One of the things that President Barack Obama referenced in his inauguration remarks was this country’s “patchwork heritage.” In his Jan. 22 Pitt talk, “Measuring Race and Ethnicity in a Changing, Multicultural America,” part of the Center for Race and Social Problems lecture series, a U.S. Census Bureau official discussed that patchwork heritage in relation […]
GSPH, Peace Corps join forces >
February 5th, 2009In collaboration with the Peace Corps, the Graduate School of Public Health (GSPH) has instituted a program that blends classroom learning with real-world experience for students interested in a career in global health. The Master’s International (MI) track enables students to earn a master’s degree in public health and also volunteer with the Peace Corps. […]
Financial Times ranks Katz program “best value” >
February 5th, 2009The Financial Times, a London-based business news organization with a print and online readership of 1.3 million people, has ranked the full-time MBA program at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business first in the United States for the third consecutive year in the “Best Value for the Money” category. The program was ranked […]
Katz alum to address honors convocation >
February 5th, 2009Raymond W. Smith, an alumnus of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business (KGSB) and a former Pitt trustee, will be the keynote speaker at Pitt’s honors convocation, to be held at 3 p.m. Feb. 27 in Carnegie Music Hall. His address is titled “Heisenberg’s ‘Certainty’ Principle.” In 2005 Smith was named a Pitt […]
3 faculty win top Pitt public service award >
February 5th, 2009Winners of 2009 Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Awards, which honor faculty who have made outstanding contributions to the community, have been announced. The winners are: • John M. Burkoff, professor of law. • Toi Derricotte, professor of English. • Paul Douglas Newman, professor of history at the Johnstown campus. Each faculty public service honoree will […]