
From alumni successes to faculty research to student life, take a look at the latest stories from the community at Chatham University
Global Focus Program: 2016-2017 "Year of Canada"
The second largest country in the world by size, with a history of relatively peaceful relations between First Nations and Euro-descendants, Canada’s standing in the global arena will only grow as the economic and strategic stakes centered around the Northwest Passage become more urgent.
Cougar Career Launch Offers Students Career Immersion
From a list of 13 local companies and organizations, students chose one where they spent about two hours touring the facility, visiting with employees, and participating in a Q and A session.
Food Studies Student Creates Community Garden
Leland plans to grow the project each year, and to offer gardening workshops to teach children that with hard work and determination, even the smallest seed can grow into to something larger than life.
Award-Winning Filmmaker Chester Lampman, MFA Film & Digital Technology '12
If you think of award-winning filmmakers, Chester Lampman, MFA Film and Digital Technologies ’14, may not be the first to come to mind, but make no mistake—he’s the real deal.
NEW Leadership Pennsylvania Promotes Women in Politics
“Overall, the value in the program is the increased confidence we see in students at the end of the week. We know from alums of the program that this experience increases their knowledge of the political system, their overall confidence, and their ability to affect change.”
Undergraduate Connects With Local Nonprofit 412 Food Rescue
Jellison arranged a meeting with Dr. Whitney and representatives from Chatham’s dining services, Parkhurst (Chatham’s dining services partner), and Zipcar. “Everyone was like, if you want this, you can have it,” she says.
Alumna Profile: "Sniffing Around Brooklyn"
As with so many New York stories— at least in the movies—it began with a gun. A 3,200-pound custom-built breakfast cereal-puffing gun that traveled the city demonstrating how grains get puffed into cereal.
The Smarter Lunchrooms Movement comes to Pittsburgh Public Schools
“Questions of who has access to what kind of food play out in an interesting manner in public schools.” - Dani Lyons, MAFS '16
Inside the Aquaculture Lab
Aquaculture—the farming of marine organisms, including fish, shellfish, turtles, and plants—is responsible for more than half of all seafood eaten worldwide,[1] and getting bigger. Falk School Aquatic Lab Director Roy Weitzell, PhD is ready.
The Dedication of the Esther Barazzone Center at Eden Hall Campus
An hour and a half before guests were due to arrive, drizzle turned to rain and Eden Hall Campus (EHC) sprang quietly into action.
Congratulations Eden Hall Fellows!
Chatham University and the Falk School of Sustainability (FSS) are proud to announce the 2016 Eden Hall Fellows.
Life at Eden Hall Campus
Last fall, Chatham welcomed its inaugural full-time student residents to Eden Hall Campus. We spoke with students about what it’s like.