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Graduate Student Organization (GSO)

The Biological Sciences Graduate Student Organization (GSO) is a student-led group that aims to unite and empower graduate students within our department.

Current Officers (2024-2025)

    President                    Vice President                Secretary                     Treasurer

               

 Katherine Sharp             Dani Farinella               Aakash Grover           Lauren Chronister

             A&S GSO Representatives                                     Social Chairs                                        

               

  James Kuldell                 May Ahmed                 Sanika Ambre                   Anu Iyer

       Recruitment Chairs  (MCDB/EE)        Invited Speaker Chair   Web Content Manager

               

    Jenny Miller               Trapper Hobble              Murray White                 Jenny Miller

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Committees

  • Career Seminars: The career seminar committee organizes seminars and events highlighting non-academic career paths. 
  • Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DIB): The DIB committee fosters a safe and inclusive community for graduate students from underrepresented backgrounds.
  • Grad Guide: The grad guide committee updates our "Navigating Grad School" document, a student-created guide to navigating our graduate program.
  • Peer Mentoring: The peer mentoring committee provides guidance for incoming and current graduate students.

Upcoming Events

Dr. Kaylan Moore, Associate Director of the Equitable Outcomes Wallet at Project Evident, Inc. & Instructor of Career Design Workshop at Pitt is giving a career seminar on September 10, 2024 at 2 PM in Langley 219B. Her talk is titled "Exploring Meaningful Work".

Email us (bsgso@pitt.edu) with questions, comments, and/or concerns!