
From alumni successes to faculty research to student life, take a look at the latest stories from the community at Chatham University
Campus Community Profile: Andres Carrillo
“I’m passionate about movement. For me, movement has a few different domains.”
RecycleMania Comes to Chatham
Chatham University is again competing for international recognition as a leader in campus waste reduction.
Mary Whitney Leads Chatham’s Drive Toward Carbon Neutrality
“I grew up in the country, free to roam and enjoy nature. As I got older and the strip mines got closer and closer to my home, I saw the damage that was being done to the environment, including the farms and woods around my house. It was then that I began to realize that our energy needs were going to completely overwhelm the natural world that I love so much.”
Campus Community Profile: Kristen Spirl
“There are so many things I find exciting about my job. For one, my office is generally outdoors! And no two days are the same. Surprises occur constantly, as Mother Nature answers to no one.”
Building Community Spirit, Loaf by Loaf
While breaking bread, Shauna is also breaking the mold. What comes out of the community oven in Braddock is extraordinary. But what comes out of her community spirit is changing people’s lives.
Eden Hall Campus: A Hub for K-12 Sustainable Education Efforts
Eden Hall Campus was envisioned as a beacon for current and future generations who wish to work toward a more sustainable way of living. Today, Eden Hall Campus delivers this vision through bachelors and masters-level programs and an unparalleled range of opportunities for sustainability-themed experiences for K-12 students in the Pittsburgh area.
Chatham Resettles Newest Residents
The 5-to-6-inch collaborators, who declined requests for an interview, were delivered by Laurel Hill Trout Farm, in a hatchery truck with tanks outfitted with temperature control and supplemental oxygen.
Campus Community Profile: Steve Karas, PT, DSc, CMPT
“I learned that although medicine tends to compartmentalize, having experience in several areas will strengthen your personal discipline and ability to think and reason.”
MFA Student Launches Online Magazine
“Beer writing, well crafted" goes the tagline for Hop Culture, an online daily lifestyle magazine for the newest generation of craft beer drinkers. The magazine's founder and editor-in-chief is Chatham MFA in Creative Writing student Kenny Gould, ’17.
Course Spotlight: Food Access
Food Access (FST509), taught by Mim Seidel, MS, RD, LDN, has two components: a general exploration of the contexts in which hunger and food insecurity develop, and a directed exploration of food access in Pittsburgh. This course is enriched through interactions with many Pittsburgh-based anti-hunger organizations.
Course Spotlight: Wines, Ciders, and Mead
Because as hands-on as this class is, Frey equips her students with the theoretical knowledge and collaborative spirit that effectively makes them artisans—even if just for the semester.
Alumni Profile: Scott Marshall, Bachelor of Sustainability ‘16
Marshall had begun thinking about how he could use his grandparents’ farm as a family asset in 2013, and after a job change, he decided a return to school was in order.