2021-03-28 00:00:00
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Commons Room
Well-Orchestrated
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Commons Room
Offer Extended
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Commons Room
The Clean Team
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Commons Room
Congrats, Doctor
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Won’t You Be His Neighbor?
A new book co-authored by a Pitt alum captures the humanity and lingering lessons in "Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood."
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Sketchbook
Travel On
With her long-held love of languages and culture, Pitt alumna Kim Haas explores the Afro-Latino Caribbean.
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Pitt Chat
Pitt Chat with Carlos de la Rosa
A man of many talents, Pitt alumnus Carlos de la Rosa has made a career as an environmental champion.
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This Is Kay Oyegun
Sometimes life is stranger than fiction. But for alumna Kay Oyegun, sometimes life becomes fiction. As a writer of the beloved TV show "This Is Us," Oyegun has helped to create authentic characters and spellbinding storylines grown from her own experiences. The result: critical acclaim and more demand than ever to share her voice.
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Bookshelf
Happy Thoughts
What really makes people happy? One Pitt grad criss-crossed the continent to find answers.
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Extra Credit
Model Behavior
Pitt researcher Carla Ng is uncovering the dangers of 'forever chemicals.'
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Inside-Out
Pitt students are learning in prison, through an innovative program, alongside the incarcerated. Professors and others feel the interaction provides a freeing of the mind, which is at the heart of change for individuals and society, too.
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Opportunities of a Lifetime
Alfred Moyé makes it his mission to create opportunities—including those for diverse students at Pitt.
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Spring 2021