Spotlight on Pitt
You and a quest are invited to join fellow Pitt Alumni at a special reception featuring Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg
The University of Pittsburgh has set the stage for a solution-focused dialogue on race, one that will bring together some of the best minds on this important subject. Pitt’s School of Social Work and the school's Center on Race and Social Problems will host Race in America: Restructuring Inequality, a national conference in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Click here to view the full conference brochure.
The early bird discount has been extended until April 23!
Dinner With 12 Panthers
Host a Dinner for Pitt Students
Together with the Pitt Alumni Association and The Blue & Gold Society, the Student Alumni Association
arranges the groups, assigns a Blue & Gold Student contact and sets-up the transportation to and from the dinners. The groups are created based on similar interests and majors between the students and the alumni hosts(s). You provide the food and theme (if you want one).
For more information contact:
Kara Speth
Associate Director of Membership
412-624-0048
Khp4@pitt.edu
Be a part of a growing Pitt Tradition!
Keynote Speakers: Julian Bond and Julianne Malveaux
The University of Pittsburgh's School of Social Work and the Center on Race and Social Problems will host "Race in America"—designed to be the most solution-focused national conference on race ever.
Seven key areas will be explored during "Race in America": economics, education, criminal justice, race relations, health, mental health, and families, youth, and the elderly. There will be two keynote speeches and a panel discussion, all open to the public, as well as 20 sessions for conference participants. 40 of the nation's most prominent experts on race will give presentations in the conference sessions.
Conference participants—a multiracial group of researchers, policy makers, students, and community leaders—will be asked to identify the most pervasive instances of racial inequities, explore the factors that contribute to them, and work on actionable steps that can be taken at the federal, state, and local levels to help build greater equity in our society.
"Times of challenge provide the opportunity to create change," says Larry E. Davis, dean of the School of Social Work, Donald M. Henderson Professor, and director of the Center on Race and Social Problems at Pitt. "As the nation continues its efforts to recover from an economic downturn, there has never been a better time to reexamine and correct racial inequalities in American society. It is our intent to make this the best conference ever on race in America. More importantly, it is our goal to make it the most useful one."
Click here to view the full conference brochure.
The early bird discount has been extended until April 23!
