Pitt professors Keisha Blain, Yona Harvey named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows

By Betul Tuncer, Assistant News Editor • April 10, 2022

Pitt historian Keisha Blain and poet Yona Harvey were recently named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows. Blain and Harvey are among the 180 individuals awarded grants by the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

‘Appalled’: Pitt professor compared mask-wearing to the Holocaust

By Betul Tuncer, Assistant News Editor • February 7, 2022

A Jewish Pitt student expressed concerns regarding their instructor, Vasili Rukhadze, comparing mask-wearing to the Holocaust in class last week. Pitt officials said the faculty member’s comments “stand in direct opposition to our values.”

Pitt professor talks new book, class disparities and Black women’s literature

By Allison Radziwon, Senior Staff Writer • February 3, 2022

The Africana Studies Department and the University Library System held an event on Tuesday on Zoom to discuss Brooks’ new book, “Class Interruptions: Inequality and Division in African Diasporic Women's Fiction.”

Pitt Law adjunct professor resigns over racial slur

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • October 16, 2020

A Pitt Law adjunct professor announced his resignation Wednesday after using a racial slur in class. The professor, who has not been named, used the “n-word” during an in-class discussion regarding a case study containing offensive language.

Pitt remembers professor, jazz icon Geri Allen

By Grant Burgman / Staff Writer • July 5, 2017

Geri Allen, who made a profound impact on both the jazz genre and her students at Pitt, died of cancer on June 27 in Philadelphia. She was 60. Born and raised in Detroit, Allen studied at Howard University...

Cooking up mystery: Kathleen George reflects on her recent book

By Sarah Morris / For The Pitt News • June 14, 2017

One hundred years after the Johnstown Flood, a fictional 104-year-old survivor feels sure her twin sister is still alive and, once she reveals this long-kept secret to two journalists, their stories begin...