A series of workshops at the Swanson School of Engineering looked at the challenges women in STEM disciplines face, and offered men suggestions for how to be better allies in the effort for gender equity.
The Swanson School of Engineering's Alan D. George will lead the center, which is a joint initiative between Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University. George also founded the Center for Space, High-Performance and Resilient Computing.
James R. Martin II, the new U.S. Steel Dean for the Swanson School of Engineering, plans to leverage new paradigms in organizational leadership to transform not only the curriculum, but the traditional hierarchies of academia and management.
The Swanson School of Engineering has funding available for assistant professor-level faculty members with research interests or expertise in sustainable engineering.