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Dietrich School Faculty Offer Earth Day Program on Sustainability in the Arts
On Monday, April 22 Dietrich School faculty members from the Film and Media Studies Program and the Departments of English, Music, and Studio Arts will discuss how sustainability and environmental concerns (and triumphs) impact the creative practices of Pitt faculty.
Dietrich School Faculty, Students Receive Sustainability Awards
The Pitt Sustainability Awards were presented at a luncheon on April 19, honoring those who have made an extraordinary impact on sustainability at the University. Several Dietrich School faculty and students were recognized.
New Dietrich School Program Aims to Promote Sense of Belonging
Department chairs and staff leaders at the Dietrich School have been creating new events to draw their personnel to campus, and those in charge of this new program think it is building a better sense of belonging after the long separation caused by the pandemic.
Earth Month Features: Pittsburgh's Three Rivers and Their Tributaries
The chemistry of rivers strongly influences water quality and how river water affects human populations and ecosystem health. Water quality in southwestern Pennsylvania inherits a legacy of contamination from varied industrial outputs and human activities.
Dietrich School Professor Wants to Make Physics More Diverse
A recent article in Nature Physics by Chandralekha Singh, Distinguished Professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Physics and Astronomy, discusses the problems with physics culture and provides a road map for making departments in the field more equitable.
Dietrich School Students Among NSF Honorees
The National Science Foundation has named its 2024 class of Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) scholars, and several Dietrich School students are among the honorees.
Dietrich School Alum, Student Among Boren Winners
Angela Le (A&S ’23) will be studying Vietnamese in Vietnam and Griffin Mekler-Culbertson, a senior in the Dietrich School, will be studying Mandarin in Taiwan.
Dietrich School Research Team Is Solving a Mini Mystery of Cell Division
Scientists have long thought the minuscule organisms were using a risky division process. Andrew Mugler, associate professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Physics and Astronomy, is part of a team that looked at molecular levels to set the record straight.
Dietrich School Faculty Member Helps Measure the Universe
The first Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) results made the most precise measurement yet of our expanding universe. Jeffrey Newman, professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Physics and Astronomy, was part of the team that designed the survey.
Pitt Sustainability Symposium Happening This Friday!
The 17th annual Pitt Sustainability Symposium is happening on April 19th.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month Resources
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and here at the Dietrich School, we support survivors. If you or someone you know is looking for help, we have created a list of resources below.
Earth Month Features: The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory created an interactive water quality map for the city
This story was originally featured on November 1, 2023 in PittWire
The Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach (Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory) released an interactive site on Pittsburgh's Three Rivers and Their Tributaries, the culmination of a yearslong data collection effort.
The Inaugural Issue of PIMR for the Dietrich School Community has Officially Launched
The Dietrich School is excited to announce the launch of a new peer-reviewed open-access journal, the Pittsburgh Interdisciplinary Mathematics Review (PIMR), the first collaborative effort between the School’s Department of Mathematics and the University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Earth Month Features: Pitt’s Water Collaboratory issued report cards for Allegheny County water systems
This story was originally featured on August 17, 2023, by Brandie Jefferson in PittWireIn a joint project with Women for a Healthy Environment, the University’s Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach determined that fragmentation, a lack of transparency and insufficient affordability protections are barriers to equitable access to clean water throughout Allegheny County.
Big Idea Competition 2024 Concludes with Two Dietrich Winning Students
Two Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences student team members won big at the 16th Big Idea Competition hosted by Pitt’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship's (OIE) Big Idea Center