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Pitt Celebrates Arbor Day 2024
In honor of Arbor Day 2024, we'd like to announce
Pitt Makes Health Sciences Sustainability Official
In conjunction with Earth Day 2024, the University of Pittsburgh
2024 Pitt Sustainability Awardees
In April 2024, the University of Pittsburgh recognized and celebrated
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Pitt Celebrates Arbor Day 2024
Pitt Makes Health Sciences Sustainability Official
2024 Pitt Sustainability Awardees
1.08 MW of Rooftop Solar Springing Up on 4 Pitt Buildings
Pipette Tip Box Recycling Pilot
Green Lab Sample Box Pilot
University Receives 2024 Gold AASHE STARS Recognition
Earth Month 2024
2023 Watershed Sampling Day Results Released by Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory
Pitt Green Spotlight: Pitt Athletics Administrative Office & Strategic Communications (March 2024)
Zero Waste Laundry Sheet Pilot in Lothrop Hall
Pitt Green Spotlight: Big Idea Center (February 2024)
Pitt Green Spotlight: Carvunis Lab (January 2024)
2024 Pitt Sustainability Award Nominations Are Open
All We Can Save “Circles” Pilot Addressing Climate Anxiety Launching in 2024
Report from the Faculty Ad Hoc Committee for Sustainability (2023)
Pitt Joins U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Climate Challenge
2022-23 Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Annual Report
Pitt Nitrogen Inventory for FY22
Pitt GHG Inventory for Fiscal Year 2022
2022-23 Research Annual Report, Sustainability Section
MCSI 2024 Grant Opportunities Open for Faculty & Student Groups
Pittsburgh’s Water Quality Tributaries Analysis
2023 Business Sustainability Camp Recap Report
October 2023 Pitt Green Spotlight: STEEL Lab
Green Speakeasy: Grounded Justice
Ecotone Renewables Is The Pitt Sustainability Challenge’s $300,000 Winner
September 2023 Pitt Green Spotlight: Sustainable Design Labs & Pitt Eats’ Main Office
Request a First-Year Sustainability Presentation Today
August 2023 Pitt Green Spotlight: Fullerton Lab & Pitt-Bradford Student Affairs
Pitt & Vesper Energy Cut Ribbon on New Gaucho Solar Project near Pittsburgh International Airport
Rooftop Solar Installed On Pitt Bradford Campus
Pitt Water Collaboratory Report on Drinking Water Quality, Affordability, & Transparency in Allegheny County
Sustainable Business Micro-Credential Launched
July 2023 Pitt Green Spotlight: Center for Sustainable Business & Renal-Electrolyte Research Ringleaders
2023 Pitt Sustainability Literacy & Culture Survey Results & Takeaways
Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation’s 2023 Annual Report
Pitt Sustainability Challenge’s 5 Finalists Named
June 2023 Pitt Green Office & Lab Spotlight: Office of Provost & Microbiology Teaching
Pollinator Week 2023
Pittsburgh Campus Construction Sustainability, 2023
Campus Tree Trek
Clean & Swap – 2023 Home Electronics Recycling
Pitt One of 25 Organizations Honored for Leadership in Solar Energy in Allegheny County
2023-24 MCSI Sustainability Research Grant & Faculty Award Recipients
2023 Pitt Sustainability Awards
Pitt’s Consolidated Endowment Fund ESG Report, 2021-22
Earth Month 2023
Clutter For A Cause 2023: Zero Waste
2018-22 Progress Report on the Pitt Sustainability Plan
Take the 2023 Pitt Sustainability Literacy & Culture Survey
2022 Pitt Commuter Survey Results
Career Center Environment & Sustainability Week 2023
Pitt Green Office 2023 Update
Take the Pitt Print & Digital Use Survey
Bigelow Boulevard Ranked One of 2023’s Best New Bike Lanes in U.S.
Safe Chemical Waste Management and Increasing Recycling Efforts
Pitt’s First LEED Platinum Certification Achieved for Salk Hall Renovation
2023 Pitt Sustainability Award Nominations Are Open
Pitt First Sustainable Pittsburgh Platinum Workplace
MCSI 2023 Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities
Pitt Nitrogen Inventory for FY21
Pitt GHG Inventory for Fiscal Year 2021
Pitt Sustainability Challenge Announced: Calling Creative & Innovative Thinkers
Construction Begins on Pitt-Partnered Gaucho Solar Project Near Pittsburgh International Airport
MCSI 2023 Grant Opportunities Open for Faculty & Student Groups
Pitt Nursing joins National Nursing Climate Challenge to Fight Climate Change
The Assembly Achieves LEED Gold Status
Pitt Center for Sustainable Business Celebrates 3 Year Anniversary
Campus Sustainability Month 2022
Melissa Bilec Named Special Assistant to the Provost for Sustainability
Student-led Menstrual Equity Case Study Wins 2022 Campus Race to Zero Waste Award
Take the 2022 Pitt Commuter Survey
Jennifer Barnes Is a Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 under 40
Pitt’s Hillside Area Development Recognized with National SCUP Award
Engineering & Technology Building, Pitt Bradford (Under construction; pursuing LEED certification)
Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation’s 2022 Annual Report
Pollinator Week 2022
2022-23 MCSI Sustainability Research & Education Grant Recipients
Celebrate Arbor Day
2022 Pitt Sustainability Awardees and Champions
Summer 2022 Sustainability Undergraduate Research Projects, Advisors, and Student Participants
Earth Month 2022
Pitt’s Consolidated Endowment Fund ESG Report, 2020-21
Tree Campus Certification Received for Pittsburgh Campus
Four Pitt Eats Campus Locations Achieve Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Designations
Pitt Climate Action Plan Released (March 2022)
Pitt Achieves Silver Bike Friendly University Status
Global TreeZero Paper Shortage
Pitt Johnstown’s John P. Murtha Center Receives LEED Certification
Pitt Clean and Swap – March 9 and 10
Pittsburgh Campus Hillside Transformation
Celebrating Alumni: Black History Month 2022
Campus Race to Zero Waste 2022
Four Pitt Eats Micro-Farms Growing Greens for On-Campus Menus
New Solar Array for Pitt Bradford Engineering & Technology Building Awarded $230,000 Grant
2022 Pitt Sustainability Award Nominations Open!
Clutter for a Cause 2022
2021 Pitt Green Resident & Green Floor Results
Pitt Nitrogen Inventory for FY20
Pitt GHG Inventory for Fiscal Year 2020
2022 MCSI Faculty & Student Grant Programs Open for Application!
Just Transition Pittsburgh
Marshall Plan for Middle America Awarded Second Place in International Climate Challenge Cup
New Recreation and Wellness Center Will Champion Students’ Mental and Physical Wellness
Covestro and University of Pittsburgh Establish Groundbreaking Circular Economy Program
New Bike Infrastructure Made Possible by Pepsi Grant
The Heinz Endowments Gives $800,000 to Pitt’s Center for Sustainable Business
Pitt Highlighted in 2021 Sustainable Campus Index
Pitt Recognized as “Organization of the Year” by BikePGH
CONNECT Regional Climate Action Planning
Water Use Reduction Milestone Achieved
New Dashboard Highlighting Healthy Ride at Pitt Utilization
MCSI Taps David Sanchez as Associate Director
Pitt Theatre Production ‘Somewhere’ on Climate Collapse & Butterflies Was Also Sustainably Produced
Hispanic Heritage Month 2021
2021 AASHE Global Conference in Sustainability Higher Education
Pitt Named One Of America’s 2021 “Cool Schools”
Pitt’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Names Dr. Melissa Bilec New Co-Director
2021 Bike to Campus Week, September 20-24
Pittsburgh Household Chemical Collection
Land Acknowledgement
2020 Real College Survey Results on Student Basic Needs
Pitt Celebrates Over 1 Million Square Feet of Certified Green Buildings
Diversity Forum 2021: Sustainability Sessions
