Brazil marks the bicentennial of its political independence today, September 7th, but for many Brazilians it has been difficult to generate much excitement to celebrate the great date. Despite the country’s strong public health tradition and its high vaccination rate, its experience of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a brutal one, with almost 700,000 deaths second only to the United States. As Brazilians face the same inflation worries as much of the globe, the strong economic growth the country enjoyed in 2021 in the aftermath of the worst of pandemic-related woes has faltered this year. And the health of its…

Welcome to the University Press Week 2019 Blog Tour! University presses across the county will be sharing articles, interviews, and excerpts from titles that relate to various sub-themes of the main UP Week theme: Read. Think. Act. Today’s posts are all on “How to practice compassion.” Check out these posts from our university press friends: “How Empathy Can Help Us Become More Compassionate” by Elizabeth Segal, Columbia University Press * * * “How the Transformations Series Invites Us to Practice Compassion — University Press Week Blog Tour” by Heather Gernenz, University of Illinois Press * * * “Leaving Vanni” by…

Welcome to the University Press Week 2019 Blog Tour! University presses across the county will be sharing articles, interviews, and excerpts from titles that relate to various sub-themes of the main UP Week theme: Read. Think. Act. Today’s posts are all on “How to build community.” Check out these posts from our university press friends: “University Press Week Blog Tour: How to build community” by Paul Farber, Temple University Press * * * “The Press’s Role in Building Digital Scholarship Communities” by Charles Watkinson, University of Michigan Press * * * “AAUP #UniversityPressWeek: Community” by Paul Kirst, Syracuse University Press…

November 3-9 is University Press Week. This year’s theme is “Read. Think. Act.” Our mission at the University of Pittsburgh Press is to find and publish the finest scholarly titles for just this reason: We want to encourage our readers to think critically about our titles and make changes in their lives, universities, and communities. This blog post by Patricia M. DeMarco, author of Pathways To Our Sustainable Future, offers a few ways anyone can take action to become a better environmental steward. Four Ways to Be a Better Environmental Steward Patricia M. DeMarco As creatures of modern life, we…

Welcome to the University Press Week 2019 Blog Tour! University presses across the county will be sharing articles, interviews, and excerpts from titles that relate to various sub-themes of the main UP Week theme: Read. Think. Act. Today’s posts are all on “How to speak up and speak out.” Check out these posts from our university press friends: “Lewis Raven Wallace: How to Speak Up and Speak Out” by Lewis Raven Wallace, University of Chicago Press * * * “Speaking Up and Speaking Out” by Kelly Belanger, Syracuse University Press * * * “HOW TO SPEAK UP AND SPEAK OUT”…