They will receive funding for immersive summer projects and innovative dissertation research.

Audio and transcripts of interviews with nearly 70 humanities researchers are available now.

The scholars in rhetoric, musicology, theatre arts and more will receive $10,000 for their summer research projects.

Eight faculty members from across Pitt will lead colloquiums and develop courses while participating in the center’s activities.

The students receive $5,000 in funding for a summer program, which they will shape in spring and fall seminars.

Film and media studies professor Adam Lowenstein brings his expertise to Pittsburgh’s 50th anniversary celebration of the classic horror flick “Night of the Living Dead.”

The inaugural class of Pitt’s Public Humanities Fellowship Program spent much of summer 2017 assisting Pittsburgh-based organizations with research support — including delving into Civil War-era records.