Pollinator Week 2021: June 21-27
Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation’s 2021 Annual Report
New Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research finds Benefits to Water Fluoridation
Regalia Recycling
Earth Day 2021
2021 Momentum Grant for Transcending Disciplines to Advance Regional Water Equity
2021 John C. Mascaro Faculty Awards in Sustainability
Pitt Student Project Places Second in EPA’s 9th Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge
New Dashboards for Building Energy & Water Use Intensity (2014 – 2019)
2021 Sustainability Champions
Pitt Sustainability Efforts Recognized as AASHE STARS Gold
Green Home Office Lunch & Learn Series
Polycarbin: Sustainability in the Science Industry
Closing the Food-Loop with Ecotone Renewables
Pollinators At Home
Dr. David Sanchez, 2021 Soska Wilds Outreach and Engagement Leadership Awardee
Thriftsburgh – Sustainability in Fashion & Thrifty Business in a Pandemic
Board Adopts Ad Hoc Committee Report on Fossil Fuel Investments
6 Pitt Dining Locations Now Live Well Allegheny Restaurants
Report Released from Ad Hoc Committee on Fossil Fuels
Year of Engagement Grant Helps Pitt Hydroponics Club Expand Urban Greenhouse in a Food Desert
Bigelow Boulevard Transformation: Reimagined Streetscape Now Open
Choose to Reuse is Back!
Campus Zero Waste Week 2021
New Sustainability Transcript Distinction Available to Recognize Focus In & Out of Classroom
Pitt Facilities’ Scott Bernotas Named to E+E 100
2020 Pitt Green Resident & Green Floor Results
Pitt Signs “All In” National Declaration on Climate Action & Clean Recovery
Dr. Eric Beckman Named National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Pitt Signs “All In” National Declaration on Climate Action & Clean Recovery
Pitt Green Home Office Survey Preview.pdf
Pitt CSB: Marshall Plan for Middle America Roadmap
Pitt GHG Inventory for Fiscal Year 2019
Pitt Nitrogen Inventory for Fiscal Year 2019
Art: The Campus Energy Constellation
Celebrating FY20 as Lowest Energy Use Intensity since 2008
Ad Hoc Committee on Fossil Fuels, Fall 2020 Process
Pitt AIA 2020 Design Awards: Homewood CEC & Center for Urban Education
Pitt Shuttles Switch to Propane, Reducing Carbon Emissions
Pitt Fleet Expands Efficient, Hybrid, & Electric Options via Enterprise Partnership
2020-21 MCSI Leonard Peters Faculty Fellows
Waste-free Initiatives in Pitt Dining
Welcoming Pitt’s 2020 Millennium Fellowship Cohort
How to Make Your Home Office More Sustainable
Pitt on Top 30 Green Powered Universities List (July 2020)
Textile Recycling
Pitt Sustainability Successes, 2019-20 Academic Year
Resource Guide for Black-Owned Businesses at Pitt: Opportunity & Commitment
Board of Trustees Ad Hoc Committee on Fossil Fuels Divestment
Pitt’s Commitment to Local Solar Energy
MCSI 2020 Annual Report
Bee Campus USA Certification for Pitt
Racial Justice Statements & Resources
Climate Solutions Grant Will Aid Oakland Energy Master Plan
Helium Recovery Making a Difference
Results from the 2020 Pitt Sustainability Literacy & Culture Survey
Office Water Coolers
CBC Podcast – Sustaining Sustainability
Get to Know Polycarbin, 2020 Randall Big Idea Competition Grand Prize Team
Healthy Soul’s Pitt Blast Furnace Journey
Trees’ Benefit to You, Campus, & Our Communities
Summer 2020 Sustainability Undergraduate Research Projects, Advisors, and Student Participants
2020-21 MCSI Sustainability Research Seed Grant Recipients
Pitt ESG Criteria and SRI Screening Process
Pitt Professional Development in Sustainability
Pitt Earth Day Timeline, 1970 – 2020
Pitt Earth Day History, 1970 – 2020
Earth Day 2020 – 50th Anniversary
Pitt Sustainability Awards
Fall 2019 Pitt Green Residents
Pitt Green Labs with 2020 Designations
Pitt Commits to Achieve Carbon Neutrality
Report – Flooding in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Knowledge Gaps and Approaches
Pitt Sustainability Dashboard Launched!
