Dietrich School Earns Pitt Green Office, Sapling Recognition
The Dietrich School's Office of the Dean has been honored with the Pitt Green Office, Sapling designation by the University of Pittsburgh's Office of Sustainability.
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Horror is alive and well at the Dietrich School's new Horror Studies Center
The macabre is all around us, monsters lurking in every corner, and not all of them are fictional. Just ask English and Film and Media Studies professor Adam Lowenstein.
Horror is the intersection of many areas of study, and Lowenstein aims to connect them all, which is why he has been working like the living dead for years, alongside numerous collaborators across Pitt and beyond, to establish a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary Horror Studies Center.
It’s ALIVE! – The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh announces a new Horror Studies Center
A new, first-of-its-kind Horror Studies Center has just been launched at the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Adam Lowenstein, a professor in the Department of English and the Film and Media Studies Program, leads the project, with collaborators across the university and the world in support. The center consists of five pillars:
Ecosystem Research at Pitt's Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology
Pitt’s Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology is only one hundred miles north of the University’s bustling Oakland campus, but for some it seems like a different world. Surrounded by quiet forest on the shore of a fishing lake that straddles the Pennsylvania-Ohio state line, Pitt students and researchers have enjoyed field and laboratory experiences here for generations. Known informally as PLE, the facility has space for large-scale research and ecosystems studies where students and researchers can get their hands on plants and animals in their natural environments.
Girls Summer Math Camp keeps growing in numbers
The Department of Mathematics at the Dietrich School hosted its second annual Girls Summer Math Camp last month.
Fighting for Darker Skies: Diane Turnshek Brings Pittsburgh’s Night Back into Focus
On a clear night in Pittsburgh, it can be hard to find more than a dozen stars. But Diane Turnshek, adjunct assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has dedicated her career to changing that. A longtime advocate for reducing light pollution, Turnshek is working to restore the brilliance of the night sky: one community, one policy, and one story at a time.
8 Dietrich School faculty developed new courses as Seminar in Composition fellows
This summer, eight faculty members in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences worked to develop new courses as part of the first Seminar in Composition Fellowship cohort.
The impetus of the fellowship is to expand Pitt’s Seminar in Composition (SC) course offerings. Focused on developing reading, writing and discussion skills, SC classes are required for most undergraduates at the University. All SC courses are guided by the same learning goals, regardless of the instructor or whether a specific discipline informs the course.
Pop Meets Page: How Taylor Swift Inspired a Hit Literature Course at Pitt
In a classroom where literature and lyrics collide, students in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh are taking a deep dive into two of the most intricate storytellers of their respective centuries: Vladimir Nabokov and Taylor Swift.
The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory is making waves
The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory, with Jonathan Burgess at the helm, has collaborated with the National Wildlife Federation to help kickstart the restoration of the Ohio River
Summer Studio Design students are falling for Fallingwater
It’s a typical rainy day in Pennsylvania, but that hasn’t deterred any of the students in the Experiencing Architecture: Fallingwater Summer Design Studio. In fact, the rain has let up enough that one of the students, Claudia Engfer, has suggested walking to Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece, Fallingwater, from their current residence.