By Dr. Maria Wheeler-Dubas, Research and Science Education Outreach Coordinator

There may have been some flurries here and there, but we’ve had a roughly week-long streak without snow on the ground. This means we’ve gotten a glorious glimpse of an underappreciated treasure, a treasure that is more...

By Emily Nye, High School Program Coordinator

Are you passionate about environmental sustainability or want to learn more? Have you been considering a green career and you’re not sure where to start or how to narrow it down? Do you want to learn how to grow, harvest and...

By Ashlee Cubarney, Let's Move Pittsburgh program assistant

This month we wanted to highlight a program we have here at Phipps and how it is impacting local students! Now in its ninth year at Phipps, the Fairchild Challenge is a free, interdisciplinary, environmental science competition for...

By Kelly Regan, Let's Move Pittsburgh CDC Associate

To increase awareness of children’s health and wellness topics, Phipps' Let’s Move Pittsburgh program presents Food in the News, a column on local, state and national health policies and nutrition related updates...

By Dr. Maria Wheeler-Dubas, Research and Science Education Outreach Coordinator

It’s been a chilly week in Pittsburgh! How do organisms without fur or feathers stay alive in freezing weather?

By Sharon Trimber, 5th grade teacher

This article is a part of a 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...