The Provost’s Diversity Institute for Faculty Development will take place April 29 to June 12 and offers faculty the opportunity to increase their awareness about diversity and to develop skills needed to teach in a diverse, multicultural environment.
The Office of the Provost awarded its 2019 Personalized Education Grants to a range of initiatives that include improving the first-year student experience, driving civic engagement and offering hands-on learning opportunities.
A 12-week pop-up lecture series at the University is teaching people about the rhetoric around religious hatred in the context of today’s global climate.
The election of faculty representatives to the Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences Search Committee is currently underway. Online voting through my.pitt.edu takes place March 13-25, 2019.
The University’s 2019 Mentoring and Advising Summit gave Pitt faculty and staff a chance to learn about new technologies and share best practices for building a diverse and inclusive culture of advising.
The School of Computing and Information has recently launched a professional institute designed to steer early- and mid-career professionals into high pay, high-demand tech industry careers.
At the University’s 43rd Honors Convocation ceremony, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and Provost Ann Cudd recognized Pitt students and faculty for their achievements during the 2018-19 academic year.
Thirteen faculty members were honored with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s Distinguished Public Service, Research and Teaching Awards, announced at the 43rd annual Honors Convocation.
The University community is invited to an open mic night hosted by the Center for Creativity and Pitt Active Minds to help destigmatize mental illness by offering participants a chance to share their experiences. The event takes place on March 4 in the William Pitt Union.