The Senate of the University of Pittsburgh is an official University body for shared governance. Through its various organs, it considers and makes recommendations concerning educational policies and other matters of University-wide concern.
The Senate shall foster discussion and maintain adequate communication channels among students, staff, faculty, administrative officers, and the Board of Trustees on all matters affecting the welfare of the University or its constituent members.
"Unsettled: Frames for Examining Generative Artificial Intelligence"
Large language models and generative artificial intelligence have growing potential to change many aspects of our lives in higher education, including how we interact with information, teaching, and research. The late 2022 pop culture splash of ChatGPT awakened many of us to the existing permeation of these kinds of AI into our lives and jolted us to the exciting and unsettling aspects of this AI for our future. How do we take a step back and do what we do best? We examine the impact through our disciplinary expertise and experience, and then we imagine and influence the future. This year’s Senate Plenary brings together seven Pitt experts in wide-ranging areas - philosophy of science, art, engineering, computing & information, language, english, and law - to present and discuss what comes next.
Please join us in-person on Tuesday April 4, 2023, from 12-2 in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room for lunch and the Plenary. (Doors open at 11:45 am)
If you are unable to join in person, you can view the Plenary live.
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://pitt.zoom.us/j/93227082619
Passcode: 744637
The Senate is accepting nominations for Senate President, Vice President and faculty representatives on Faculty Assembly and Senate Committees.
Elections for Officers and Faculty Assembly members will be held electronically April 5-20, 2023. Senate Committee elections will be held April 27 - May 9, 2023.
If you are interested in participating in the senate, please complete the attached form.
Please feel free to contact Chris Bonneau, Elections Chair if you would like to know more about what any of the positions would involve.
Senate Leadership
If you have any questions - please reach out to any of the Senate Officers
President - Robin Kear, Faculty Librarian, ULS, rlk25@pitt.edu
Vice President - Kristin Kanthak, Professor Political Science, kanthak@pitt.edu
Secretary - Penelope (Penny) Morel, Professor School of Medicine, morel@pitt.edu
Immediate Past President - Chris Bonneau, Professor Political Science, cwbonneau@pitt.edu
