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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.
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.
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.
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.
How Pitt contributes to regional economic and community growth
Explore why the APLU recognized the University with an Innovation and Economic Prosperity designation.
Pitt Arrival 2024 in photos
Here’s how returning and first-time Panthers are kicking off the school year.
Here’s the latest in campus construction at Pitt
Keep up with the projects transforming study, dining, wellness and research spaces across the University.
Your Pitt ID is a free bus pass. Here’s how to ride.
Follow these route planning and rider etiquette tips to make every trip a success.
Pitt’s people-first approach to boosting small businesses in rural Pennsylvania
The Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative is setting a new standard for community engagement in Fayette County.
Alumna Pamela Michaels’ persistence fueled a career of firsts
The former Johnson & Johnson executive has helped to fund dozens of Pitt programs.
Questions for the ‘Connecting King’
Vernard Alexander, the new director of Pitt’s Homewood Community Engagement Center, sees himself as the ultimate connector.
Blue and gold on Broadway
Alumni spanning eight decades networked, met Chancellor Gabel and played some Pitt trivia in NYC.
Alumni updates: fall 2024
Pitt alumni share their news. Write to us to share yours.
The Pitt Alumni Association has a new president
Bill Pierce believes in the power of Pitt pride.
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center earned an NIH grant to fund a third-generation Anton supercomputer
The five-year award will allow noncommercial biomedical researchers to use the system at no cost.
Pharmacists play a vital role in improving health care, says Lucas Berenbrok
The Pitt professor is showing how important community pharmacies are through his teaching and research.
Pitt will host the JCC Maccabi Games in summer 2025
More than 6,000 young athletes, coaches and family members are expected to attend the world’s largest in-person Jewish youth sporting event.
A new Pitt program pairs biblical messages with the science of cognitive behavioral therapy
The CHURCH program aims to improve mental health outcomes in Black communities in Pittsburgh and beyond.
This popular Pitt class reveals the city's secrets
A Pitt English class called Secret Pittsburgh invites students to explore the city's most interesting, unusual or historic sites — and discover some things about themselves along the way.
These Pitt students took to the world stage to share a database project designed to combat systemic racism
The Frederick Honors College scholars presented their research to international leaders at the United Nations’ Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.