Department of Psychology
Undergraduate Advising Office

Are you a junior or senior declared psychology major? Do you want to discuss careers in psychology and grad school applications? Are you looking to be part of a mentoring relationship?

Apply to join PUGS! This program matches psychology undergrads with graduate psychology students to form a year-long mentoring relationship.

Apply to Join: https://pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5bBJxtiGe4BZHim
Deadline: Friday, September 26th

Mentors and mentees are expected to commit to monthly meetings throughout the academic year. Students who feel that they do not currently have a mentor in the department are especially encouraged to apply. Please contact Margaret Brehm (mvb37@pitt.edu) and Victoria Dionisos (vid79@pitt.edu) with any questions!

Applications are now open for the University of Pittsburgh’s Panthers Forward program, which annually provides 150 graduating seniors with up to $5,000 in direct federal student loan relief.

Since 2019, Panthers Forward has provided nearly $5.2 million in direct federal student loan relief to more than 1,050 Pitt students. The program’s only condition is a voluntary one: that students pay it forward to the next generation, either financially or by contributing their time and talents after graduation.

Applications to join the Panthers Forward Class of 2026 close at 11:59 p.m. Sept. 28. Here’s how to apply.

Dedicated to ensuring that all members of the Pitt community have regular access to a balanced and nutritious diet. The Pantry hosts regular shopping hours for Pitt community members to obtain food and services.  It is located in the O’Hara Student Center kitchen (4024 O’Hara Street), where all members of the Pitt community can visit to select items of need.

Visit the Pitt Pantry for assistance.

Undergraduate students started receiving emails on Monday, September 8 from the Dean of Students, Marlin Nabors, with a link to the Undergraduate Student Needs Research Survey. We want to hear about your college experience! Students who participate will be entered into a random drawing for free giveaways. The survey will remain open until October 24.

September 5, 2025       Add/drop ends
September 12, 2025     Extended drop ends
September 22, 2025     Grade option (S/NC) deadline
October 24, 2025          Monitored withdrawal deadline
October 27, 2025          Spring term 2026 enrollment begins
December 5, 2025        Last day of classes

Forbes & Fifth, the University of Pittsburgh’s undergraduate journal in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Twice per year, we publish works of research, creative writing, and scholarship, in addition to works of visual art. An archive of our journal can be found on our website:http://forbes5.pitt.eduhttp://forbes5.pitt.edu. 

This term, we are accepting written submissions through October 3rd, 2025, as well as visual art submissions through October 17th, 2025. I will appreciate it if you please encourage your students to review recent issues of Forbes & Fifth on our website. If students would like to submit after this review, then they may submit through the site’s submission tab: http://www.forbes5.pitt.edu/submit.

As I mentor students applying to clinical psychology programs, I’ve noticed that one of the biggest sources of stress—and a major time drain—is figuring out which mentors are accepting students.

To help streamline this process, I've created this Excel spreadsheet that should be accessible to everyone. I would greatly appreciate it if you could share this widely and take a moment to add if you are mentoring students for the current cycle and add the mentors from your program who plan to take students.

Allison G. Harvey, PhD (she/her)
Psychology Department
University of California, Berkeley

Announcements will run bi-weekly throughout the summer.