The Pitt Green Fund aims to fund sustainability initiatives on Pitt’s campus to promote environmental justice. Leaders said they also hope to promote diversity, equity and justice on campus through their sustainability work.

Pitt joined a group of cities, universities and businesses that signed onto the World Resources Institute’s Cool Food Pledge this week, vouching to collectively cut food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030.

Returning Oakland residents might notice some new tall structures around their neighborhood, shaped like birdhouses and filled with thin, rolled up cardboard.