Nationality Rooms Program and Intercultural Exchange
Pitt’s Nationality Rooms are turning 100. Here’s how to celebrate.
We found six ways to learn about the history of the global scholarship and heritage program from faculty and student experts this spring.
5 things to do in December
From holiday lights to pinecone crafts to an ugly sweater contest at Neville Roller Drome, here's how to make the month memorable.
Go behind the scenes as Pitt’s Nationality Rooms are decorated for the holidays
Tours begin Nov. 25, and the annual open house will be held in person on Dec. 4 after a two-year hiatus.
Go behind the scenes of the Pitt Nationality Room that portrays colonial life in America
Get a closer look at how English colonists lived before the founding of the United States of America.
E. Maxine Bruhns, who dedicated her career to embracing cultural diversity, dies at 96
Known as a “citizen of the world,” Bruhns was responsible for raising the visibility of Pitt’s beloved Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs and growing the program to represent 31 different cultures or regions from around the world.
Pitt celebrated the newly dedicated Philippine Nationality Room with a festival of song and dance
The new Philippine Nationality Room, designed after consultation with scholars and architects from Manila, represents the influence of cultures that make up the nation, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands.
Pitt will dedicate a Philippine Nationality Room
The June 9 ceremony will be followed by a cultural festival with music, dancing and food.
The Nationality Rooms Scholarships awarded record funding this year
The scholarships will support the study abroad research endeavors of 54 students.
Pitt’s Nationality Rooms were featured on a National Geographic ‘cool list’
The 30 rooms inside the Cathedral of Learning represent different cultures from the world. Most also function as classrooms, and the public is welcome to tour the rooms yearround.