Jackie Smith, a professor in the Department of Sociology at the Dietrich School was interviewed for a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article highlighting the affordable housing market crisis and how most Pennsylvanians favor making housing more affordable.
Professor in the Department of History at the Dietrich School, Lara Putnam, was interviewed for a Pittsburgh Union Process article. The article explores the ins and outs of how local election officials run elections, including how they keep them safe and fraud-free.
The Department of Anthropology took a group of students, faculty, and staff to the Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village this past weekend for Archaeology Day. Attendees heard lectures from archaeologists from the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology who also helped identify artifacts and demonstrated prehistoric technology like flintknapping.
The University Art Gallery, run by Teaching Professor of Art and Architecture, Sylvia Rhor Samaniego, was featured in a WESA article recently published. The article talks about the new exhibit, Joe Magarac Returns, and the heavy industry collapse that happened in Western Pennsylvania. You can read the article here.
It’s LGBTQIA Disability Month and the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies has many events for you to enjoy! You can see their full list of events here.
Teaching Associate Professor Melissa Catanese, Visiting Assistant Professor Sean P.
Calling all Political Sciences students and faculty! On Tuesday, October 8 the Institute of Politics has a program scheduled featuring Jeffrey Kovar, the U.S. Dept. of State Assistant Legal Advisor for Political-Military Affairs, and the program is titled, NATO at 75 and the Importance of Alliances in U.S. Foreign Policy: A Lawyer's View. This program is available to attend in-person and virtually.
Eight faculty members from the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh were invited by Pitt volleyball student-athletes to attend their match against UMBC at Fitzgerald Field House on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
Rachel Bezanson, observational astronomer and associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy was interviewed by KDKA about the moon tree that is coming to Pittsburgh from NASA. The moon tree, which is a sweet gum tree, will be coming to Riverview Park and the Allegheny Observatory on October 6. You can read the full article here.
