University Times

Nydiaris Hernandez-Santos, left, a graduate student in immunology, and Thomas Lee of the English Language Institute tackle vines along Lawn Street as part of yesterday’s Pitt Day of Caring activities. About 300 faculty, staff and students from Pitt volunteered to lend a hand with service projects in Oakland, Lawrence-ville, Hazelwood, the Hill District and East Liberty as part of the 20th annual Pitt Day of Caring.

Jeanne Stoner of governmental relations masks laundry room shelving.

Amy Korb of Human Resources hands out name tags and waiver forms to volunteers gathering for a day of tree planting at Schenley Park.

In bucket brigade fashion, a team of volunteers retrieved bricks left behind when homes in the Oakcliffe neighborhood were razed in 1914. The reclaimed bricks will become part of an arbor at the entrance to the Oakcliffe Greenway near the corner of Lawn and Hamlet streets. David Panasiuk of the Oakcliffe Housing Club hands bricks up to Ece Ulus of the English Language Institute.

Marlon Jones

Ginnie Reiner

Gary Doheny

Painting was a big part of yesterday’s Day of Caring activities. Marlon Jones of the Graduate School of Public Health prepares an office wall at People’s Oakland. At Family House, Ginnie Reiner of pharmacology and chemical biology cleans a door and Gary Doheny of Pitt’s Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research paints parking posts.

Lily Hoy of financial information systems wipes an interior door at Family House to prepare it for a new coat of paint.