Kamesha Spates was a panelist at the 2025 Engagement in the Black Community: A Virtual NAADC Summit
On February 6, Kamesha Spates, the William S.
Community
Learn about pseudoscience in the next Dietrich School Science Revelead Series
The Dietrich School's Science Revealed Series continues on Tuesday, April 1 with Science vs. Pseudoscience: Let's Get Real. The series aims to connect researchers with the community at a time when science is more important than ever.
Science vs. Pseudoscience: Let’s Get Real will focus on critical thinking and evaluating sources of information:
Pitt Stages is bringing this professor’s play to life for the first time
Pitt Stages is kicking off its spring season with “Morning Reckoning,” a play that harkens back to the 1990s, a golden era of boy bands and teen girl fandom — and formative years for playwright Kelly Trumbull.
Trumbull is a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Theatre Arts within Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Though she has directing experience, she’s taken a hands-off approach to her show’s Pitt debut. It’s the first time “Morning Reckoning” has been performed in its entirety.
Pitt's Department of English has teamed up with the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation
According to the Pew Research Center, Black journalists only represent 6% of all current working journalists.
Liann Tsoukas Interviewed About Mal Goode on KDKA
Liann Tsoukas, a teaching professor in the Department of History at the Dietrich School, was interviewed by KDKA for a story on Mal Goode. Mal was the first black network news correspondent to work as a national television correspondent in the United States.
16 Pitt affiliates were named to the Pittsburgh Business Times Power 100
Pittsburgh Business Times released their 2025 Power 100 list. The list, which honors “the region’s most influential business leaders,” included 16 Pitt affiliates of which three are Dietrich School alumnus:
- Ken Gormley (A&S ’77)
- Gregg Perelman (A&S ’84)
- Clifford Rowe Jr. (A&S ’72)
Inspired by August Wilson, he’s teaching the next generation of performers
This story was originally published in PittWire by Kara Elyse Henderson, photography by Tom Altany
Join Pitt in Celebrating Douglass Day!
Black history? A bake off? What could be better!? Join the English Department at the Dietrich School for Douglass Day at the University of Pittsburgh on Friday, February 14 from 12-3 PM in the Robert Henderson Language Media Center (Cathedral of Learning G17). Douglass Day celebrates Frederick Douglass’s chosen birthday (Valentine’s Day) and represents an opportunity to discover and contribute to Black history by transcribing historical documents.
Join the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies For a Lecture on Activism
Join the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies for:
"Bearing Witness: What Grief Teaches Us About Solidarity, Activism, and What We Can Do Now" with Dr. Z. Nicolazzo
The event takes place on Tuesday, February 4 at 3 pm at the CUE Commons rooms 4310 and 4316.