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OdysseyNow: More Than a Game
Gaming’s popularity has surpassed all other forms of narrative media, including books and movies.
December Dietrich School Fine Arts Events
Support the Arts at the Dietrich School by attending one of these fine arts events!
Chemistry Professors win 2025 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award
Lillian Chong and Angela Gronenborn, both professors in the Department of Chemistry at the Dietrich School, and their joint graduate student, Darian Yang, received a 2025 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award for Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences.
Join BEDI for a book talk this Thursday
Join the Dietrich School for a book talk event presented by the Behavioral Economics Design Initiative (BEDI) featuring Judd Kessler, Professor of Business Economics at The Wharton School.
RJ Thompson won the Dr. Tom Baker Community Leader Award
RJ Thompson has been selected as the 2025 Dr. Tom Baker Community Leader Award by Get Involved, Inc.
Join the Department of History and Philosphy of Science for some talkbacks
The Department of History of Philosophy and Science has several upcoming talks that are open to the public. You can find more information about the events, including Zoom links, below.
A Dietrich School professor earned a Dr. Larry E. Davis Award
The University of Pittsburgh will honor seven faculty members, including one Dietrich faculty member, whose achievements in scholarship, leadership, mentorship and community engagement embody the legacy of Dean Emeritus Larry E. Davis.
Clark Chilson published a book about being nonreligious in Japan
Clark Chilson, an associate professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Religious Studies, published “On Being Nonreligious in Contemporary Japan” with Bloomsbury earlier this year.
Pitt students and staff took home awards at a statewide TRIO conference
Staff and students affiliated with two Pitt TRIO programs were honored at the 2025 PA TRIO Annual Conference.
Join Pitt Stages for their final show of the season!
Pitt Stages at the Dietrich School will be closing its fall season lineup with Ellen McLaughlin’s Iphigenia and Other Daughters, a modern retelling of the fall of the House of Atreus.
Research and Innovation Live with Nature 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.
Dietrich School Fine Arts Events
Support the Arts at the Dietrich School by attending one of these fine arts events!
Edith Balas Memorial Lecture
The inaugural Edith Balas Memorial Lecture is happening this Wednesday, November 5.
Pitt Biologist’s Partnership with Audubon Recognized with $2 Million Bezos Earth Fund Award
A research team led by Justin Kitzes, associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, is collaborating with the National Audubon Society to use artificial intelligence in bird conservation across Latin America.
Dietrich School professor awarded honors at 2026 Yeast Genetics Meeting
Karen Ardnt, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded the Lee Hartwell Lecture for the 2026 Yeast Genetics Meeting.