By Sahar Arbab, High School Program Coordinator, Phipps Science Education and Research

The Fairchild Challenge is now in full swing! Thank you to the many schools that submitted an entry for Challenge #1. We hope you had as much fun reflecting and writing as we did reading your work. All of the judges agreed that...

By Phipps Conservatory

Phipps is proud to co-sponsor the next installment in University of Pittsburgh Honors College's always-engaging Climate Change Series of lectures. Join us Thurs., Nov. 19 at Alumni Hall's Connolly...

By Charity Grimes Bauman, Phipps Community Outreach Coordinator

Before your garden is done producing for the season, consider saving some seed!  Seed saving is an easy, free way to restock your seed collection for next year.  Saving your own seed saves money, and allows you to...

By Lorren Kezmoh, Outreach Coordinator, Phipps Science Education and Research

It may be quite surprising to still see bright blossoms popping up here and there amongst the warm crimson and gold hues of the autumn foliage that dominates the late October – early November landscape. However, there are...

By Deborah Backman, MPH Candidate, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health

To increase awareness of children’s health and wellness initiatives, Phipps' Let’s Move Pittsburgh project provides Policy Update, a monthly column on local, state and national health policies that impact you. From...

By Dawn Plummer, executive director of the Pittsburgh Food Policy Council

This article is third in a new series called Health in Motion brought you by Let’s Move Pittsburgh. Health in Motion is intended to showcase the efforts of schools and community organizations in the Pittsburgh region who are...