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Pitt Partners with Coalition to Connect Young Learners to the Internet
A first-of-its kind partnership aims to bridge the digital divide by providing high-speed internet to local school students in need.
A Recipe for Smiles
Pitt partnered with community organizations to hand out boxes provided through the USDA’s Farmers to Families Food Box program.
Volunteers Needed for Farmers to Families Food Box Distributions
Volunteers are needed to help distribute food boxes to neighbors at sites in Homewood, Oakland, the Hill District, Carrick, Hazelwood and Homestead/Munhall.
Today is the Final Day to Register for Civic Action Week
As part of the Year of Engagement, Pitt is calling for students, faculty and staff to register for Civic Action Week.
Civic Action Week replacing annual volunteer days this year
Pitt is taking its signature fall volunteer opportunities and transforming them into online educational and engagement events.
Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment?
Flutist Nicole Mitchell took over the jazz studies program at Pitt last year. “The music is about community,” she said.
APLU Names Six Public Universities as Finalists for 2020 Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universities Awards
Pitt was among the six universities named by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities as finalists for its eighth annual Innovation & Economic Prosperity University Awards.
The Making of the Year of Engagement
Members of the Pitt community are coming together to emphasize engagement—with each other, the region and the world—this year.
How Pittsburgh is closing the digital divide
Neighborhood Allies is creating a remote digital skills and STEM curriculum with partners at Pitt, CCAC, Homewood Children’s Village and the Hill CDC.
Virtual Babysitting Certification Course Plants the Seed for Youth Success
The 4-week course provided children ages 11 to 15 in Homewood and the neighboring areas with the skills to learn how to safely care for little ones in their families and in their communities.
Sharing Our Connections
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented an opportunity to support our neighbors, and every day, people at Pitt are finding new ways to work in partnership with our broader communities.
How a Simple Weekly Phone Call Delivered More than 100 Meals to Families
Justin LeWinter, program manager with Macedonia Family and Community Enrichment Center (FACE) in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, has been busy getting food to people in need during COVID-19.
Acts of Kindness: Pandemic Service Initiative Engages Pitt Community
Some 600 Pitt faculty, staff and students are volunteering as the helpers that Pittsburgh's Fred Rogers—of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” fame—lauded for serving others in frightening times.
Pittsburgh-area Volunteer Health Deputies are Trained to Share Information in their Communities
The Neighborhood Resilience Project tapped its network—including Pitt representatives—for recommendations of community helpers to deputize.