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faculty & staff community
August 14, 2019 - 8:57am
Pitt–Titusville Welcomes 3 Partners in Developing Education Hub
Three partners have announced their commitment to join with the University to develop Titusville’s new education and training hub, which will offer new and enhanced academic and workforce training programs.
August 14, 2019 - 8:48am
Art and Ancestry
Whether she’s in the advising office serving first-generation students or engaging with Pittsburgh youth making Africana art on the weekends, creativity follows Sheba Gittens.
August 7, 2019 - 9:27am
Center for Urban Education Hosts Sold-out Educator Forum
The Center for Urban Education hosted its annual forum, which brought together K-12 higher ed teaching practitioners and scholars to tackle the topic of how to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline.
July 19, 2019 - 12:00am
Just Discipline Project Shows Progress in New Report
A project out of Pitt’s School of Social Work designed to reduce out-of-school suspensions at the Pittsburgh-area...
July 19, 2019 - 12:00am
Office of Child Development Develops Parenting Guide of Original Research
Over the past decade, experts at the Office of Child Development, part of the School of Education, developed a set of...
May 22, 2019 - 12:00am
New Awards Celebrate Pitt’s Community Partnerships
Five outstanding community partnerships were recognized in the University’s first annual Senior Vice Chancellor for...
May 2, 2019 - 12:00am
Sociology Department Chair Wins Lifetime Achievement Award
Suzanne Staggenborg, chair of the Department of Sociology at Pitt, has been honored with the John D. McCarthy Award for...
May 1, 2019 - 1:06pm
Kids Join Faculty, Staff for Take Your Child to Work Day
Across the University, staff, faculty and their littlest guests took part in a variety of activities that ranged from University- and department-wide to special one-on-one experiences.
April 24, 2019 - 12:00am
Lina Dostilio Named First Research Fellow for Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities
The Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) has named Lina Dostilio CUMU’s first research fellow. During...
April 8, 2019 - 12:00am
Justin Phillip Reed Named Fellow in Creative Writing at CAAPP
The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (CAAPP) has named Justin Phillip Reed as its new creative writing...