Bill Cosby

PITTSBURGH — The University of Pittsburgh Friday said it is rescinding an honorary degree given years ago to actor and comedian Bill Cosby, and in doing so, is the latest school to strip an honor from him amid accusations of sexual misconduct.

“Based on a unanimous recommendation from the University Committee for honorary degree recipients, the University of Pittsburgh has rescinded the honorary doctor of humane letters degree awarded to Bill Cosby in 2002 at the commencement ceremony on Pitt’s Johnstown campus,” the school said in a statement.

The committee found that “certain actions on Mr. Cosby’s part — unknown to the public at the time and subsequently admitted by him — were in conflict with the stated basis for awarding the degree and inconsistent with the core values and principles of the University,” the statement continued.

Pitt confirmed earlier this fall that it was reviewing the degree amid continuing allegations of sexual misconduct by Cosby.

Cosby has not been charged with a crime.

The state-related university of nearly 35,000 students joins several other universities to pull back degrees from Cosby.

Carnegie Mellon University also has awarded Cosby an honorary degree. He received an honorary doctorate humane letters in 2007, the same year he gave the school’s commencement address.

Up until this month, Carnegie Mellon said it had no plans to revisit the award. But a statement provided Friday by spokeswoman Abby Simmons said “the university is having internal discussions about Bill Cosby’s honorary degree. The university has not made a decision at this time.”