By Alexandra Ross, For The Pitt News
• September 17, 2021
John Wallace, the new interim director of the Center on Race and Social Problems, has a somewhat unconventional goal — he wants to find someone who will take away his job.
Larry Davis, the dean emeritus of the School of Social Work, passed away on March 30 at 74. A renowned scholar on race in America, Davis joined Pitt as the school’s dean in 2001 and founded the Center on Race and Social Problems shortly after in 2002.
The ways people typically grieve have changed during the pandemic, partly because of social distancing protocols. Pitt experts described these changing practices and how people could cope after the pandemic ends.
By Alice Tang, For The Pitt News
• September 28, 2020
Davis — the founding director of Pitt’s Center on Race and Social Problems, as well as dean emeritus of the School of Social Work — talked about his book and issues surrounding race at the “Will Race Always Matter?” lecture Tuesday evening. The event was hosted by the CRSP, Thornburgh Forum, the University Honors College, the Institute of Politics and the School of Social Work.
What started as one group of people in one small town eight miles outside of Harrisburg, the Fiber Arts Crew is now spread out across the University’s regional campuses.
Pitt’s dean of the School of Social Work Larry E. Davis will step down at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year.
Davis is the third University dean this year to announce he will step down in the...
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