Diversity

The Office of the Provost – Graduate Studies, University Center for International Studies, and Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences are excited to celebrate National Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week April 1 – 5, 2019. As part of this celebration, we would like to specifically recognize our international students. Please stop by the Posvar Hall Galleria (first floor of Posvar Hall near home plate) on Friday, April 5 anytime between 8:15 and 9:45 AM for a complimentary breakfast snack and networking opportunity.

Many of you travel as part of your time at Pitt — to international conferences, for study abroad, and for long-term research in the field or in archives overseas. In response to student requests, and partnering with Pitt Study Abroad/UCIS, the Dietrich School is pleased to offer the Strategies and Resources for International Travel workshop. The University of Pittsburgh has many resources to help you prepare and plan for travel, as well as support services to ensure all goes well during your time abroad.

As part of our efforts to provide an environment where a diverse and inclusive community of students, faculty, and staff can work and learn together, this spring, the Dietrich School’s Office of Graduate Studies is partnering with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to offer two educational sessions for graduate students.

As part of our efforts to provide an environment where a diverse and inclusive community of students, faculty, and staff can work and learn together, this spring, the Dietrich School’s Office of Graduate Studies is partnering with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to offer two educational sessions for graduate students. “A Campus of Difference” is a curriculum developed by the Anti-Defamation League. The anti-bias session will introduce participants to concepts and language that assist us in understanding what bias is and how it affects us.  

The Office of the Provost is hosting two panel discussions for graduate and professional students and post-docs who are parents or are thinking of becoming parents. Partners and children are welcome to attend. Pizza will be served. Panelists will include individuals who can speak about health insurance and University policies, as well as graduate students and post-docs who have experience with parenting while pursuing a degree. Time will be allotted for questions. 

The Office of the Provost is hosting two panel discussions for graduate and professional students and post-docs who are parents or are thinking of becoming parents. Partners and children are welcome to attend. Pizza will be served. Panelists will include individuals who can speak about health insurance and University policies, as well as graduate students and post-docs who have experience with parenting while pursuing a degree. Time will be allotted for questions.

This 90 minute “speed networking” session: “From Analysis to Action: Building Bridges, Championing Change,” will be facilitated by Dr. Erika Gold Kestenberg, Diversity, Inclusion, Equity and Justice Consultant. During this activity, participants will have an opportunity to network across a number of discussion groups focusing on religion-related bigotry/anti-Semitism, Islamophobia; racism/racial justice; immigration; LGBTQIA+ rights; and combating hate groups.

The Dietrich School is partnering with the School of Law on an event open to all faculty, staff, and students to address the systemic issues that contribute to acts of violence against minority, marginalized, and stigmatized populations.