Penn State Center Pittsburgh connects the Pittsburgh region with the University’s faculty, staff, and programs to support sustainable and equitable communities through research, local outreach, engaged scholarship, and educational opportunities.
The Pittsburgh Studio course connects students to a local community to address place-based issues through design. This past spring semester, students in the studio focused on the Triboro Ecodistrict of Millvale, Etna, and Sharpsburg.
Robert and Patty Tunno’s CITY (Community Innovation Training for Youth) program at the Penn State Center Pittsburgh has been creating unique and engaging experiences for local youth since 2016. The program served its last group of students in 2020 and will no longer be held.
One of the biggest questions facing our world today is “how can people still be hungry when there is so much food available?” The short answer: poverty and lack of resources. Though there is enough food in the world to feed everyone in it, many individuals cannot afford food for their family.
