Join the Dietrich School's Department of Economics for the next part of their McKay Lecture series sponsored by the McKay Fund. The lecture is on March 29 from 2-3:30 p.m in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium and is open to the public. This year’s lecturer is John A. List who will be speaking on the topic “Leveraging Private Sector Data to Help Inform Major Social Challenges.”
Daniel Williams, Ph.D., an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Dietrich School’s Department of Geology and Environmental Science was featured in ESRI's ArcUser magazine’s Fall 2023 issue.
The Article focuses on William’s use of Deep Learning in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) classes. The article also highlights Pitt’s GIS certificate and how it can make students more competitive in that field.
The Dietrich School's Department of Studio Arts has a new exhibit opening on March 21 and running through April 20. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, March 21 from 6 – 8 p.m.
The Exhibition, Neither Here nor There, is an exhibition of the Studio Arts Faculty curated by Ellen Larson.
From Studio Arts:
Jonathan Callard, part-time instructor in the Dietrich School’s Department of English, was recently published in PublicSource. Callard’s article, ‘Family together’: What Clairton’s football coach and his city taught me about love, chronicles how some of his Pitt students helped inspire a new non-fiction book he is writing about family and football.
Candace Burgess, a doctoral student in the Dietrich School's Department of Music, sat down with NBC's Harry Smith to talk about her graduate work focusing on the lives and legacies of Black classical composers, singers historical Black Classical music communities as seen in Brazil, and New Orleans, Louisiana.
When Alaina Roberts, associate professor in the Dietrich School's Department of History, was a sophomore at University of California, Santa Barbara, a professor’s assignment on race and creating a family tree sent her on a quest that ultimately resulted in, “I’ve Been Here All the While,” a book that has been described as a “lovingly personal narrative” by the Journal of Southern History and “a well-timed and welcome read [that is] hard to put down” by the Journal of African American Studies.
Four Dietrich School faculty members have received 2024 Chancellor's Awards in recognition of their accomplishments in public service, research, and teaching.
The Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Writing Program and Teaching Associate Professor in the Dietrich School's Department of English, Shannon Reed published an opinion piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The article titled, “Uncomfortable silences are necessary” was published on February 25. Reed discusses the uncomfortable silence surrounding pointing out micro-aggressions with racism.
Marian Kaelin, a junior in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences studying Urban Planning, has been recognized by Councilperson Bob Charland for her superior work interning with his office. She has not only been vital in her interning role, but she has gone beyond the work asked of her and is currently helping a senior resident who needs help with housing.
