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Close-up view of plants growing in micro-farm

4 new hydroponic micro-farms are feeding Pitt students

Over winter recess, Pitt became home to the largest installation of micro-farming units on any campus in the country.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
Street Medicine workers helping the homeless near a bridge

Street Medicine at Pitt serves Pittsburghers without homes — and educates future medical professionals

On a cold night in January, students headed downtown to provide health care, cold weather supplies and a listening ear.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus

A report led by grad student Jessica Vaden shows a decrease in campus emissions by almost a third since 2008.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Matthew Starinsky and team wearing black Army shirts and face masks indoors

A day in the life of Three River Battalion’s ‘Star Man’

Senior Matthew Starinsky is charged with leading 217 fellow cadets from 14 colleges and universities in the greater Pittsburgh region.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students

On Jan. 15, 1969, students in the Black Action Society staged a nonviolent sit-in to demand change from Pitt. Read four participants’ accounts in this oral history.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
Craig Hayes smiling in before and after photos

Watch: The Pitt Time Capsule Project tracked the Class of 2021 from start to finish

Nine students shared how their lives changed in this Student Affairs video series.

  • Alumni
  • Students
  • Division of Student Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Our City/Our Campus
Mateus Martins standing with bicycle on the sidewalk.

This alum is making Pittsburgh’s roads more accessible for cyclists and pedestrians

Mateus Martins approaches traffic engineering with a focus on equity.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Alumni
  • Graduate School of Public and Inter91pornÊÓƵal Affairs
  • Swanson School of Engineering
E.J. Borghetti clapping hands during Pitt football game

Meet the chronicler of all things Pitt football

Ahead of the Peach Bowl, hear E.J. Borghetti’s take on this year’s football team, the program’s history and which former player he named a son after.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
  • Athletics
Pitt volunteers preparing food during Civic Action Week

How Pitt helped Pennsylvania in 2021

Revisit stories of the University’s impact around the commonwealth.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pitt-Titusville
Students raising hands at the Cathedral Ball

Pittwire’s pictures of the year

Check out some of our favorite photos from the 91pornÊÓƵ in 2021.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
Students wearing Pitt attire and Santa hats with Pitt logo

Christmas Day at Pitt returns

After a year’s absence, the Pitt community will come together to bring back the holiday service tradition.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Athletics
Students with face masks carefully building gingerbread Cathedral of Learning

’Tis the season for a gingerbread Cathedral of Learning

Two Pitt teams took on this sky-high baking challenge. See the sculptures — and some familiar faces — on campus this week.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
  • Cathedral of Learning
An arch of purple and green Holiday lights in the shape of flowers

9 things to do in Pittsburgh if you’re sticking around for the holidays

Bonus: They’re all accessible from campus by bus.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
Molly Trott holding Daniel George on Pitt volleyball court

A team effort gets a child a new kidney for Christmas

Molly Trott gave her Pitt Athletics coworker Mary Beth George and her family an exceptional early Christmas present.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Athletics

The makeover will focus on our people, programs and purpose — and will provide more support to bring projects to fruition. Applications are due in January.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
Luis Clemente holding Roberto & Vera Clemente Drive street sign

Clemente Drive renamed to honor baseball legend's late wife, too

The street near Posvar Hall now honors the historic contributions of both Roberto and Vera Clemente.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
Sage plants close up

Student-led Relearn Our Land initiative encourages advocacy and equity

A sustainability course inspired three students to create a garden and educational campaign that will honor Aborigine American, Indigenous and Native cultural groups.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Pitt bicyclists riding around Oakland

Pitt is BikePGH’s Organization of the Year

From bike caves to free rides, the Pittsburgh campus is building a bike-friendly culture, no matter the weather.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
Health professional showing ultrasound to pregnant woman

Pitt Black Faculty Development Initiative receives grant to tackle health disparities

The $250,000 from the Richard King Mellon Foundation will both support Black faculty at Pitt and address Black maternal and infant health in Western Pennsylvania and beyond.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
Two women with masks sitting at table at vaccine clinic

A vaccine clinic in Homewood helped more than 400 people get their flu and COVID-19 vaccines this week

Sponsored by a half dozen local organizations, including Pitt, the clinic boosted access to the life-saving shots.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Nursing
  • School of Pharmacy