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Four employees stand in Pitt's Center for Financial Education and Wellness

Money management is hard. This Pitt center can help.

The Center for Financial Education and Wellness equips students with the skills to take control of their finances in college and beyond. Here are their top six money tips.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Students
Volleyball players gather in a circle.

Pitt volleyball is on the attack for a national championship

The team has seen the most success of any Panthers athletic program over the past 10 years, garnering four ACC championships and back-to-back Final Four appearances.

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Keep up with campus construction at Pitt

Check out a new deli in The Eatery or watch construction projects from your desk with two livestreams.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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
Cameras are pointed at two anchors in the Pitt Studios

'Pitt to the Point' earned 3 Emmy Award nominations

An alumna was also nominated for her work with Pittsburgh’s CBS outlet.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
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A record number of Pitt students and alumni participated in Lantern Night

Thousands gathered before the Cathedral of Learning at dusk to pass along the light of learning during the 2023 ceremony.

  • University News
  • Students
  • Alumni
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2 Pitt students earned Voyager Scholarships

The scholarship will support juniors Erin Lancaster and Anjolaoluwa Oludayo in meaningful travel experiences that advance social change.

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Pharmacy
A man and a woman stand in front of pictures of brain scans.

Pitt researchers have identified a new culprit in Alzheimer’s progression

Their discovery could help change the prevention and treatment of the disease.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
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What’s new at The Eatery

Pitt’s largest dining facility has a new look and a new concept.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
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Pitt Arrival 2023 in pictures

Here’s how new and returning Panthers kicked off the 2023-24 academic year.

  • Our City/Our Campus
David Motley in white shirt.

After living in cities across the US, this alum is ready to invest in his hometown

Since graduating from Pitt in 1980, David Motley has amassed quite a career as a venture capitalist, real estate developer and corporate executive.

two people working in a lab

Pitt-Bradford was named a best regional college for the 20th year in a row

The Princeton Review also gave the campus high marks in financial aid, admissions selectivity and fire safety.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Bradford
Bruiser howling in a gym

Check out Workforce Wednesdays at Pitt-Greensburg

Employers and graduate school representatives will visit Chambers Hall each week to discuss job shadowing, internships, volunteering and career opportunities.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Greensburg
A black street light with a University of Pittsburgh banner sits in the foreground in front of the Cathedral of Learning.

Forbes named Pitt a 2023 Best-In-State Employer

They surveyed 70,000 workers across the U.S. to determine who made the cut.

  • University News
matchmaker

How a Netflix star and Pitt alumna helps clients find lasting love

What started as strong interpersonal skills and a good eye for romantic pairings has evolved into a thriving career as a Jewish matchmaker for Aleeza Ben Shalom.

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
Jim Zurcher stands with Chloe Davis, who wears graduation robes and cords

This alumnus' lifetime of opportunity inspired him to help more college dreams take flight

Here's why Jim Zurcher didn't think he needed a college degree, and why he changed his mind.

  • Alumni
Fall leaves with Cathedral of Learning in background

Pittsburgh Action Against Rape staff now have drop-in hours at Pitt

Beginning Aug. 30, anyone affected by sexual-based violence can stop by for confidential support and resources every Wednesday.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
Solar panels on the Gaucho Solar Farm

18% of Pitt’s energy will now come from the sun

A partnership at the Gaucho Solar farm, the largest solar energy facility in Southwestern Pennsylvania, is yet another milestone on Pitt's road to carbon neutrality.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
  • Pittsburgh Campus