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Community Based Sustainability Projects Build Resilient Cities, One Neighborhood At a Time
Thanks to generous grant funding by Bank of America, Falk School of Sustainability and Environment Assistant Professor Iris Grossmann, Ph.D. has recruited a team of students and faculty to work on a multi-year community-based sustainability project in Homewood
3 Questions for an Alumna in STEM
The Fox Chapel Area branch of the AAUW (FCA-AAUW) has given Career Launching Awards to Chatham University senior women majoring in STEM-related fields since 2009. We caught up with Jennae Reken ’15, past recipient of the award to see how it benefited her.
Student Profile: Vinicius Muniz, International Business ‘22
Vinicius Muniz, International Business ‘22 and squash star, may only be in his first year at Chatham but he is already on his third study abroad experience. Check out his tips for international travel and improving your squash game.
Mary Whitney and the Eco-Reps
“Eco-Reps are a new student employment role. They’re basically peer educators on environmental and sustainability topics,” says Dr. Mary Whitney, Chatham’s director of University Sustainability. “For the first campus dinner of the year, when everyone eats together, they came in and taught composting.”
Justin Mason, MSUS '19 explores community solar initiatives as a solution to challenges faced by low-to-moderate-income families
According to Justin Mason, MSUS ‘19, one solution to the problem of keeping utilities affordable could be solar power for low-to-moderate income families—the focus of his master’s thesis with advisor Assistant Professor of Sustainable Technology Iris Grossmann, PhD.
CRAFT workshop: Butchering 101: The Whole Lamb
On a cold Saturday in early December, eight butchering enthusiasts gathered at Eden Hall Campus for Butchering 101: The Whole Lamb, a workshop offered by the Center for Regional Agriculture, Food, and Transformation (CRAFT).
A Look at the (Award-Winning) Chatham Women's Business Center
Earlier this year, Chatham’s Women’s Business Center (CWBC), part of the Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Chatham University (CWE), was selected by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as the 2018 Women’s Business Center of the Year. We look at why.
Coffee Talk: La Prima Coffee and ChathamU
Through our partnership with La Prima Espresso Company, Chatham’s Master of Food Studies students get first-hand insight into the way a local company sources, sells, and markets its product.