Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili
Varsity Walk at the University of Pittsburgh (Photo by Christopher Lancaster via Wikimedia Commons)
January 26, 2026, 9:56 am
With federal grant, Pitt initiative aims to move campus dialogue beyond polarization
While people are widely urged to celebrate “diversity,” that often does not extend to diverse views. The new program aims to broaden understanding and acceptance.
By Toby Tabachnick
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili)
September 20, 2023, 10:07 am
Jewish Pitt professor leads effort to help refugees and threatened scholars
The center has begun funding scholars inside Ukraine who could not or would not leave the country.
By Justin Vellucci
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili)
October 6, 2022, 2:12 pm
$2.4 million grant to fund Pitt research on overcoming social polarization
Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili co-leads team researching the way societies manage and overcome polarization and social cleavages.
By Justin Vellucci
Omar Sadr (left), Jennifer Murtazashvili and Zalmai Nishat at a conference in Afghanistan. Photo provided by Jennifer Murtazashvili.
January 5, 2022, 9:02 am
Jewish Pitt professor helping bring Afghan scholars to Pittsburgh
“I’m going like gangbusters, trying to get support for this because people will forget about Afghanistan, I fear,” she said.
By David Rullo
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