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Arabic Offically Offered as a Major and Minor in the Dietrich School

Exciting news for Arabic learners: Arabic will now be offered as a major and minor! Arabic, which falls under the Less-Commonly-Taught Languages Center in the Department of Linguistics in the Dietrich School, has been offered as a certificate program for the past 14 years. Roughly 380 million people speak Arabic worldwide. It is one of the top five most popular languages spoken. Starting this fall, it will be offered to all students who wish to pursue a major or minor in the language.

Dietrich Student Liam Weixel Talks About His Experience Studying the Amazon

Eulodia Dagua teaching two Pitt students, Pranav Rajupalepu (left) and Liam Weixel (right) how to wrap fish for cooking

When I heard about the project—since named HeritageRoots—and its goal of collecting and compiling indigenous narratives into a virtual experience, I was intrigued by its ambition. As a writing major, I saw the opportunity to study and adapt indigenous traditional knowledge as not only important work for cultural preservation, but a fascinating source of new knowledge to inform my own cultural understanding and writing.

Dietrich School Research Team Develops Fentanyl Sensor

A research team at Pitt led by Alexander Star, a chemistry professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has developed a fentanyl sensor that is six orders of magnitude more sensitive than any electrochemical sensor for the drug reported in the past five years. The portable sensor can also tell the difference between fentanyl and other opioids.