Pitt strives to ensure that research translates into innovations that positively impact our community and the environment by working across impact areas to innovate and ensure mechanisms for students, faculty, and staff to advance ideas to help build a more sustainable future.
Pitt is consistently ranked as a top-tier research institution, has a rich history of innovation and entrepreneurship across a wide range of disciplines, and provides opportunities for students to engage in developing their ideas including via the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation, Innovation Institute, and the Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence.
Progress on Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Pitt innovation and entrepreneurship efforts relating to and focused on sustainability are embedded within the larger Pitt innovation ecosystem, thanks to a shared focus on changing the world for the better by finding solutions. Our 2018-22 Progress on Innovation & Entrepreneurship embodies progress as described by multiple impact areas of Pitt’s Sustainability Plan, including in the impact areas listed below.
