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A Conversation with Ambassador Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba (MBA ’90)

A Conversation with Ambassador Mmasekgoa Masire-Mwamba (MBA ’90)

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...

Pitt Students Solve Case with Alteryx

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

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

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...

Botswana Ambassador and Pitt Alum Returns to Campus

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!

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

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,...