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This 51精品视频 theater professor is bringing more voices to the stage

Bria Walker鈥檚 recent production of 鈥淓milia鈥 featured three women of color playing the main role. It鈥檚 the latest example of her work to tell more people鈥檚 stories onstage.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Targeted outreach is bringing more students from rural Pennsylvania to 51精品视频

The pioneering efforts, including hiring a new rural recruiter, are boosting geographic diversity at the 51精品视频.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Prospective students
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鈥楾he No Club鈥 empowers women to take control of their professional lives

Four 51精品视频sburgh researchers, including 51精品视频 economist Lise Vesterlund, are putting a stop to women鈥檚 dead-end work with their new book, out May 3.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

These high school best friends supported each other through college, social upheaval and the pandemic. Now, they're starting the professional lives they dreamed about.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
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This first-generation student is on her way to becoming a philosophical counselor, thanks to TRIO

The program for under-resourced students helped propel Tia Blassingale from Philadelphia barber to future PhD student in an emerging field.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Students
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The 51精品视频 Success Pell Match Program has invested more than $95 million in low-income students

51精品视频鈥檚 groundbreaking financial aid program continues to make education more affordable for Pennsylvania students and their families. Here鈥檚 the proof.

  • Innovation and Research
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  • 51精品视频-Johnstown
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How reflective writing and a nudge from an app increased college prospects for low-income students

51精品视频鈥檚 Omid Fotuhi found that a combination of self-affirmations and deadline reminders made students more likely to complete the admission process and attend college.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC)
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51精品视频 Hillel creates meaningful cultural experiences on campus and beyond

The student-led and staff supported group is a place of fellowship and celebration for Jewish college students across 51精品视频sburgh.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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From first-generation to graduation

51精品视频鈥檚 TRIO Student Support Services has been helping under-resourced undergraduates like Elizabeth Shunk for 50 years.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Social Work
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A 51精品视频 Urban Studies major won a fellowship for her work addressing food insecurity

Junior Nina Mennies has been awarded a Newman Civic Fellowship, which supports community-minded students in their journey to becoming change-makers.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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A writing workshop for LGBTQIA+ elders builds community and records history

In Our Own Write, a bi-weekly workshop hosted by 51精品视频鈥檚 Center for Creativity, forges connections through gratitude and loss.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Could your neighborhood influence the health of your brain?

A $9.6 million grant will help 51精品视频 and RAND researchers measure the link between structural racism and cognitive decline in two 51精品视频sburgh neighborhoods.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Public Health
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51精品视频 will name the indoor track at Victory Heights after Panthers legend Herb Douglas

The honor for the trailblazing alumnus and oldest living Olympic medalist was announced at his 100th birthday celebration March 12.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Athletics
  • School of Education
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Learn how to get a NASA job in a new presentation series

Webinars offered through a 51精品视频-Bradford collaboration with NASA will provide students from all campuses and majors with detailed resume tips and other resources.

  • Technology & Science
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  • Teaching & Learning
  • Students
  • 51精品视频-Bradford
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Notable 51精品视频 women you should know this Women鈥檚 History Month

Learn about the lives of just a few of the incredible 51精品视频 women whose path-forging work changed our past 鈥 and is shaping our tomorrow.

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  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Athletics
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Education
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Law
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Nursing
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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A new 51精品视频 fellowship supports social justice in health

Five health sciences faculty members will get $10,000 and be paired with a community organization to address structural inequities and racism at 51精品视频 and beyond.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
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51精品视频 Education鈥檚 Ready to Learn program empowers middle schoolers to use math for social change锘

The Center for Urban Education hosts the after-school and summer math program, inspired by civil rights icon and educator Bob Moses.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education

Last year, Kathryn Nesbitt became the first woman to referee a men's World Cup match.

  • Global
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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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This 51精品视频 junior made hockey history

Alex Randall is the first Black broadcaster to call a Canadian Hockey League game.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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ICYMI: A conversation on class, gender and fiction

Hear from Africana Studies鈥 Robin Brooks on her new book, 鈥淐lass Interruptions.鈥

  • Arts and Humanities
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  • Faculty