Arts and Humanities

Nearly 70 entries from students, alumni, faculty, staff and the public celebrated the role of creativity in changing the world.

The funding will support the associate professor of English's project on the origins of modernity.

The University's senior vice chancellor and chief legal officer joined the board in 2017 and was named vice chair earlier this year.

Laura Clark Rohrer, editor-in-chief of Pitt Magazine, introduces the alumni publication’s first-ever fully digital issue. Watch for a mini documentary on George Romero, music from Uganda and more.

Actor, bibliophile and philanthropist Richard E. Rauh (A&S ’62, ’64G) has donated his rare book collection to the University of Pittsburgh Library System.

Jeff Bergman (A&S ’83) shares the story of how a chance encounter at Pitt led him to Hollywood. Hear his work in “Space Jam: A New Legacy” and listen to some of his best imitations.

Hear stories and poems of friendship, aging and kitchen chats from LGBTQ+ elders.

Face covering rules meant that students at Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School couldn’t use wind instruments this year. A gift of drums and maracas kept the students learning.

A film that began as a class project goes viral, enabling Pitt alumnae filmmakers to direct their first feature.

Born from frustration and a first-year classroom, senior Maia Stephenson’s work on hip-hop, diversity and rhetoric has earned her publication credits, funding and community connections.