How Humanities professors are adapting to decline in student literacy amidst AI 

By Addison Quinn and Naomi Weiss • January 27, 2026

Pitt humanities professors are reckoning with a potential decrease in students' ability to read and are adapting their curriculums to the age of AI text summarization.

Opinion | The major bias from STEM majors

By Heidi Brown, Staff Writer • October 27, 2025

Staff writer and film major Heidi Brown discusses her thoughts on the unfair treatment of students in the arts and humanities by STEM majors.

Federal funding cuts affect Pitt humanities research

By Sarah George, Staff Writer • September 12, 2025

The National Endowment for the Humanities has had their funding slashed within the last few months, causing two grants at Pitt to be cut before their finish date.

Opinion | It’s time to drop the STEM superiority complex

By Jameson Keebler, Staff Columnist • November 18, 2022

For those of you living with the STEM superiority complex, there is hope for you. And for anyone who has to face those with the complex, remember that the only person you need approval from is yourself, and your worth is not determined by the hours you spend at the library. 

Opinion | There is little opportunity for humanities majors in the Honors College

By Livia LaMarca, Staff Columnist • April 11, 2022

If Pitt is going to advertise the Honors College to all majors, there need to be more courses and opportunities available to students across all subjects and disciplines.

Mosaic of Learning | High school humanities classes need an overhaul

By Khushi Rai, For The Pitt News • October 28, 2021

In this week’s Mosaic of Learning, Khushi Rai talks about how high school history and English classes could be improved by looking at how colleges structure similar courses.

The ascension of STEM doesn’t mean humanities are sinking

By Neena Hagen, Senior Columnist • July 11, 2018

In a world with an ever-increasing number of tech startups and engineering firms, our economy seems destined to be dominated by STEM specialists — which leaves universities scrambling to reinvent their...

Pitt, CMU researchers redevelop software for academic publishing

By Sid Lingala | For The Pitt News • October 15, 2017

Benjamin Ogrodnik said he is often frustrated when traditional publication methods he uses are unable to include films and project methodology as part of the final product. “A finished article is...

Editorial: Racism in humanities isn’t the problem

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • September 11, 2017

Race relations in the United States are rapidly returning to the foreground of the public’s consciousness. It seems nowhere is immune from the rising tensions — not even the study of classical antiquity. At...

‘The 20-something-year-old-quarter-life-crisis’: A humanities student embraces her uncertain future

By Grace Kelly / Staff Writer • February 6, 2015

From the first rosy day of freshman year, being an art history major has been a challenge. Even other students, amidst their own “starting-college-I’m-a-grown-up-now” high, would blurt out, “What...