Pitt Board News Today

Phil Bakken, the chief of staff to the NU president, will leave to become vice chancellor and secretary to the Pitt Board of Trustees on June 28.

The Board of Trustees elected a new chairperson and Chancellor Joan Gabel discussed the University’s research and development at the board’s first meeting of the year on Thursday afternoon. 

Many prospective college students and their parents are feeling angst over delays associated with the federal financial aid application, known as FAFSA, that millions rely on. An update to the application system last year has resulted in delays this year. As a result, it could be mid-March before colleges receive

Seven senior leaders at the University of Pittsburgh will see pay increases of 4% next year, bringing their base salaries to between $271,000 and nearly $1.1 million. The new pay levels were endorsed Tuesday morning by the Pitt Board of Trustees’ Compensation Committee and then approved by the full Board

During a press conference in Schenley Plaza Thursday morning, elected officials and students held a press conference where they urged House Republicans to support a bill that would provide funding for state-related universities in Pennsylvania.

Before Pennsylvania lawmakers adjourned for their summer break this year, they failed to pass a bill that would provide select universities, including Pitt, with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding. This article offers a look into the history, process and people behind this bill.

The university’s plans are part of a larger effort to usher the former manufacturing site into industries of the future.

For more than 50 years, Pitt has received substantial amounts of money to provide its in-state students with a discounted tuition cost. But this year, appropriations have been significantly delayed, potentially impacting tens of thousands of students.

Joan T.A. Gabel was named the university’s 19th chancellor on Monday.

University of Pittsburgh students can expect their tuition, housing and dining bills to go up next semester. On Thursday, the Pitt Board of Trustees budget and executive committees unanimously approved the university’s $2.7 billion operating budget and $667 million capital budget for the 2022-23 academic year. Highlights include:a 3.5% tuition