Trump administration reverses abrupt terminations of foreign students’ US visa registrations

Pitt institutes hiring freeze at least through June in response to funding uncertainties

By SUSAN JONES Pitt announced today that it will institute a faculty and staff hiring freeze, in response to the uncertainty surrounding federal funding of research grants under the Trump administr...

Cuts to NIH research grants — including at CMU and Pitt — on hold after judge grants injunction

A Massachusetts judge has granted a temporary injunction delaying billions of dollars in research funding cuts planned by the National Institutes of Health. U.S....

Stand Up for Science 2025 - Pittsburgh, PA

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Panther Life Sciences partners with Pitt's BioForge on a product used to administer vaccines and...

A New York City biotech company with local roots is partnering with the University of Pittsburgh’s BioForge center in Hazelwood to develop a manufacturing...

A federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration's new NIH funding policy

Attorneys general from 22 states had filed a lawsuit seeking to block the policy that would dramatically change NIH's grant-making by limiting how much it will disburse for overhead costs.

WVU will cover tuition balances for certain students in a move to boost affordability

West Virginia University students who meet certain income requirements will soon see zero balance on their tuition bills. That’s thanks to the Morgantown...

Penn State’s current campus ecosystem is ‘not sustainable,’ commonwealth campus chancellor says

Penn State’s current campus ecosystem is not sustainable, Penn State commonwealth campus executive chancellor Margo Dellicarpini told faculty senators...

Why Pitt chose to move on from Heather Lyke — and the daunting challenge facing its next AD

When the University of Pittsburgh relieved Heather Lyke of her duties as athletic director Sept. 9, the move surprised many in Pitt’s athletic community...

These Pitt for Lifers came as students and never left

By SUSAN JONES The ranks of employees who came to Pitt as students and never left range from deans and administrators to faculty and staff at every level. We asked those who are “Pitt for Life” to...

How a New President’s First Year Slipped Away

The leader of Portland State University had bold plans for her first year in office. But searing tumult has left the success of her presidency in limbo.

Heather Lyke out as Pitt athletic director; nationwide search for replacement already underway

The Heather Lyke era at Pitt has come to an abrupt end.  The university announced Monday that the school’s athletic director since 2017 was...