The Ellis School’s first Director of Equity & Inclusion unites her passions for helping girls and working for a more equitable world.

Chatting with Dana Brown, PhD, executive director, PA Center for Women and Politics, Rebecca Harris, MBA, executive director, Center for Women’s Entrepreneurship; and Jessie Ramey, PhD, director of the Chatham University Women’s Institute.

While it’s rare to know where in the world Meg Scanlon is—she moves quickly and plans ahead—she is never far from an art museum.

I sat in on a number of sessions of a PBL course (called Essentials for the Physician Assistant II) for the MPAS program to learn what all the fuss was about, and let me say: This might be the best way anyone has taught anyone anything, ever.

“Theatre at Chatham is full of self-starters,” says Maria Shoop ‘13, MFACW ’14, who would know. As a member of the last class that had the opportunity to major in theatre, Shoop founded the Drama Club in 2011 to keep the theatre spirit going.

On Thursday, November 1, 2018, hundreds of members of the Chatham community gathered at Chatham’s pond for an Interfaith Service and Vigil to commemorate the lives lost in the Tree of Life Synagogue shootings, and to recognize Chatham’s enduring ties and friendship with the Jewish community.  

Thanks to ample performance opportunities, private instruction from Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra members, and music-specific scholarships, Chatham music students flourish.

At the intersection of commerce and social commentary, jewelry designer and Chatham alumna, Sarah Sindler’s tooth caps, nostril clips, fingernail rings, and more, are equal parts accessory and conversation piece.

Author and journalist Brittany Hailer learned the power of listening and the strength of community in Chatham’s MFA Creative Writing program. She’s spun her diverse experience into the book Animal You’ll Surely Become, a genre-blending work of poetry and creative nonfiction.

Megan Gallagher ‘11 didn’t set out to be a farmer, but life had other plans. An organic gardening class at Eden Hall set the wheels in motion for be.wild.er farm—Megan’s small but mighty start up farm.

Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Arts in Food Studies (MAFS) program Alice Julier did not write the book on food studies—she edited it.

Why were 160 people itching to enter Allegheny Cemetery on October 12? The answer might surprise you. It's not ghost-hunting or grave-digging, it's art history.