About the School
The University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is the largest Pittsburgh-area graduate school program. We offer MA, MS, MFA, and PhD programs in 34 concentrations, as well as a wide range of interdisciplinary programs.
Get Involved
The Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Organization (A&S-GSO) is an official University student organization that advocates for the interests and concerns of graduates. It plans events such as the Grad Expo, provides travel grants, and helps produce the Grad Guide. Read more about the A&S-GSO.
Calendar
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Jan 4 Spring Term classes begins
Jan 13 Deadline to apply for April graduation without a penalty fee
Jan 16 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday -University Closed
Mar 4-11 Spring recess for students only
Mar 9 Spring holiday- University closed
Mar 19 Summer Term enrollment period begins
Mar 26 Fall Term enrollment appointments begin
Apr 28 Spring term ends
Graduation
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Highlights
Doctoral Candidate Faces Challenges With Grace, Courage
Mike Roman, doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology, is researching New Zealand's Kiribati people and the way they cope with the challenges of migration and relocation. As someone facing obstacles of his own, Roman can relate. Read more >
Pitt PhD Student Nets One of 10 Microsoft Scholarships for Outstanding Aspiring Women in Computer Science
Software giant Microsoft selected Mengmeng Li, a computer science doctoral student in Pitt's Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, as one of 10 aspiring women in computer science from the United States and Canada to receive the 2011 Microsoft Research Graduate Women's Scholarship. The scholarship is intended to increase the number of women pursuing PhD degrees in computer science, a field traditionally dominated by men. Read more >
Salomé Skvirsky-Aguilera is the recipient of the 2010 Eduardo Lozano Memorial Dissertation Prize
Salomé Skvirsky-Aguilera, who recently earned her PhD in English at the University of Pittsburgh, is the recipient of the 2010 Eduardo Lozano Memorial Dissertation Prize, sponsored by Pitt’s Center for Latin American Studies. The prize honors internationally renowned librarian Eduardo Lozano, who developed and directed the Latin American collection at the University’s Hillman Library from 1967 until his death in August 2006. Read more >
English Department Alumni Selected for Best American Short Stories 2010
Eugene Cross (A&S '06 G) and Ashleigh Pedersen (A&S '09 G), both of whom received their MFAs from the University of Pittsburgh Department of English, will have their work included in the Best American Short Stories 2010 edition.
Cross's story, "Rosaleen, If You Know What I Mean," originally appeared in American Short Fiction, Vol. 12, Issue 46, and Pederesen's story, "Small And Heavy World,"
was first published in The Iowa Review, Vol. 39, No. 2.