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"Proud to be Educators in This Space": A Conversation Around Women’s Leadership
Chatting with Dana Brown, PhD, executive director, PA Center for Women and Politics, Rebecca Harris, MBA, executive director, Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship; and Jessie Ramey, PhD, director of the Chatham University Women’s Institute.

The Crazy, Intense, Kind of Beautiful World of Problem-Based Learning
I sat in on a number of sessions of a PBL course (called Essentials for the Physician Assistant II) for the MPAS program to learn what all the fuss was about, and let me say: This might be the best way anyone has taught anyone anything, ever.

A Lot of Hats: Maria Shoop '13, MFACW '14 and The Drama Club
“Theatre at Chatham is full of self-starters,” says Maria Shoop ‘13, MFACW ’14, who would know. As a member of the last class that had the opportunity to major in theatre, Shoop founded the Drama Club in 2011 to keep the theatre spirit going.

3 Questions for Music Students
Thanks to ample performance opportunities, private instruction from Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra members, and music-specific scholarships, Chatham music students flourish.

Catching Up with Alice Julier and the Future of Food Studies
Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in Food Studies (MAFS) program Alice Julier did not write the book on food studies—she edited it.

Art History In The Cemetery
Why were 160 people itching to enter Allegheny Cemetery on October 12? The answer might surprise you. It's not ghost-hunting or grave-digging, it's art history.
Alumna and Campus Community Profile: Sarah Hamm, MFA '13
Social media undergoes constant change, and change is one thing that Chatham University Social Media Manager Sarah Hamm understands well.

Six Questions with Sophie Costan '19
Sophie Costan, Biology '16 spent the summer completing a Psychiatric Genetics Internship at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA. We caught up with Sophie to see what she got out of her summer internship experience.