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How Pitt is preparing local small businesses for large institutional partnerships

The University’s local spend last year totaled $477 million. Learn more about contracting opportunities at Doing Business with Pitt on May 16.

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Tasha Alston is sharing new narratives of Black fatherhood

Hear from the Pitt Medicine researcher and other community experts at a panel on March 31.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
Davitt

Kris Davitt is stepping down as Pitt’s senior vice chancellor for philanthropic and alumni engagement

Davitt, who has more than 30 years’ experience in fundraising, will become senior vice president for development at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

  • University News
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See the Pittsburgh campus in bloom in this spring gallery

Pitt’s expert grounds crew members will spend tireless hours prepping flower beds, mulching, planting and weeding throughout the growing season.

  • Our City/Our Campus
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Meet 4 graduate students who took unconventional paths to Pitt

Their journeys showcase the changing dynamics of who’s seeking graduate education and when.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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One Pitt-Bradford student is reviving a (nearly) lost indigenous art

Tyrone Bowen-Collateta creates handmade lacrosse sticks from blocks of hickory.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Home field has a deeper meaning for Pitt-Bradford lacrosse

When the newly minted DIII team takes the field in March, they'll be playing for more than just a winning record.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Brett Ranon Nachman

This Pitt researcher is using his own experience to help autistic students thrive on campus

After a decade of surveying and studying autistic college students, Brett Ranon Nachman has come away with some important, and surprising, insights.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Education
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Pitt’s School of Public and International Affairs takes a new name and an expanded mission

With new programs like a BA in public policy and the Policy and Social Impact Fellows, the school will welcome and prepare students at all academic stages.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Public and International Affairs
Burton Tansky

Burton M. Tansky, trustee emeritus and luxury retail leader, dies at 87

The CEO of the Neiman Marcus Group, Tansky served as a Pitt trustee for decades and helped lead a $2 billion fundraising campaign.

  • University News
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This alumna is protecting people from cons, one podcast episode at a time

Laci Mosley pokes fun at grifters in “Scam Goddess,” an award-winning podcast and Hulu documentary series.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
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Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is Pitt’s 2025 spring commencement speaker

The former Pitt football star and NFL Man of the Year recipient will address the University’s graduating class at PPG Paints Arena on May 4.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Athletics
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Pitt honored 6 outstanding community champions and partnerships at a March forum

The Healthy Home Laboratory, Pitt Dental Assistant Training Program and Partnerships for Family Support were this year’s Partnerships of Distinction.

  • Community Impact
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Pitt ranks among the top worldwide universities for granted patents

The list, published by the National Academy of Inventors, spotlights the role academia plays in U.S. innovation.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Meet the 2025 Chancellor’s Distinguished Award winners

16 faculty members earned the honor, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in research, teaching and public service.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
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3 Pennsylvania leaders will receive the Elsie Hilliard Hillman Lifetime Achievement Award on March 12

Pitt’s Institute of Politics will honor Joanna McClinton, Debra Todd and Kim Ward for exceptional service to the public and the commonwealth.

  • Community Impact
  • Promote accountability and trust
Maria McDill sits at a table where quilt squares are laid out in front of her

This high school student is sewing a quilt inspired by her research in Pitt’s August Wilson Archive

Maria McDill, an August Wilson Archive Student Research Awardee, received mentorship and a stipend to support her project.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Gary Jackson blends poetry, comics and Afrofuturism to redefine Black narratives

The Dietrich School professor explores speculative storytelling through his scholarship and craft.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt is a Fulbright Top Producer yet again

15 Pitt students and alumni earned the chance to participate in the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program in the past year.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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11,423 donors raised $3.26M for vital University initiatives on Pitt Day of Giving

The daylong fundraising sprint will support scholarships, research, academic programs, student organizations, athletics and more across Pitt’s campuses.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Promote accountability and trust