year of creativity Archives

‘A pivotal year’: Preparations underway for the Year of Engagement

By Benjamin Nigrosh, News Editor • July 20, 2020

Kathy Humphrey leads the steering committee for the Year of Engagement, the latest edition of the “Year of” series for the 2020-21 academic year.

Year of Creativity helps Pitt explore its artistic side

By Jon Moss, Editor-in-Chief • May 11, 2020

The Year of Creativity, the incarnation of the Year Of series which took place during the 2019-20 academic year, featured hundreds of projects.

Year of creativity brings grant applications to an unprecedented high

By Charlie Taylor, Senior Staff Writer • January 9, 2020

One major facet of the Year of Creativity is the Year of Creativity Funding Opportunity, which provides grants of up to $5,000 to students and faculty starting creative endeavors during the 2019-20 academic year.

Students park their creativity outside Hillman Library

By Rebecca Johnson, For The Pitt News • September 22, 2019

The cars were cleared out of Hillman Library’s parking spaces last Friday. in their place were students painting neurotransmitters on Christmas cards, presenting research opportunities in chalk drawings, scavenging for rare artifacts and forming melodic lines of prose on cardboard boxes.