University of Pittsburgh Pollinator Habitat Advisory Committee
In an effort to further the goals of the Pitt Sustainability Plan, the University has created a diverse and interdisciplinary Pollinator Habitat Advisory Committee to help make our campus environment more supportive of healthy, native pollinator populations.
A subcommittee of the Chancellor’s Advisory Council on Sustainability, the University of Pittsburgh’s Pollinator Habitat Advisory Committee’s goals are to:
- Create and advise on the implementation a Campus Pollinator Habitat Plan, which sets guidelines for plant choices and landscaping practices
- Lead the University’s annual Bee Campus USA application through the Xerces Society.
Committee Members

Sarah Hart, Matthew Golub, & groundskeeper Steven Michael Siweckyj install bee homes on campus (June 2019)
- CHAIR: Andy Moran, Senior Manager of Grounds, Facilities Management
- Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
- Kim Barlow, Communications Manager, Communications
- Sarah Cutshall, Undergraduate Student & Founder, Bee Friendly Pitt
- Matthew Golub, Undergraduate Student & Founder, Bee Friendly Pitt
- Samatha Ford, Sustainability Projects Coordinator, Office of Sustainability
- Sarah Hart, Undergraduate Student & Founder, Bee Friendly Pitt
- Beth Ann Mayer, Undergraduate Student, Events Coordinator, Students for Sustainability
- Mary Beth McGrew, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Planning, Facilities Management
- Dr. Aurora Sharrard, Director of Sustainability, Office of Sustainability
Read more about Pitt’s efforts related to pollinators. including our on-campus bee houses.
Interested in research on bees? Check out these:
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The best wildflowers for wild bees (Nichols et al. 2019)
- Considering the unintentional consequences of pollinator gardens for urban native plants: is the road to extinction paved with good intentions? (Johnson et al. 2017)