News & Alerts

Talent Center's reporting platform will be unavailable on Friday, Sept. 18, from midnight to 5 a.m. while the system receives enhancements. Oracle, the vendor, determined this maintenance window. The HCM Solutions Team has completed checks to ensure that the system is ready for the update. In the unlikely event of an issue, the HCM Solutions Team will closely collaborate with Oracle to determine the cause and resolve the issue. If the outage periods are extended, an update will be provided at https://status.pitt.edu.

Some Talent Center functionality will be unavailable on the following dates while the system receives enhancements: • Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.: Reporting platform will be unavailable • Friday, Sept. 18, from midnight to 5 a.m.: Reporting platform will be unavailable

Some Talent Center functionality will be unavailable on the following dates while the system receives enhancements: • Wednesday, Sept. 9, from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m.: Search functionality will be unavailable • Tuesday, Sept. 15, from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m.: Reporting platform will be unavailable • Friday, Sept. 18, from midnight to 5 a.m.: Reporting platform will be unavailable

PittNet Wi-Fi and wired network service will be impacted overnight beginning at 10 p.m. in Sennott Square (floors 1-4) and the Salk Hall — Pharmacy building on Friday, Sept. 11, and continuing through 7 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 for both locations. During these windows, users may experience one or more rolling outages per floor, typically lasting one to two hours. The team will monitor progress and post updates here if significant changes or delays occur.

PittNet Wi-Fi and wired network service will be impacted overnight in Sennott Square (floors 5-6) beginning at 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, and continuing through 7 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11. During these windows, users may experience one or more rolling outages per floor, typically lasting one to two hours. The team will monitor progress and post updates here if significant changes or delays occur.

PittNet Wi-Fi and wired network service will be impacted overnight beginning at 7 p.m. in Park Plaza Building and Cathedral of Learning, at 10 p.m. in Lawrence Hall, and at 11 p.m. in the O’Hara Student Center on Wednesday, Sept. 9, and continuing through 7 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 for all locations. During these windows, users may experience one or more rolling outages per floor, typically lasting one to two hours. The team will monitor progress and post updates here if significant changes or delays occur.

PittNet Wi-Fi and wired network service will be impacted overnight beginning at 7 p.m. in Loeffler, Hieber, and Parkvale buildings on Tuesday, Sept. 8, and continuing through 7 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9 for all locations. During these windows, users may experience one or more rolling outages per floor, typically lasting one to two hours. The team will monitor progress and post updates here if significant changes or delays occur.

Pitt Digital has taken steps to resolve an issue that briefly affected new logins to PittNet Wi-Fi service for approximately twenty minutes this afternoon. Individuals who were already authenticated to PittNet Wi-Fi were not affected. Pitt Digital is closely monitoring the service to ensure continued reliability and stability. Any additional updates will be posted to status.pitt.edu.

Monitoring confirms the issue has been fully resolved.

To protect the University community, Pitt Digital will enforce a minimum version of the Zoom client beginning Monday, Sept. 14. Older versions of Zoom contain vulnerabilities that make users more susceptible to security risks. Updating gives you the latest security and privacy protections available for the app.

As part of a summer-long network modernization initiative that’s nearing completion, the University’s Wi-Fi network names are changing at participating UPMC locations.The next time Pitt affiliates visit one of the following locations, they should connect to Wi-Fi using the new PittNet network name. On Thursday, Sept. 3, the legacy WIRELESS-PITTNET and PITT GUEST WI-FI network names will no longer be available.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management is rolling out PittSAFE, the new Pitt-branded public safety app replacing RAVE Guardian, which will be discontinued Sept. 10. The app was shaped by University Communications and Marketing's design work, Public Safety's content updates, and Pitt Digital's testing and build support. PittSAFE offers features like Virtual Walkhome, Friend Walk, Mobile BlueLight, and campus-specific alerts, and is available now on the App Store and Google Play for Pitt community members and guests alike.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

Monitoring confirms the issue is fully resolved.

Pitt Digital completed a summer-long network modernization initiative that retired the legacy Wireless-Pittnet and Pitt Guest Wi-Fi networks on the Pittsburgh campus on Aug. 12. Faculty, staff and students now connect via PittNet, while visitors use the renamed Pitt Guest network. As part of the effort, the team installed nearly 4,000 new Wi-Fi access points in offices, classrooms and other non-residential spaces, upgraded wired connections, and conducted floor-by-floor building surveys to close coverage gaps.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

If you’re using Generative AI @ Pitt to help you work more efficiently, you probably already know that speed isn’t the only thing that matters. The way you use GenAI can also shape how your work lands with the people who read it — your colleagues, your manager, your peers.

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.

The vendor has resolved their issue and restored full access. Pitt Digital continues to monitor the affected service closely to ensure continued reliability and stability.

Health research can take years to design, conduct, analyze, and publish. Yet once the work appears in a medical journal, the people most affected by it can still struggle to understand what the findings mean for them.  

The scheduled maintenance has been completed.