Falk School faculty offer a variety of tools sampled from some of the world’s leading sustainability-minded organizations in a new Field Guide for Future Sustainability Leaders.

April marks National Occupational Therapy month and Chatham’s Occupational Therapy students are celebrating by sharing their health and wellness tips through the #OTChangingLives campaign. Check out their daily health checklist and more!

ICYMI, Chatham faculty and staff have been providing expert opinions and guidance all over the news. We gathered some of the most timely features for your perusing.

Proposed by Occupational Therapy students, the sensory garden at Eden Hall Campus is one of the many ways ChathamU combines sustainability and health science. This therapeutic garden is designed to engage the senses, provide a respite from the often frenetic pace of college life, and serve as a both a healing and a research tool.

Stressed, scared, or overwhelmed? We feel you, ChathamU! We’re counting down some of our favorite ways to alleviate stress and anxiety in the midst of these uncertain times.

What inspired some of Chatham’s most successful women to open up about some of their biggest failures? The 12th annual Women of the World (WOW) Retreat, of course! Each year, WOW empowers a cohort of women students to sharpen their leadership skills and build community in the process.

The last time we talked with James Snow, MSUS ’14, he was a project manager at a community development company then called GTECH (now Grounded Strategies). Now he is Development Director at Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy (PPC), overseeing individual, foundation, government, and corporate giving.

Did you know Chatham students can complete their internship requirements abroad?! We caught up with three students—Elena Woodworth, Lena Pieto, and Marco Nakich—who did exactly that. The results? Life-changing.

Thanks to research and interviews by CRAFT at Chatham University, we’re gaining new understanding of how this unsung crop has proven integral to Pennsylvania’s economy and heritage... and how it can be an important tool in creating a more sustainable farming future.

“I have many dream jobs,” laughs Julia Saintz, MSUS ’19, “but this is one of them.”

This winter, we’re encouraging our Chatham community to find new paths to joy, fun, health, and productivity. Join us we count down some of our favorite strategies to keep positive despite the cold.

“One of the things that Downtown Pittsburgh struggles with is that people don’t think of it as a neighborhood—but it is,” says alumna Caitlin Fadgen, Master of Sustainability + MBA ’17. That’s what she aims to change in her work with Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership (PDP).