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How to Create Anti-racist Virtual Classrooms: Strategies for Teachers and Families
This back-to-school season, the PittEd Justice Collective convened a panel of experts for a webinar on how to create remote learning environments that are anti-racist and equitable.
Concierge Program Aims to Model Healthy Behaviors
Staff and faculty are invited to be part of the Building Safety Concierge Program—a network that promotes and supports healthy behaviors in University buildings.
Something Old, Something New: Upgrades Bring Unique Features to Hillman Library
The third floor of Hillman Library is now home to a high-tech display for the University’s Archives and Special Collections, as well as a vintage letterpress. Plus, catch other construction updates
Bioengineering Student Plugs in to Complex Tech
Ever wondered how to move a mechanical arm using only your mind? Third-year student Audrey Case can explain.
New Anti-Racism Course Aims to Inspire Paths of Scholarly Activism and Black Study
As fall term begins, first-year Pitt students will be required to take a new course on anti-Black racism. The class, open to all students, is centered around the roots, ideology and resistance to anti
Pitt Alum, Student Participate in Democratic National Convention Events
This week, Katie Fricchione (A&S ’12) is putting her Pitt degree to work as deputy director of public engagement for the DNC. And public health graduate student Amy Raslevich shared her personal story
This Student Had COVID-19. Here’s What She Wants You to Know.
“If you can avoid it, you should avoid it, and there’s no reason to not take reasonable precautions,” says Madeleine Biache, a Pitt student who contracted COVID-19 this spring. See what advice she has
Orientation Programming Welcomes New Graduate and Professional Students
The Office of the Provost hosted and compiled a broad range of activities and resources for incoming graduate students to learn about their roles and explore options for connecting to their colleagues
Race for the Vaccine: Local Family Foundation Gives $100,000 to PittCoVacc Efforts
A physicist by trade, Ashok Trivedi is also an entrepreneur, technology industrialist and a philanthropist via the Trivedi Family Foundation.
Q&A: A Pitt historian unpacks dueling narratives of women’s suffrage
As the U.S. celebrates the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, historian Laura Lovett draws parallels to today’s activism and the years of work that ultimately secured women
New Dining Partners Bring More Plants and Perks to Pitt
Expanded local partnerships are brewing as the University begins the 2020-21 academic year with a new dining services partner and local coffee suppliers. Also on the menu: more flexible meal plans
Arrest by City Police Raises Concerns
Students, faculty and staff have raised concern about a widely-reported incident that took place Saturday afternoon as a march protesting police violence moved through Oakland. The University of
Pitt will offer more than 100 new flexible courses for 2020
From Afrofuturism in music to a new graduate certificate on transnational Asia, this academic year is set to offer students even more academic opportunities.
Pitt Celebrates an Old Tradition in a New Way
This year marks a celebration of the 100th annual Lantern Night, and like many events, it looks a little different this year. But this isn’t the first time the tradition has evolved.
Staying active, if distant, on campus
There’s lots to do on campus and “together” as you shelter in place. From cooperative online games to virtual K-Pop dance classes, Pittwire has ideas for students to keep busy and connected during
New Research Sheds Light on How Body Parts ‘Talk’ to Each Other
MicroRNAs, tiny molecules that circulate in the bloodstream, could be the key to how diseases from pulmonary hypertension to cancer spread throughout the body, a new study led by Stephen Chan has
Gallery: Pitt Arrival, COVID Style
Arrival for new and returning Pitt students began Aug. 11 with fewer lines and less traffic, but with all the anticipation that comes with the start of a new academic year—and added safety measures to
Contact Tracing Helps Prevent Campus Community Spread of COVID-19
Contact tracing has been underway at Pitt for months to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. To make it effective, the entire Pitt community is being asked to follow certain procedures when any of its
Child Welfare Resource Center Offers Virtual Retreat, Handmade Blankets to Foster Youth
The pandemic isn’t stopping more than 100 teens currently or recently in foster care from receiving support, advocacy and warmth at the annual Older Youth Retreat, sponsored in part by Pitt’s PA Child
10 Takeaways from Staff Town Hall
From reopening preparations to parking, the staff town hall covered what employees need to know, whether they’re working remotely or returning to campus.
