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Parking, Foot Traffic Top Faculty, Staff Feedback to Campus Plan Draft

In community meetings held this week to discuss the campus master plan draft, common themes emerged: parking and pedestrian traffic on campus, a need for multi-purpose spaces designed for study and cross-disciplinary collaboration, better wayfinding across campus and cohesive branding of Pitt buildings.
Pitt Studios

Pitt Studios Launches at the Pete

A state-of-the-art studio and broadcast facility will give students hands-on production experience and support of the launch of the upcoming ACC Network, a collaboration with ESPN.
Heinz Memorial Chapel garden and fountain

A New Space for Reflection on Campus

Amid hydrangeas and boxwood, guests saw the formal dedication of the new European-style garden and its three-tier fountain, adjacent to Heinz Memorial Chapel, on Friday, Oct. 5.

Homewood Community Engagement Center to Open Oct. 18

University faculty and staff are invited to join the celebration when Pitt opens its first Community Engagement Center (CEC) in Homewood.
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher at the fall Board of Trustees meeting

Chancellor Shares Annual Highlights in Report to Board of Trustees

At the fall Board of Trustees meeting held Friday, Sept. 28, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher recapped a successful year at the University, focusing his remarks on the draft campus master plan, a regional campus update and strides made in innovation at the University among other topics.
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Input from Faculty and Staff Sought on Campus Master Plan Draft

Faculty and staff are encouraged to comment on the draft of Pitt’s campus master plan, the framework for long-term campus enhancements created over the past year with input from them along with students, community members and partners, at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 9, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the University Club, Ballroom B.

‘United We Fight, United We Win’: Pitt United Way 2018 Campaign Launches

Pitt’s 2018 United Way campaign kicked off on Wednesday, Oct. 3, with updated goals for participation and donations that will help support agencies who deliver the assistance local recipients need at a time when government assistance for health and human services is declining.
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Homecoming Week Activities for Faculty and Staff

From fireworks and lasers to rubbing the panther’s nose, there are lots of ways that faculty and staff can participate in the events and activities leading up to the Pitt Panthers’ 2018 homecoming.
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Pitt Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Beginning Sept. 15, the Pitt community is invited to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, a month full of events and programming that focus on the social, cultural, educational and advocacy issues impacting the 58.5 million Hispanic/Latinx people living in the U.S.
Alan Meisel and Robert Arnold

Pitt Med Tough Questions: Good Endings

Known to collaborate as well as disagree, Alan Meisel and Robert Arnold — two award-winning professors from Pitt's Center for Bioethics and Law — discuss the legal and medical challenges of our final days in the fall 2018 issue of Pitt Med.