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Pitt Stages’ 2023-24 season is here
See a Tony Award-winning musical at the Charity Randall Theatre, plus three other productions.
2 Pitt people won National Endowment for the Humanities grants
Their projects center on teaching and discussing history among educators.
'Pitt to the Point' earned 3 Emmy Award nominations
An alumna was also nominated for her work with Pittsburgh’s CBS outlet.
As the Center for Creativity has expanded, so have opportunities for experimental research
Three locations across the Pittsburgh campus offer a low-pressure space for multidisciplinary scholars to gather, make and perform.
An exhibit near the Lincoln Memorial rethinks national monuments
Pitt’s Kirk Savage says the Beyond Granite exhibit on the National Mall taps into fresh ideas about public memorials. See it through Sept. 18.
This Pitt MD/PhD student invented a new kind of DJing in his spare time
Joe Maggiore is studying how to make more realistic kidney analogs in the lab. He’s also trying to create unique nightlife experiences. See his performance Aug. 19.
Why public art is essential to community, from Pittsburgh to Paris
Associate Professor Caitlin Bruce studies how murals and graffiti vivify public spaces.
What did silent films sound like?
A newly digitized collection of silent film music at Pitt is already getting attention from historians recreating an important era of cinema.
Pitt’s Emmy Award winners
These writers, journalists, designers and other alumni are telling stories that matter, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences noticed.
2 from Pitt’s children’s literature program earned a fellowship to work with social justice nonprofits
The recent PhD graduates will advocate for children and youth during the career-boosting postdoctoral program.
Mark hip-hop’s 50th anniversary with Pitt and 1Hood Media on June 15
A free multimedia discussion will examine the rebellious art form that’s gone mainstream.
A Pitt history professor’s play debuted in London
The play, about abolitionist Quaker Benjamin Lay, is based on a book by Markus Rediker and was born at a conference protest in Germany.
Patrick McKelvey won a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The theatre arts assistant professor will write a book about the history of social services for disabled actors in the United States.
Pitt's Humanities Center named its 2023-24 faculty and co-teaching fellows
Eight faculty members from across Pitt will lead colloquiums and develop courses while participating in the center’s activities.
Pitt’s Humanities Center named 8 graduate student fellows
The scholars in rhetoric, musicology, theatre arts and more will receive $10,000 for their summer research projects.
How to live more creatively, according to a Pitt poet
In her poems and the classroom, Diana Khoi Nguyen explores hard stuff and healing by simply paying attention.
Meet Pitt’s first Berlin Prize recipient
Michael Meyer, a professor in the Writing Program, will present his studies on Taiwanese history to German audiences.
4 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad
The recipients will travel to Croatia, Latvia, Montenegro and Tajikistan.
Pitt’s Adam Lowenstein is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow
The professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is known for his research on horror films and helping to bring George A. Romero’s archives to Pitt.