Hydroponics Club Grows Food For Those In Need, Teaches Methods to Local Kids
Sustainable Building and Renovation Advancements
Pitt’s Sustainable Development Goals Activities
Academic Course Sustainability Attribute Codes
Pitt Pantry – From Research to a Real Need
Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN) 2019 Supportive Staff Member Award Celebrates Erika Ninos
Center for Sustainable Business Launches
Tree Zero Paper
Report – Water Quality in Southwestern Pennsylvania: Knowledge Gaps and Approaches
Multidisciplinary Global Waste Convergence Grant from NSF Awarded to Pitt-led Circular Economy Research
Pitt Signs Cool Food Pledge to Cut Food-Related GHG Emissions
Pittsburgh Spotlighted as Leader in Advancing Sustainable Development Goals
Listening In: Techy Ecology Take Offers Fresh Insight into Animal Kingdom
MCSI 2019-20 Leonard Peters Faculty Fellows in Sustainability
Water Filter Cartridge Recycling
Welcoming Pitt’s First Millennium Fellowship Cohort (Fall 2019)
Welcoming Pitt’s First Millennium Fellowship Cohort (Fall 2019)
4 Electric Box Trucks Come to Pitt
Chancellor’s Socially Responsible Investment Committee Report Response (August 2019)
University of Pittsburgh Partners with Healthy Ride: Unlimited 30-Minute Bike Share Rides for Pitt First-Years (2019-20)
First Year Sustainability Bags (Fall 2019)
7 from Pitt on The Incline’s Who’s Next: Environment & Energy 2019 List
2019 MCSI Summer Undergraduate Sustainability Research Symposium
Glove Recycling Pilot
Pitt on Top 30 Green Powered Universities List (July 2019)
Socially Responsible Investment Committee Report – April 2019
Pitt–Johnstown Is Pennsylvania’s First Campus Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary
Athletics Donates to Managers On A Mission
2019-2020 Annual Seed Grant Program Recipients
Bee Houses Keep Pitt Abuzz
Report – Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management: Knowledge Gaps and Approaches
Let’s Clear the Air: Long-Term Environmental Justice Partnership in East End
Chancellor’s Letter to Fossil Free Coalition – April 2019
Fossil Free Pitt Coalition Letter to Chancellor, April 3, 2019
Pitt Wins the Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge, University Division
2018 Pitt Sustainability Success
Pitt Food Recovery Heroes Receive PRC Zero Waste Excellence Award
Pitt Athletics Joins Green Sports Alliance
Pitt Joins U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership
MCSI 2019 Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunity
Pitt Green Offices with 2019 Designations
University of Pittsburgh Receives Accolades From EPA For Food Recovery Achievements
Pitt Dining Halls Rank Gold in Sustainable Pittsburgh Restaurant Assessment
University of Pittsburgh to Purchase Local Hydropower
2019 Faculty Awardees of the John C. Mascaro Fellowships
Discounts & Resources from Post-Landfill Action Network
Pitt Named Bronze Bicycle Friendly University for First Time
CommutePitt Wins $7,000 Grant From New American Road Trip
Pitt Sustainability Interns – 2018-19 Campus Roundup
The Aquaponics Project, a Pitt student group Wins Big
New Bike Lanes Added to Forbes Avenue
Food Recovery Efforts Applauded in City Climate Plan
New Glass Could Be Future of Solar Energy
Project Aims to Recycle the Unrecyclable
Dining Services Expands Sustainable Practices
Pittsburgh Institutions Are Trying to Reduce Food Waste, But at What Cost?
Pittsburgh Institutions are Trying to Reduce Food Waste, but at What Cost?
University of Pittsburgh Wins 2017 Sustainable Pittsburgh Green Workplace Challenge
Pitt Unveils Sustainable Engineering Master’s Program