Community News
2026 Christmas Day at Pitt Gift Drive
Consider donating a gift to the children that join us at the 21st annual Christmas Day at Pitt!
Scores of Pitt volunteers lean into service on Pitt's Day of Caring
On Friday, Oct. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Pitt employees fanned out across the city to work alongside community partners as part of the University’s 2026 Day of Caring, an annual day of service organized as an element of Pitt's Neighborhood Commitments.
Save the date for Pitt’s Community Engaged Scholarship Forum on March 2
CESF 2027 asks what it takes to honor that ethos structurally by designing institutions as genuine knowledge partners, embedding community knowledge into lasting roles that sustain our work long after the grant cycle ends.
The 2026-27 United Way campaign kicked off Oct. 1
Pitt’s United Way Campaign for the 2026-27 academic year has launched to support organizations that help to sustain the University’s friends and neighbors through improved health, education and financial opportunities.
Sign up for the 2026 Day of Caring
Sign up today to participate in the 2026 Day of Caring on Friday, Oct. 2!
Pitt’s Gismondi Neighborhood Education Program launches a corps to strengthen student tutors
As GNEP’s student workforce goes into neighborhoods to strengthen young minds, the Gismondi Education Corps is a special initiative that will serve to strengthen Pitt student workers.
This garden grows community in Oakcliffe
Members of the environmental honors fraternity Epsilon Eta Delta, in collaboration with the Oakcliffe Community Organization, are reviving the formerly neglected Oakcliffe Community Garden.
As the school year begins, Pitt’s CECs welcome neighbors, students and new partnerships
As students prepare to return to classrooms this fall, Pitt’s Community Engagement Centers (CECs) are preparing for a new academic year of their own.
Pitt’s newest Community Engagement Center honors the history and supports the future of Pittsburgh’s Hill District
Nearly 500 people gathered in the Hill District Aug. 12 to honor the neighborhood’s vibrant history, celebrate the first stage of the revitalization of the historic New Granada Theater and usher in an exciting future at Pitt’s new Community Engagement Center.
2026 Be A Good Neighbor Block Parties
This September, join the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs throughout Oakland for fun, food, prizes, meeting your neighbors, and making connections!
This van delivers vision care to underinsured people across the Pittsburgh region
Some of Pitt’s neighbors are getting a fresh perspective — thanks to free vision care from the Department of Ophthalmology’s Eyes on Wheels program. In partnership with the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs, the program brought its signature van to Hazelwood Towers, a senior low-income housing apartment unit.
Biomanufacturing, workforce development and community partnerships improve life and lives in Greater Hazelwood
In Greater Hazelwood, biomanufacturing, workforce development and community partnerships are shaping the future of the neighborhood that sits along the Monongahela River where a nearby sprawling former brownfield is transitioning into a sustainability, research and innovation tech hub.
Hill District CEC provides learning, engagement in fresh, versatile environment
During a mid-April tour of the space, Keith Caldwell, executive director of place-based initiatives in the Office of Engagement and Community Affairs, said the Hill District CEC provides a now-permanent focal point and gathering place for a broad range of people and activities.
Introducing the 2026 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum awardees
Join us in celebrating and learning more about the 2026 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum honorees.
Register for the 2026 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum
The 2026 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum takes place March 3, 2026.