Continuting Education

The Pitt Alumni Association encourages lifelong learning for all alumni. In the past, the alumni association has provided alumni with learning opportunities through the following programs and partnerships.

 

Understanding the Needs of the Millennial, Tradition and Undergraduate Students

 

 

 

Presented by Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kathy Humphrey on

 

 

Disability Law and Policy : Including the Voices of Disabled People in the International Development Agenda

Teplitz Courtroom, Barco Law Building


Judith E. Heumann was appointed as the World Bank's first Advisor on Disability and Development in June 2002. She is an internationally recognized expert one disability and diversity issues who has travelled widely among the countries of the world. Heumann leads the bank's disability work that integrates the needs of people with disabilities in the Bank's discussions with client countries, its country-based analytical work and support for policies, programs and projects to improve economic and social life around the globe. Heumann, a lifetime human rights advocate, has been the recipient of many awards including two honorary doctorates and the first Henry B. Betts Award.

 

 

 

 

Alzheimer’s Research: Looking at the Living Brain

Connolly Ballroom, Alumni Hall

 

 

 

A new diagnostic tool known as PIB, or Pittsburgh Compound B, could potentially improve diagnoses and potential treatments by enabling doctors to actually see manifestations of Alzheimer’s Disease in the brains of living patients. Presented by PIB co-inventors: William Klunk, MD, PhD, Pitt associate professor of psychiatry, and Chet Mathis, PhD, Pitt professor of radiology. Click the link below to watch the presentation.

Healthy Kids: Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention in Our Schools Today

Connolly Ballroom, Alumni Hall


The Signature Series lecture featured School of Education faculty members John Jakicic and Deborah Aaron. Special guest for the evening was Lynn Swann, representing the President's Council for Physical Fitness and Sport. Click the link below to watch this presentation about one of the most pressing issues facing Americans today. Sponsored by the Pitt Alumni Association and the School of Education.