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Join the University of Pittsburgh for our month-long celebration of Earth this April with playlists and events!  Join Pitt in celebrating Earth Month by engaging in content, attending an event, listening to a playlist, taking a class, or…

Planted in 2021, the student-designed Posvar Pollinator on Clemente celebrates pollinators and native plants at Pitt!

Highlights from the University’s first report on how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors are applied in the investment decision-making process. The University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Finance has released the first “Inaugural Consolidated Endowment Fund Environmental, Social…

The University’s Pittsburgh campus has been nationally recognized as a Tree Campus for the first time! In recognition of the University of Pittsburgh’s outstanding commitment to protecting and enhancing the local tree canopy, the Arbor Day Foundation has certified the…

Both Pitt’s dining halls renewed their GOLD Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant status & the Cathedral & Schenley Cafe’s earned Silver! The University of Pittsburgh’s two main dining halls (The Eatery and The Perch at Sutherland) have renewed their Gold…

In February 2020, the University of Pittsburgh announced its goal to go carbon neutral by 2037 — 13 years sooner than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s call for global carbon neutrality. A new report, the Pitt Climate Action Plan, spells…

The University of Pittsburgh has been honored by The League of American Bicyclists with a Silver Bicycle Friendly University (BFU) award! The League of American Bicyclists has honored the University of Pittsburgh with a Silver-level Bicycle Friendly University…

At Pitt, paper accounts for just over 1% of the University’s greenhouse gas emissions – a lot for a single commodity. TreeZero paper is a carbon-neutral paper made from 100% sugarcane waste fiber (not tree pulp).  At Pitt, the paper used…

Established in 2017, the Pitt Bike Cave is an open-air, student-run, DIY bike shop located in the Posvar Passage between Posvar Hall and David L. Lawrence Hall. A proud part of Campus Recreation, the Pitt Bike Cave is…

Pitt Johnstown’s  John P. Murtha Center for Public Service received its LEED Certification. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown’s  John P. Murtha Center for Public Service and National Competitiveness received its LEED Certification, becoming only the second LEED-certified building on…