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Frank Wilson

Frank Wilson was named interim associate dean of Pitt-Greensburg’s David C. Frederick Honors College

The campus’ assistant dean for academic affairs has played a crucial role in shaping honors education there.

  • University News
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Four students stand around their model behind glass

Get a sneak preview of Pitt’s upcoming Campus Recreation and Wellness Center

A team of engineering and architecture students created a detailed model, which will be on display in the William Pitt Union through spring 2025.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Cultivate student success
A professor helps a student during office hours.

3 reasons to go to office hours this semester

Your professors can help you explore your academic interests, build your network and find resources to improve your Pitt experience.

  • Cultivate student success
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Students
Oakley

Dean Marnie Oakley was recognized as a trailblazer by City & State PA

The School of Dental Medicine leader is among the most dynamic leaders in Pennsylvania’s health care industry.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Dental Medicine
Vosshall

Leslie B. Vosshall won Pitt Medicine’s prestigious Dickson Prize

Hear her lecture on why mosquitos are attracted to humans on Sept. 27.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Medicine
Aiden Minch-Hick and Mary Mulcahy

This professor’s insect collection will help measure ecosystem health across the continent

Mary Mulcahy spent the summer trapping, sorting, weighing and tracking key species around Bradford.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
Jie Liu

Jie Liu became the Aging Institute’s director of scientific operations

She has been essential to day-to-day operations, all while still conducting groundbreaking research, since she joined the Pitt center in 2017.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Aging and Population Health
A herd of cattle stand in a field behind a wire fence

People eating beef are less likely to live near the industry’s pollution, Pitt researchers found

The National Science Foundation study is the first to map county by county the impact of nitrogen from the U.S. cattle supply chain.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • Swanson School of Engineering
An aerial photo of construction on campus.

You can help shape Pitt’s Campus Master Plan

Take a survey on how you experience campus, now open through Oct. 15. Students who submit a response will automatically be entered into a prize drawing.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Promote accountability and trust
Colorful flowers and greenery frame the panther statue outside the William Pitt Union.

More than 20 people joined Pitt’s first Survivor Support Network cohort

The Prevention at Pitt program trains faculty, staff and students in different topics related to supporting people who have experienced sexual trauma.

  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • Community Impact
The Kakapel Rockshelter, a rock formation in Kenya.

Pitt archaeologists helped uncover the earliest evidence of farming in East Africa

The ancient findings show how crop domestication spread bit-by-bit through the region.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Michael Munin

Michael Munin earned an American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine research award

The professor was honored for his work on joint replacement surgery and voice disorders.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
The Public Health Building at the University of Pittsburgh

2 Pitt graduate students were named public health ambassadors

Jaia Gallegos and Prathiksha Sivakumar will serve on the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health cohort through the academic year.

  • Community Impact
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Public Health
  • Cultivate student success
Mitch Bell

Mitch Bell

An alum with a knack for assistive tech hacks.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
A bobcat statue on Pitt-Bradford's campus

Pitt-Bradford was honored for supporting transfer students

The campus is among 200 colleges and universities named to Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s Transfer Honor Roll.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Cultivate student success
  • Pitt-Bradford
Pitt community members volunteer and bag items during MLK Day of service in the Hill District.

How Pitt contributes to regional economic and community growth

Explore why the APLU recognized the University with an Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • It's Possible at Pitt
A collage of two colorful art submissions from last year's Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh initiative.

Submit your art for Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh by Oct. 20

Selected creators will have their work exhibited across the city in the contest’s second year of celebrating diverse cultures and perspectives.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Brenden Peifer sits in a theater chair

Brenden Peifer

Inspired by August Wilson, he’s teaching the next generation of performers.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Ron Idoko and students stand around a research poster

3 Pitt honors students presented at a Justice and Equity Honors Network gathering

Cole Belling, Meghana Dodda, and Gabriella Garvin presented their Racial Equity Awareness Database and engaged in dialogue around advancing racial equity.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Students pose with Roc on Cathedral Lawn

Pitt Arrival 2024 in photos

Here’s how returning and first-time Panthers are kicking off the school year.

  • University News
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged