Office of Diversity & Inclusion - University of Pittsburgh
Office of Diversity & Inclusion

Upcoming Events

25 Apr
Lavender Graduation

Come together to celebrate the achievements of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in the LGBTQIA+ community across all Pitt campuses!

April 25, 2024 6:00 p.m.
26 Apr
Latinx Graduation Ceremony

Celebrate graduating Latinx indentifying students at Pitt with their families and friends!

26 Apr
A photo featuring Willie Kinard III and their new book Orders of Service, as well as current CAAPP Fellow Richard Hamilton

Join The Center for African American Poetry and Poetics and White Whale Bookstore for ORDERS OF SERVICE, a celebration of Willie Lee Kinard's newest...

April 26, 2024 7:00 p.m.
27 Apr
The Gathering

The Gathering is a graduation celebration for our graduating BIPOC students. When we gather it is to celebrate, reflect, and make a commitment to continue to...

April 27, 2024 7:00 p.m.
02 May
HOME AFTER STATE VIOLENCE- New East Film Symposium 2024

Home after State Violence examines the increasingly archaic category of “home” in the wake of devastating acts of state violence. Six contemporary films...

May 02, 2024 10:00 a.m.
03 May
Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi at a podium with a microphone

This is a practice talk with Dr. Mehret Birru Talabi (she/her). Please come prepared to listen, give feedback, and learn.

May 03, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 May
Yellow snake

Upcoming lecture with Visiting Scholar Dr. Chantal Zabus, professor of Comparative Postcolonial and Gender Studies at the University Sorbonne Paris...

May 07, 2024 2:00 p.m.
08 May
Melanie Miller

Pitt-Greensburg is partnering with the Westmoreland Diversity Coalition and Live! Casino to present the Making It Matter Regional Conference. This...

08 May
Critical Pedagogy Dialogues - Teaching & Learning Liberatory Praxes in the University

We will study Robin DG Kelly’s “Black Study, Black Struggle” to anchor a dialogue on the tensions among freedom work, university structures, and ideological...

May 08, 2024 3:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
09 May
Two people sit, one staring ahead, another sobbing with hand over face.

Can the memory of trauma be almost as visceral as the moment of trauma? Combat veterans, victims of gun violence and sexual violence, and refugees have one...

May 09, 2024 1:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
16 May
REACH (Research Equity and Community Health) logo with the City of Pittsburgh buildings represented in colors of a rainbow.

The Research Equity and Community Health (REACH) Health Equity Seminar Series welcomes Shari Rogal, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine and Surgery and...

May 16, 2024 11:00 a.m.
Virtual Event
16 May
2024 Empowered Educators Series: St(art)ing Anew Where We Are

Carnegie Museum of Art is excited to announce the 2024 Empowered Educators Series: St(art)ing Anew Where We Are. Empowered Educators is a forum where...

29 May
A penguin in front of another penguin, waddling on snow

Learn how to motivate the elephant! This webinar focuses on the principles and practices of change leadership within public health and health care...

May 29, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
30 May
Exclusionary History and Ableism in Higher Education

The inaugural session for the Provost’s Diversity Institute for Faculty Development with Dr. Jay Dolmage serves as a grounding to consider the exclusionary...

May 30, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
31 May
Against Technoableism in the Academy

Provost's Diversity Institute for Faculty Development Drawing on her recent book Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement, Shew introduces...

May 31, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
03 Jun
Supporting Neurodivergent Students & Ourselves Through AntiAbleist Pedagogies

Provost's Diversity Institute for Faculty Development In this session, Dr. Rua M. Williams will guide attendees in exploring standard classroom practices...

June 03, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
04 Jun
Imagining Disability Futures: Justice in Higher Education Teaching

Provost's Diversity Institute for Faculty Development We hope to consider the following as a part of the session: 1. What are the central considerations of...

June 04, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
05 Jun
Practices of Care within the University Classroom

Provost's Diversity Institute for Faculty Development Participants in this session will be invited to consider how care (as principle) and care work (as...

June 05, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
06 Jun
Inclusion of Anti-Ableism in Professional Health Education

Provost's Diversity Institute for Faculty Development In 2021, the NIH created a subgroup focused on disability inclusion, eradicating ableism, and...

June 06, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
06 Jun
Illustration of hands of varying skin tones in a circular pattern together.

When communicating about equity, it is important to understand not just your immediate audience, but those who have a vested interest in your work, including...

June 06, 2024 1:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
07 Jun
Intersections of Race & Ableism: The Black Experience in Higher Education

Provost's Diversity Institute for Faculty Development This session offers space to discuss the intersections of ableism and racism and ways to leverage...

June 07, 2024 12:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
11 Jun
Word diagram relating to diversity.

This interactive webinar provides an introductory overview of cultural humility at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and organizational levels. Participants...

June 11, 2024 1:00 p.m.
Virtual Event
18 Jul
REACH (Research Equity and Community Health) logo with the City of Pittsburgh buildings represented in colors of a rainbow.

The Research Equity and Community Health (REACH) Health Equity Seminar Series welcomes Heather Joseph, DO, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics,...

July 18, 2024 11:00 a.m.
Virtual Event