build online programs to ensure the region’s workers are job-ready.
Pitt BioForge appointed its inaugural CEO
Ken Gabriel will lead the Hazelwood Green facility and serve as director of Pitt’s Advanced Biomanufacturing Institute.
'Dreams Deferred' memoir chronicles a path from poverty to social impact
Brandolon Barnett writes about “recession, struggle and the quest for a better world.” And, more books by Pitt alumni, out now.
How Pitt’s Small Business Development Center supports Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs
Pittsburgh’s Hispanic population is small but growing. Brent Rondon saw that they needed support.
Cómo el Centro de Desarrollo de Empresas, SBDC por sus siglas en Inglés, ayudan a los emprendedores que hablan Español
La población hispana de Pittsburgh es pequeña pero está creciendo. Brent Rondón se dio cuenta que ellos necesitaban ayuda.
Hari Sastry is stepping down as Pitt’s chief financial officer
He’s headed to Georgetown University after a five-year stint at Pitt that included record research funding, increased transparency in the budget process and a focus on diverse supplier initiatives.
A Pitt Law alumnus is speaking out to inspire companies to achieve the unthinkable
A chance encounter taught Ron Mitchell the value of his voice, which is now a bright light for businesses large and small.
How Jesse Horst is connecting students to the history and heartbeat of Havana
In part thanks to relationships he built in Cuba’s capital as a Pitt graduate student, this alumnus has created a competitive and immersive study abroad experience.
