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MCSI B ROADENS ITS I NFLUENCE T HROUGH C AMPUS E NGAGEMENT Events
MCSI led over 20 events impacting over 700 faculty, staff, students, and friends. These events brought outstanding leaders to share their expertise on topics including equitable engineering, food systems, carbon neutrality and environmental justice. MCSI events provide opportunities for Pitt faculty to share their expertise and for us to learn from national and international leaders on a variety of topics.
Public Health & Engineering Climate & Health Research Symposium This April 21 symposium was led by Deans Maureen Litchveld and James Martin with a group of faculty members interested in exploring the potential for alignments (research, curricular, or otherwise) related to climate and health. In addition to guest speaker, Dr. Natalia Rodriguez (Purdue University), Dr. Melissa Bilec served as a lead speaker addressing MCSI and efforts related to these topics.