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Volunteers help students make crafts with toilet paper holders

The Gismondi Foundation has committed to more than $1 million to support 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s community engagement efforts

The latest gift will create a neighborhood education program meant to expand learning opportunities for children and 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students alike.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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The Race &… Conference showed how 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ is addressing disparities

A September conference drew more than 250 attendees to celebrate and showcase the work that’s transforming 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
A person takes a to-go container out of a blue food locker

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s new food lockers combat food insecurity and make delivery more convenient

The climate-controlled lockers in Litchfield Towers are one of the many ways 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ is making on-campus life easier for students — and ensuring no one goes hungry.

  • University News
  • Students
Skyes, Young and Overton

A new Frederick Honors program brings national experts to 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ

Experts in residence will help the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ community expand their views on the world. Meet Morgan Overton, Sherry Sykes and Damon Young.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Star-shaped memorials outside the Tree of Life synagogue

Local events set to honor the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh synagogue shooting victims

Five years later, all are invited to reflect, volunteer and create messages of hope.

  • Our City/Our Campus
An illustration of the Future Works building

A 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ community partnership is transforming the Jupiter Building into a training hub

With support from the Richard King Mellon Foundation and local schools and businesses, Future Works is the outcome of a yearslong effort to revitalize downtown Johnstown.

  • Community Impact
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Johnstown
A crane lifts beams during construction of the Petersen Events Center

Park Lawrence Rankin, an architect who oversaw $1 billion in improvements to 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s campuses, died at 73

During his 14 years at the University, the devoted architect led hundreds of construction and renovation projects, including the Cathedral of Learning cleaning in 2007.

  • University News
The outside of Scaife Hall

What if we could talk to cells?

Nathan Lord earned an NIH New Innovator Award for his research on the chemical language of the body’s building blocks. It’s work that could transform regenerative medicine.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
Two students lift a poster for the Grafica de Puerto Rico exhibit

These University Art Gallery exhibits spotlight Latinx and Caribbean identities

The series features Puerto Rican silk screen posters and an exploration of water in the Americas. Here’s how two 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students helped curate the works.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Campus
a person in a graduation cap from behind

A new 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ initiative will help lower-income students get to graduation

The 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Finish Line Grant will support financially vulnerable students so they can remain enrolled and complete their degrees.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Cooper, wearing a medal, poses with President Biden

President Biden gave the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s Rory Cooper

The honor — the nation’s highest for technological achievement — is the latest and most significant recognition of Cooper’s decades of innovations in wheelchair technology.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
A gloved hand uses a pipette to add liquid to a test tube

An NIH director’s award will help 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ researchers study the vast reach of tiny proteins

Their findings could affect our understanding of everything from genetic diversity to autoimmune diseases.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
Roc the panther mascot spins a baton

The most memorable moments from 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ homecoming 2023

Relive the weekend from the Snake to a Panthers football victory with this photo gallery.

  • University News
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Campus
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Computing and Information
Anto

An alumna is 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's second Erasmus Mundus winner

Maria Anto will study children’s literature at universities around the globe as she earns a master’s degree.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Zuly in a pink dress in front of a black background

Art and advocacy intersect through this soprano opera singer’s performances and scholarship

Zuly Inirio has performed across the United States and Europe. Now, through song and the Afro-Latinx Song and Opera Project, she aims to increase diverse representation in the industry.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Social Work
Shekhar at a podium with a 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ shield logo

This year’s State of the School reviewed 2 years of successes for 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Medicine

Anantha Shekhar detailed how the School of Medicine met or exceeded the key goals he set — in areas from clinical excellence to faculty development — when he joined the University.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
One student fills a large weather balloon with air while another holds it above her head

These 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students are following the eclipse to Texas

The paths of two upcoming eclipses overlap outside of San Antonio. The Shadow Bandits won’t miss the chance to study them.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Three students in 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ gear hold reusable grocery bags on their shoulders

Get ready for 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh’s single-use plastic ban

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Sustainability offers advice on adjusting to the citywide change, which begins Oct. 14.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
Hunt and Hatridge in the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Quantum Institute lab

The 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Quantum Institute named a new co-director

Benjamin Hunt will join his longtime 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ collaborator Michael Hatridge to further establish 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh as a headquarters for quantum computing.

  • Innovation and Research
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Quantum Institute (PQI)
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A panther statue holds a pumpkin in its mouth

7 Halloween-themed events in 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh

Put these horror movies, haunted trails, rock climbing and more on your list of scary season activities.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Campus