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Next Pittsburgh interviewed associate history professor in the Dietrich School, Laurence Glasco, for their article Segregated history of Highland Park Pool highlights ‘Pittsburgh’s brand of apartheid’. The article takes a look at Pittsburgh’s once-segregated public pools and how it alludes to a larger theme of apartheid. You can read the article here.

Aleeza Ben Shalom loved to play matchmaker when she was an undergrad at Pitt. “It was just for fun,” she recalls. “I was a go-between with my friends, constantly trying to put people together.”

What started as strong interpersonal skills and a good eye for romantic pairings have evolved for Ben Shalom (A&S ’99) into a thriving career as a Jewish matchmaker.

You can read the full article in Pitt Magazine.

When Bugs Bunny walked into the William Pitt Union recently, there were no apparent PhDs around for him to ask the enduring question: “What’s up, doc?” That didn’t stop him from going down his own University of Pittsburgh rabbit hole. Jeff Bergman (A&S ’83) is a man of many animation voices whose career was launched four decades ago in this very student union, at WPTS-AM radio.

You can read the full article in PittWire.

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.

Departments have provided lunches, held trainings, discussed how to implement webinars and had doughnuts for new employees, among other events so far, she said. Grants for staff events (at $25 per staff employee in a department) are available under Dietrich’s new Community Team Building fund.