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The Pitt News

Benedum Hall of Engineering on O'Hara Street.

Pitt announces new natural gas, renewables and oil engineering program

By Emma Wu, Staff Writer October 6, 2025
The Swanson School of Engineering recently launched the “first-of-its-kind” Natural Gas, Renewables and Oil Engineering Program, which will start recruiting students in 2026. The GRO program will be housed in the chemical engineering department and cover both traditional energy sources, like oil and natural gas, and renewable energy sources, like solar and wind.
A sign for the School of Public and International Affairs sits outside the William Pitt Union.

Undergraduate students can officially declare a public policy major in SPIA 

By Emma Wu, Staff Writer September 10, 2025
Pitt’s School of Public and International Affairs has launched a new major — a Bachelor of Arts in public policy — starting this fall. The creation of this offering marks the first major that SPIA, formerly the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, is offering outside of its graduate program.
The halls outside the School of Education on the fifth floor of Wesley W. Posvar Hall.

School of Education offers new undergraduate major

By Colm Slevin, Senior Staff Writer November 29, 2021
Pitt’s new Bachelor of Science in Teacher Education program will begin accepting students — including recently graduated high school students and transfer students — for the fall semester in 2023.
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