Campus Sustainability Month is bringing green events to Pitt

Take a mini-course, listen to a talk on environmental justice or attend a virtual sustainability conference. Find ways to get engaged with sustainability on and off campus.

Honors College undergrads relaunch old journal with new tech

The Honors College celebrates the relaunch of the Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review — a student-led journal of scholarship and creative works — with a new open-access platform thanks to the library system.

Alumna chases opportunities at NASA

Stephanie Jiménez (A&S ’21) put her Pitt degree to work this summer as an intern for a NASA program that addresses environmental issues.

Resident Assistants aid back to school transition

Resident Assistants act as guides, counselors and friends to on-campus students. Pittwire spoke to three of them about how they got their jobs and the term ahead.

Big Picture

As today’s challenges mount, Pitt nurtures tomorrow’s big data problem solvers.

Pitt's University Honors College appoints a new dean

Following a comprehensive search, historian Nicola Foote from Arizona State University has been named the new dean of the University Honors College, effective July 1.

University Honors College names an interim dean

Joseph McCarthy, vice provost for undergraduate studies, will serve as a search for the new dean continues.

A Dietrich School alumna was named as a Rhodes scholar

Lia Petrose, a 2017 graduate with degrees in neuroscience and economics, will head to the University of Oxford in the U.K. to study computer science and philosophy.

A dean was selected for Pitt's University Honors College

Brian A. Primack, a scholarly researcher and professor of medicine, pediatrics and clinical and translational science in the School of Medicine, will commence his deanship July 1. 

The University Honors College has created special funds to support programs and research to combat racism

Pitt Honors will also support special project proposals from students and staff.