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7 fall events around Pittsburgh this October

Explore the city this October with street festivals, spooky tours and leaf-peeping spots

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  • Be welcoming and engaged
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Pitt honored the Tansky family’s dedication to the University with a space in Hillman Library

The Tansky Family Commons is named in honor of their most recent gift to the University Library System, which will support experiential learning and technology in the renovated space.

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Most people turn inward to make tough decisions, a new Pitt study found

Center for Philosophy of Science director Edouard Machery was a senior author on the research, which spanned 13 languages, 12 countries and five continents.

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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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‘The Good Mother Myth’ and more summer reading from Pitt alumni authors

Nancy Reddy's first work of narrative nonfiction asks "What makes a good mother?"

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  • Alumni
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If ChatGPT wrote this poem, would you like it more?

A study from Pitt Professor Edouard Machery suggests "AI-generated poems are now 'more human than human.'"

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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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7 free events in Pittsburgh this July

From downtown events like Picklesburgh and Anthrocon to car-free strolls in the Strip District, there are plenty of opportunities to get outside this month.

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A new Pitt center will weave history and place to build a comprehensive global atlas

The Institute of Spatial History Innovation will house an interactive database that offers historical context on more than 2 million locations worldwide.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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This Pitt alumna brings her passion for sustainability to the stage

You can find Sydney DuBose performing her unique eco-comedy at theaters around Pittsburgh.

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  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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6 free things to do around Pittsburgh this June

From outdoor concerts to movies on Flagstaff Hill, here’s how to make the month memorable.

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This new Pitt service helps investigators do research that’s ethically sound

The interdisciplinary RECS team consults with researchers on ethical questions and connects them with philosophers and historians elsewhere in the University.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt alumnus Elwin Cotman won a Whiting Award for his urban fantasy writing

The Dietrich School alum is among 10 emerging American authors who will receive a $50,000 grant to support furthering their literary work.

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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Explore 1960s Pittsburgh through a new Pitt photography collection

From civil rights figures and influential artists to everyday citizens, Frank Floyd Hightower captured an evolving city and Black community on film.

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This alumna is protecting people from cons, one podcast episode at a time

Laci Mosley pokes fun at grifters in “Scam Goddess,” an award-winning podcast and Hulu documentary series.

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  • Community Impact
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Gary Jackson blends poetry, comics and Afrofuturism to redefine Black narratives

The Dietrich School professor explores speculative storytelling through his scholarship and craft.

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Maria McDill sits at a table where quilt squares are laid out in front of her

This high school student is sewing a quilt inspired by her research in Pitt’s August Wilson Archive

Maria McDill, an August Wilson Archive Student Research Awardee, received mentorship and a stipend to support her project.

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Pitt Stages is bringing this professor’s play to life for the first time

“Morning Reckoning” harkens back to the golden age of boy bands and teen girl fandom that defined Kelly Trumbull’s adolescence. See it through Feb. 23.

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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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How this Pitt professor lent her voice to a hit medical drama

The School of Medicine’s Sylvia Owusu-Ansah shared her story with writers of HBO Max’s “The Pitt.”

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  • School of Medicine
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For this Pitt alumna, to dance is to dream

At Pittsburgh’s Hill Dance Academy Theatre, Ayisha Morgan-Lee uses Black dance to teach history and possibility.

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Alumni
  • School of Education
Students in Jennifer Hirsch’s Social Psychology of Reality TV course deliberate.

This Pitt professor designed a ‘Survivor’-style game to teach social psychology lessons

Jennifer Hirsch’s unique course lets students get in the heads of reality stars — and learn some lessons while they’re in there.

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  • Teaching & Learning
  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Live from New York, it’s Ben Asciutto

This Pitt alum’s childhood aspirations of working in the entertainment industry are coming true on the set of ‘Saturday Night Live.’

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  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences