University of Pittsburgh Office of Engagement and Community Affairs

09/15/2026

See ya from 5 to 7 p.m. this evening, West Oakland! Let's party! 🎉

Fall term, meet Be A Good Neighbor Block Party season. 🤝🎉 Join us throughout Oakland every Tuesday in September for fun, food, and community. All are welcome; parties take place rain or shine! ☀️

Save the date(s) and find more info at www.community.pitt.edu/2026blockparties

09/15/2026

The Day of Caring is back! 💙💛 Pitt staff and faculty are invited to join us for a day of giving back and engaging with community partners who would benefit from extra help. On Friday, Oct. 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., volunteers will head out to locations throughout Pittsburgh to take part in a variety of projects--from gardening, to painting, to cleanups, and more!

Sign up to volunteer by Sept. 30 by visiting www.community.pitt.edu/2026dayofcaring

09/09/2026

🌱 Members of the environmental honors fraternity Epsilon Eta Delta, in collaboration with the Oakcliffe Community Organization, are reviving the formerly neglected Oakcliffe Community Garden. With nearly 40 shrubs already planted and years of overgrowth cleared away, the aim is to make the garden both operational and open to everyone in the area. Learn more about this partnership in Pittwire: https://pitt.ly/4x4cXeN

09/08/2026

See you later from 5 to 7 p.m. in Oakland Square!! 🎉

Fall term, meet Be A Good Neighbor Block Party season. 🤝🎉 Join us throughout Oakland every Tuesday in September for fun, food, and community. All are welcome; parties take place rain or shine! ☀️

Save the date(s) and find more info at www.community.pitt.edu/2026blockparties

09/08/2026

Congrats to ECA's Vernard Alexander, director of the University of Pittsburgh Community Engagement Center in Homewood, on this incredible honor! 🎉🎉

08/31/2026

Starting TOMORROW and running every Tuesday in September!! See you on Sept. 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. in North Oakland! 🎉

Fall term, meet Be A Good Neighbor Block Party season. 🤝🎉 Join us throughout Oakland every Tuesday in September for fun, food, and community. All are welcome; parties take place rain or shine! ☀️

Save the date(s) and find more info at www.community.pitt.edu/2026blockparties

08/18/2026

One word to describe last week: WOW. 🤩🎉

Last Wednesday, Aug. 12 we celebrated something unforgettable. Not just the grand opening of the University of Pittsburgh Community Engagement Center in the Hill District in our new home in the historic New Granada Theater, but also the power of community and collaboration.

Thank you to the Hill Community Development Corporation for your partnership and collaboration, and congratulations for completing Phase 1 of the restoration of the extraordinary New Granada Theater. Thank you to our Pitt collaborators in residence: University of Pittsburgh Jazz Studies for bringing the outstanding Tony Campbell Quartet to perform, and to the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics for helping to make our celebration so special. Thank you to the Hill District Neighborhood Advisory Council for helping guide this work for more than five years.

And, of course, thank you to the community members, partners, University of Pittsburgh colleagues, and friends who joined us in celebrating this incredible milestone. 💙💛

Learn more about this milestone in Pittwire: https://pitt.ly/4bSVgaj

08/13/2026

Congratulations to Dara Méndez and La'Vette Wagner, recipients of Pitt Health Sciences' inaugural Community-Building Excellence Award. The honor, conferred by the Office of Health Sciences Engagement and Enrichment, recognizes their exceptional commitment to fostering connected and supportive communities on Pitt’s campus or in neighboring areas.

Learn more on the Pitt Health Sciences website: https://pitt.ly/4z3dRdJ

Dara Méndez and La’Vette Wagner are the recipients of the inaugural University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Community-Building Excellence Award

08/12/2026

Fall term, meet Be A Good Neighbor Block Party season. 🤝🎉 Join us throughout Oakland every Tuesday in September for fun, food, and community. All are welcome; parties take place rain or shine! ☀️

Save the date(s) and find more info at www.community.pitt.edu/2026blockparties

08/11/2026

Join us Aug. 29 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the William Pitt Union Ballroom for the first annual Building Bridges: Gismondi Neighborhood Education Program (GNEP) Educational Summit. 🎉Enjoy light bites, learning, and networking to celebrate a new academic year and a new year of programming for GNEP.

All are welcome: GNEP tutors past, present, and future, Pitt colleagues, programming partners, and friends. Join us in building bridges to ensure exceptional educational experiences for our Pitt students and the youth they serve.

RSVP by Aug. 19 at cec.pitt.edu/GNEPsummit