When students consider a business school, of course, they consider academics, faculty, and physical location. However, an underrated part of the search process is considering the impact of a school’s alumni. Pitt Business alumni change the world – literally, in the...
Explore History, Business and Culture: Race and Business Ethics in South Africa, May 2024
Race and Business Ethics in South Africa, a new three-credit program for Pitt undergraduates, is led by Paul Harper, PhD, Pitt Business Associate Dean of Inclusion, Engagement & International Affairs. This transformational experience begins May 2 with 12 days in...
Grad Students’ Applications Due Nov. 27 for Super Analytics Challenge
All University graduate students have until Nov. 27 to apply for the fourth annual Super Analytics Challenge, hosted by the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. This competition presents an opportunity for grad students from Pitt and four other universities to...
Pitt Students Solve Case with Alteryx
One of the fundamental missions of Pitt Business is to take our students from the classroom to the city, to the world. That’s why we bring companies from their offices into our classrooms. For the first time, the University of Pittsburgh welcomed the Alteryx SparkED...
Business Students Network and Learn New Skills
“These are real-world problems the students are solving,” says Stacy Splitstone, chief accounting officer at UPMC. On Friday, October 20, 2023, five teams of Pitt Business undergraduate students were tasked to provide insights and solutions to solve a physical space...
Executive MBA Alumni Reflect, Celebrate 50 Years
Westinghouse Semiconductor Division wanted to develop rising employees, so they selected Woodson “Woody” Savage III for the first-ever Executive MBA class at Pitt in 1973. “At age 29, I could not fully foresee the benefits I would gain through participating in the...
Business of Humanity Project®: Transforming Communities since 2011
Transforming communities across the globe, demonstrating that business strategies can increase profits while addressing societal needs – that’s the purpose of the Business of Humanity Project, a collaboration between Pitt Business and the Swanson School of...
Botswana Ambassador and Pitt Alum Returns to Campus
As an MBA student at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business in 1990, Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba learned that strong leadership is not about the individual, but how much can be accomplished by working with others. Today, she continues to apply that philosophy as...
Meet the Newest Saxbys Student CEO, Evan Coury!
Since 2021, Pitt Business undergraduate students have worked as Student CEOs, leading one or more of the three Saxbys café locations around the University of Pittsburgh’s Oakland campus. For Fall 2023, the Cathedral of Learning café will be led by Evan Coury. Coury is...
Pitt Launches Sustainable Business Micro-Credential
The new Sustainable Business micro-credential offered by the University of Pittsburgh’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business provides essential skills and knowledge to understand the crucial role of sustainability across various functions within an organization,...