Scholar Spotlight
A prolific writer of poetry and song, Nate is a dynamic speaker and isn't shy about performing in front of an audience.
Scholars in the Arts
"I am fascinated by the breadth of Art History and by how painting teaches a culture about itself."
Dr. Joan Harvey
Biomedicine Mentor
Joan Harvey, M.D., Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Medicine and Dean of Students in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, a position that she has held for the last 15 years.
Trained in Rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins University, she completed her undergraduate degree in biochemistry at the Harvard-Radcliffe College and her medical degree at the Johns Hopkins University. She studied the development of rheumatoid arthritis in a population of Chippewa Indians in Onamia, Minnesota and assessed genetic and immune factors important in its pathogenesis.
After positions in Rheumatology, heading up the Division at the University of Rochester School of Medicine, and driving the development of clinical assessment skills for medical students and objectively measuring the clinical competence of residents at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, she assumed her current position. She has participated in driving the development of a Problem Based Learning approach to teaching in the medical school and led efforts to consider health care within an international scope, communicating with students about issues important in International Health. Most recently she has participated in helping Somali refugees settle in the Pittsburgh area.