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Pitt Sustainability Symposium Happening This Friday!

The 17th annual Pitt Sustainability Symposium is happening on April 19th.

Sexual Assault Awareness Month Resources

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and here at the Dietrich School, we support survivors. If you or someone you know is looking for help, we have created a list of resources below.

Earth Month Features: The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory created an interactive water quality map for the city

This story was originally featured on November 1, 2023 in PittWire The Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach (Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory) released an interactive site on Pittsburgh's Three Rivers and Their Tributaries, the culmination of a yearslong data collection effort.

The Inaugural Issue of PIMR for the Dietrich School Community has Officially Launched

The Dietrich School is excited to announce the launch of a new peer-reviewed open-access journal, the Pittsburgh Interdisciplinary Mathematics Review (PIMR), the first collaborative effort between the School’s Department of Mathematics and the University of Pittsburgh Library System.

Earth Month Features: Pitt’s Water Collaboratory issued report cards for Allegheny County water systems

This story was originally featured on August 17, 2023, by Brandie Jefferson in PittWireIn a joint project with Women for a Healthy Environment, the University’s Pittsburgh Collaboratory for Water Research, Education, and Outreach determined that fragmentation, a lack of transparency and insufficient affordability protections are barriers to equitable access to clean water throughout Allegheny County.

Big Idea Competition 2024 Concludes with Two Dietrich Winning Students

Two Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences student team members won big at the 16th Big Idea Competition hosted by Pitt’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship's (OIE) Big Idea Center

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Dietrich School Faculty Awarded ACLS Fellowships

The Dietrich School is proud to announce that Dela Kuma and Kaliane Ung have been awarded 2024 Fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS).

Earth Month Features: Measuring Up

Welcome to the executive summary of the Measuring Up Report. Here, we summarize important highlights and have interactive maps with the findings. To read more about our intention, process, and findings, read the full report today!

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Dr. Ruth Mostern Named Vice President of World History Association

Dr. Ruth Mostern, the World History Center Director and professor in the Dietrich School’s Department of History has been named the Vice President of the World History Association (WHA).

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Senate Executive Committee Award for Service in the University Senate Announced

The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences congratulates teaching professor and undergraduate advisor in the Department of History, John Stoner. Professor Stoner has been selected unanimously by the Senate Executive Committee for the Award for Service in the University Senate.

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2024-25 CASBS Fellowship Awardee Announced

Associate Professor in the Dietrich School Department of Economics, Stephanie Wang, has been awarded the 2024-25 fellowship from The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University.

Earth Month Features: Come Health or High Water

Pitt joins an interdisciplinary team to investigate the connection between environmental changes and health for Black Americans

Dietrich Students Are Studying Solar Bands During the Eclipse

Dietrich School students spent Monday, April 8 in the Texas Hill Country studying shadow bands during the solar eclipse.

Pitt Alum Attended the EU-US Young Leaders Seminar

Michelle Furmansky, a Fulbright scholar and Dietrich School alumna traveled to Brussels to connect with leaders from across the globe for the EU-US Young Leaders Seminar.

2024 Pickering Fellows Announced

Dietrich School alumna, Khadajah Muhammad, was selected to the 2024 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program.