by pims | Jun 12, 2023 | Media, Uncategorized
Dr. Barry Lease was appointed the new President and Chief Executive Officer of PIMS. Dr. Leaseās new role was effective beginning on April 2, 2023. Dr. Lease was a student at the Institute in the 1980s. He initially joined the team as a part-time Clinical Embalming...
by pims | Nov 13, 2019 | Media, Restorative Art Lab
PIMS is in the process of completely re-vamping the Restorative Art Lab experience for campus and DE students. PIMS contracted with a Nashville special effects artist to build synthetic heads with the feel of āembalmed tissueāāthese heads have been designed...
by pims | Dec 5, 2018 | Media, PIMS Pride
Kari Northey, a funeral director/embalmer, takes a tour of Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. She chats with some students and faculty. Get a glimpse of life at PIMS!
by pims | Oct 31, 2018 | Media
Dear all, Sadly, Pittsburgh is “in the news” for a most inauspicious reason. While the events at the Tree of Life Synagogue yesterday perpetrated by a cowardly and hate-filled individual has cast a pall over the city, we are resilient and “Mr. Rogers...
by pims | Aug 27, 2018 | Media, PIMS Pride
Mr. Burns, a faculty member at PIMS, recently completed his Celebrant training at the NFDA headquarters in Brookfield, Wisconsin and in less than a month attended the Celebrant Trainer training session at the OFDA headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. PIMS now has an...
by pims | Aug 27, 2018 | Media, PIMS Pride
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science (PIMS) has been ranked 20 on Forbes 2018 Top Two-Year Trade Schools. For the second year, Forbes is ranking the nationās Top Two-Year Trade Schools, a list of technical and career colleges with high-earning alumni, stand-out...