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Archaeology Day: Pitt Takes a Trip to Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village

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.

WESA Talks New UAG Exhibit, Joe Magarac Returns, and Pennsylvania's Heavy Industry Collapse

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.

Preserving Democracy Forum

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.

October 2 Panel: Winners and Losers in the Next 2024 Election

The Department of Sociology in the Dietrich School is hosting a panel next Wednesday, October 2, on the upcoming 2024 election. Speakers include Lara Putnam, a Professor of History, Fernando Tormos-Aponte, an Assistant Professor of Sociology, and Kristin Kanthak, an Associate Professor of Political Science. The event will take place at the Center for Urban Education room, Posvar, 4th floor at 12 pm The event is sponsored by the Department of Sociology, Department of Political Science, and Pitt Cyber.
 

Eight Dietrich School Faculty Named “Most Valuable Professors” by Pitt Volleyball Student-Athletes

Dietrich School Faculty Invited by Student-Athletes to Attend Pitt Volleyball Match

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 Talks to KDKA About Pittsburgh's Moon Tree

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.