Pitt Facts and Campus
This place has a carousel, restaurants, and a large green space across from the Cathedral of Learning.
What is Schenley Plaza?
This print item lists important University dates and resources to help keep you organized.
What is the Arts and Sciences Academic Planner?
You can take 61 bus to this neighborhood to visit a library, Mineo's Pizza, and the Manor Theater.
What is Squirrel Hill?
Before sending any emails, be sure to do this to check for grammar and spelling errors.
What is proofread?
To discuss your classes, majors, minors and the goals of your education before scheduling, visit this person in Thackeray Hall.
Who is your academic advisor?
Stressed? This is a tip for preparing for test that might help.
What is....
Prepare EARLY for exams
Create a schedule of when to study
Go to office hours of the Professor, TA, or UTA
Create study groups
Go to MAC, Writing Center, tutoring centers
A student is considered to have done this, when he or she “presents as one’s own, for academic evaluation, the ideas, representations, or words of another person or persons without customary proper acknowledgement of sources."
What is plagiarism?
The long street in this neighborhood, which houses shops, restaurants, and coffee shops, is East Carson Street.
What is the Southside?
This is one of the best ways to address your instructor in an email?
What is 'professor' or 'Dr.'?
The Dietrich School advising department is located in this building.
What is Thackeray?
This online portal is where you schedule classes and view your grades.
What is the Student Center login through My Pitt?
This two word term means “the ethical standards of integrity by which each student and faculty member is expected to operate”.
What is academic integrity?
This neighborhood houses the First Presbyterian Church, Mellon Square Park, and the Union Trust Building.
What is Downtown?
Arriving to class on time, avoiding cell phone use and side discussions during class, and being attentive are all examples of this.
What is classroom etiquette/ behavior?
This is a way to find the majors offered by Dietrich.
What is look on Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences website under Majors, Minors, and Certificates?
The study abroad program offers study abroad opportunities on every continent except for this one.
What is Antarctica?
Here you will find group study room that you can reserve, a lab with VR and 3D Printers, and recording studios.
What is Hillman Library?
You can take a 54 bus here, and visit the Heinz History Center, restaurants, and St. Stanislaus Church.
What is the Strip District?
Attending these hours can help you get to know your professors and provide an opportunity to answer questions that weren’t addressed in class.
What are office hours?
This is a method of finding classes that fulfill general education requirements.
What is "search by my requirements" or search my "course attribute"?
You call these people on campus if your safety is at risk.
Who are the Pitt police? 412-624-2121
This was the first dinosaur at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
What is the Diplodocus Carnegii?
In this neighborhood, you will find Arsenal Park and attractions including Row House Cinema and the Roberto Clemente Museum.
What is Lawrenceville?
This is a good number of words to include in an email’s subject line.
What is 5-10?
In order to declare your major you have to do this
What is fill out a form with your advisor. (Some majors require prerequisites before declaring)?