The Teaching Center’s Open Lab is proud to be highlighted in this year’s Horizon Report, an annual EDUCAUSE publication that profiles important trends and key technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning. When the University of Pittsburgh…
Remind Students to Complete Their Teaching Surveys
Sunday, April 23, so now is the time to encourage student feedback. Let students know that their feedback matters to you, and remind them of the deadline. The Teaching Center website has additional resources and tips for improving your survey response rates. Survey results will be available on May 5.
We have reached a hopeful milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic. As of March 28, masking is optional on all Pitt campuses. While this represents a return to a semblance of normalcy, we must be thoughtful as we make the transition…
A Message from Rob Rutenbar, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research
The Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research provides strategic vision, leadership, and partnership that helps Pitt faculty and students advance their world-class research, scholarship, and innovation. Pitt Research connects researchers with funding agencies, government entities, and corporate sponsors, while always ensuring integrity and compliance.
Watch Now: Pitt Honors College (link to video on YouTube)
The University Honors College is looking for faculty who want to bridge intellectual boundaries, re-imagine the world around them through unique academic lenses – and challenge undergraduate students to do the same! The mission of the University Honors College (UHC) is to meet the academic and cocurricular needs of the University’s most highly motivated, intellectually curious, and socially conscious undergraduates by providing ...
Transforming the Teaching & Learning Environment is a totally virtual conference. Now in its 14th year, the conference offers the opportunity to engage with experts from around the world. The conference begins Monday, Feb. 7, and concludes Friday, Feb. 18. …
U.S. News & World Report released the 2022 Best Online Programs rankings this week. The report evaluated more than 1,700 online bachelor's and master's degree programs, and ranked four University of Pittsburgh online programs as some of the best in…
A special message from Kenyon R. Bonner, Vice Provost for Student Affairs: Welcome back for spring term! I hope you had a chance to spend time doing things that bring you joy over the winter recess. I would like to share with you what new faculty should know about the resources available to Pitt students through Student Affairs, current issues of concern to our students, and how you can help our students to thrive while they are at Pitt and as they launch their careers. ...
The Teaching Center would like to congratulate Isis Duncan, instructional media technician, Buck Knauer, assistant manager of academic digital media, and Lindsay Onufer, program manager and teaching consultant, for earning a 2021 Teaching Center award! Lindsay and Buck both earned…
