Filter By

Composit image of 5 incoming students

5 incoming Pitt first-years from across PA received Stamps Scholarships

The 2025 cohort plans to pursue studies in business, engineering, psychology and more.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
An instructor and students watch as a student practices CPR on a dummy.

Pitt students are mentoring high schoolers into health care careers

NextGen Healthcare, a new student group, is offering friendship, advice and even money for college.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Students at graduation cheering as blue and gold confetti falls

Pitt celebrated its largest graduating class yet at commencement

More than 5,000 Pittsburgh graduates walked the stage at PPG Paints Arena on May 4. Plus, ceremonies in Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown and Titusville.

  • University News
  • Commencement
Sharrard

Q&A: Aurora Sharrard’s personal path to sustainability leader

What green habits could you pick up from Pitt’s assistant vice chancellor for sustainability?

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
Ashawnti Buckner and Gabriella Lombardi

Meet the Class of 2025 grads who won top University honors

Ashawnti Buckner and Gabriella Lombardi were honored for their commitment to campus and community.

  • University News
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Public Health
  • College of General Studies
Michelle Kingsley in front of a whiteboard reading "Financial Wellness Center"

After her own detour, this senior is teaching fellow students valuable financial lessons

Along with working full-time and funding her own college career, Michelle Kingsley worked in Pitt’s Financial Wellness Center as a peer educator.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Business
Rohit Mantena sits at a lab bench

This senior and cerebral aneurysm researcher is staying at Pitt to earn his MD

Halfway through his studies, Robit Mantena has already received accolades for his innovative lab work.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Medicine
Composite image of six seniors

6 seniors who overcame great challenges to walk at Pitt’s spring commencement

Supported by caring faculty and programs like Panthers Forward and TRIO Student Success Services, their achievements demonstrate how Pitt makes graduation possible for every student.

  • University News
  • Cultivate student success
  • Commencement
Jaqui Hernandez-Martinez headshot

Pitt helped this senior find her voice. Now, she wants to amplify others’.

The first-generation student plans to use her education to fight disinformation and uplift Latino families like hers.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Tiffany Gary-Webb and Bamba Gaye with several other scientists

A Pitt professor is bringing her global perspective to this African medical research partnership

Tiffany Gary-Webb is collaborating with scientists in Senegal to better understand noncommunicable disease — and barriers to international research partnerships.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Public Health
Ribbon cutting of the student union

See inside the newly renovated student union at the ETC at Pitt-Titusville

An April 24 ceremony opened the updated J. Curtis McKinney II Student Union, complete with a makerspace, art galleries, upgraded classrooms and collaborative study spaces.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Pitt-Titusville
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Mackenzie Evans in front of a blossoming tree

This senior’s long road to recovery ends with a joyful walk at graduation

Mackenzie Evans fought through pain and setbacks to earn her degree after being hit by a car during her junior year.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Social Work
Erin Lancaster with flowers in the background

With 3 global experiences under her belt, this senior shares lessons learned with her peers back at Pitt

Erin Lancaster, a Frederick Honors College student and Global Hub peer mentor, went from the first in her family to attend an out-of-state school to international adventurer and advocate.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Two students posing with garbage bags

How 3 student-led initiatives changed sustainability at Pitt

Thriftsburgh, the Student Office of Sustainability and Food Recovery Heroes began in classrooms and clubs 10 years ago. Today, they are foundational sustainability organizations on campus.

  • Community Impact
  • Sustainability
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Joao Barichello posing in scrubs on Pitt's campus

This Pitt senior savors the challenge

From a sixth grade Texas classroom to a Pittsburgh trauma ward, Joao Barichello’s story is one of overcoming tough situations.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
Graduates clap and cheer after the commencement ceremony.

Everything guests and grads need to know about Pitt commencement

Get key details on tickets, shuttle services, parking and how to watch the ceremony at home.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Commencement
Students gathered around a screen

Pitt-Greensburg’s new benchtop NMR device lets students study molecular structures

The undergraduate-friendly nuclear magnetic resonance instrument will ensure student researchers gain hands-on experience without having to leave campus.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • Cultivate student success
Podnar

A Pitt junior was awarded a Truman Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in public service

Sam Podnar, a Pittsburgh native, wants to continue using her voice in Pennsylvania’s legislature to help students across the state.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Cultivate student success
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Gloved hand handling test tubes

Pitt ranked No. 20 for granted patents among US universities in 2024

The annual National Academy of Inventors list highlights academic institutions that are driving innovation nationwide.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Two EMTs in an ambulance carrying emergency gear

An undergraduate researcher and Pitt-Bradford professor teamed up to publish a new chemistry paper

The project gave sophomore Patrick Ianiro invaluable lab skills and experience with international collaboration. The hopeful future surgeon is heading to Pittsburgh next year.

  • Technology & Science
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Bradford