CLAS Welcomes Emicida to Pitt's Campus in 60th Anniversary Celebrations
The Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) was happy to welcome Emicida to campus last week. Throughout the week, the Brazilian rapper, writer, entrepreneur, and contemporary thinker held a series of pop-up course sessions focusing on Brazilian history, culture and music.
Frederick Honors and German Department Encourage Fulbright Winners’ Work in Germany
Pitt has been named a top Fulbright-producing school nine times since 2013, and although recipients can work in over 160 countries, Germany is one of the most popular choices.
Third Annual Indigenous Cultural Festival Commences in Oakland
On a rainy Wednesday afternoon in Schenley Plaza, the loud echoes of drums and intertribal song echoed around Oakland from the “mini powwow” taking place as a part of the third annual Indigenous Cultural Festival.
Murtazashvili’s Public Service Helps International Scholars
Helping scholars from troubled places around the world — particularly Afghans before the Taliban takeover and Ukrainians during the current war — has been “challenging, but certainly the most rewarding work I have ever done,” says Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs faculty member and one of this year’s Chancellor’s Distingu
Collective Agency in Disability Performance: A Conversation with Alison Mahoney
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'Free Marc Fogel' Event at Pitt Seeks to Keep Former Oakmont Teacher Held in Russia in the Public Eye
When former Oakmont teacher Marc Fogel was arrested three years ago in Russia, the government there said it was because the longtime teacher at the Anglo-American School of Moscow possessed less than an ounce of medical marijuana.
Marc Fogel’s Family Attends Hostage Diplomacy Panel Hosted by University of Pittsburgh
The family of Marc Fogel attended a panel discussion about hostage diplomacy at the University of Pittsburgh on Saturday. Fogel has been imprisoned in Russia since 2021. The panel was hosted by the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies among others.
Pitt Archaeologists Helped Uncover the Earliest Evidence of Farming in East Africa
A trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya helps explain the history of plant farming in equatorial Eastern Africa, a region long thought to be important for early farming but where scant evidence from actual physical crops has been previously uncovered.
Kati Csoman’s Ties to Nationality Rooms Run Deep
Decades of her life, including her family’s background and early experiences at Pitt, have shaped her career, Kati Csoman, director of the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs, told Staff Council’s Coffee and Conversation event on Aug. 1.
Spotlight on Kati Von Lehman
Kati Von Lehman has been working in higher education since she became a Resident Assistant back in 1998. Over the years, she has worked for several different institutions and in different areas, but her favorite school has been the University of Pittsburgh!
Jonathan Chitiyo Published a Book for African Educators
Jonathan Chitiyo, associate professor of education at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and Center for African Studies faculty affiliate, has published a new book about teaching children with disabilities in Africa.
Former Pitt Basketball Star Marcedes Walker Soaking in Olympic Experience with Azerbaijan
Pitt women’s basketball alumna Marcedes Walker doesn’t know how she’ll feel when she first steps onto the Olympic 3x3 courts in Paris.
“Oh, that goes beyond nerves,” Walker said. “It still hasn’t hit me yet.”
When Walker takes the floor for Team Azerbaijan on July 30, it’ll be the culmination of a career that began right here in Pittsburgh.
Love of Track and Field Carries Pitt Product Christie-Lee Coad to Olympic Games
This technically won’t be the first Olympic Games for Christie-Lee Coad, a Thomas Jefferson High School product who earned her master’s degree in sports medicine at Pitt.
Now the co-head athletic trainer for USA Track & Field, Coad traveled to Tokyo in 2021, though the pandemic certainly altered the experience.
Pitt Women's Soccer Coach Randy Waldrum Prepares to Lead Nigeria at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris
If you had asked Nigeria women’s national coach Randy Waldrum back when he took over if he’d be coaching in the Olympics just four years later, he would’ve told you no.
But that’s the reality for the Pitt women’s soccer coach, as his team is one of the 12 competing in France over the next couple of weeks.
Pitt's Team Behind Team USA
With the 2024 Summer Olympics about to begin in Paris, the schools of the health sciences are proud to have multiple connections supporting Team USA.