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The Pittsburgh Study was honored for its child health equity programming
Community-centered youth leadership and data literacy events earned the Pitt-UPMC research initiative a National Institutes of Health recognition.
Your guide to Juneteenth celebrations around Pittsburgh
Check out these arts, culture and service events throughout the month.
Oakland will be home to a new affordable housing community for LGBTQ+ older adults
The Mosaic complex, which will offer 48 units for people 62 and older, is a first for Western Pennsylvania.
A Pitt project is addressing skin cancer disparities in Black communities
School of Medicine students connected with community leaders and distributed 750 pamphlets to spread the word throughout Pittsburgh.
Pitt invited local high schoolers to experience the University’s disability resources firsthand
The University for a Day event, May 6, included a campus tour, an information session featuring an alum and an admissions presentation.
A Pitt program is connecting people through storytelling to build a more inclusive campus
The CuPID project received a $500,000 Pitt Seed grant to amplify dialogue-based curriculum across the University. An upcoming summer course focuses on the health sciences community.
5 key takeaways from Pitt’s first Year of Discourse and Dialogue
An April capstone event highlighted embracing differences and learning about the First Amendment as strategies to make difficult conversations easier.
A GSPIA education helped Carl Ware champion racial equality from Atlanta to South Africa
During his decades as an executive for Coca-Cola, he partnered with Desmond Tutu and other freedom fighters to support Black Africans.
Pitt alumnus Sam Rosenzweig spent his career fighting injustice
He earned two degrees and met his wife on the Pittsburgh campus. He died at the age of 71 in Nevada.
Prachi Gupta's memoir tackles the model minority myth
Read "They Called Us Exceptional: and Other Lies that Raised Us" and more, out now from alumni authors.
How to exchange diverse viewpoints on campus without the discord, according to Pitt experts
Faculty members Abdesalam Soudi and Ann Sinsheimer discuss centering respect and other lessons from Pitt's Year of Dialogue and Discourse with Clyde Wilson Pickett.
A Pitt professor is using virtual reality to connect to the Hill District’s past
The Time Traveling Project adds historical context to the photography of Charles “Teenie” Harris, a prolific chronicler of 20th-century Black life.
Alaina Roberts’ book takes a fresh look at freedom in the American West
In researching her family’s past, the Pitt historian found an oft-overlooked narrative of Black emancipation and Native displacement.
Pitt will pay tribute to 7 community leaders on Feb. 24
This year’s K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month celebration will recognize unsung champions of the arts.
This Pitt junior’s podcast is transforming communities through conversation
“Let’s Talk Social Innovation” spotlights local and University leaders making an impact.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This summer research program is smoothing the rocky transition to graduate school
Pitt’s Mobilization and Political Economy Summer Research Program provides underrepresented students with research skills and mentorship.
