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4 Pitt projects will be showcased at the ACCelerate Creativity and Innovation Festival

Meet the feature researchers from the World History Center, HERL, the Office of the Provost and the Department of Theatre Arts.

  • Innovation and Research
  • World History Center
  • Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL)
  • Provost
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt will dedicate a Philippine Nationality Room

The June 9 ceremony will be followed by a cultural festival with music, dancing and food.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Nationality Rooms Program and Intercultural Exchange

Historian Bridges Gap in Understanding Neglected Tropical Diseases

Mari Webel will continue her work that melds history and public health as Pitt’s first-ever Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellow.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of History and Philosophy of Science
  • Department of History
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SHRS students and researchers were recognized by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation

Among the honorees are Joan Rogers, Natalie Leland and Roxanna Bendixen.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Pitt Sociology Chair Suzanne Staggenborg won a lifetime achievement award

The University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of Social Movements will honor her for her work in the field.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

New President Named for University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

Robert G. Gregerson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and senior adviser to the provost at Florida Gulf Coast University, has been named president of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg

Keisha Blain wearing black sweater with white stripes

Keisha N. Blain was awarded best book in African American women’s and gender history

“Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom” won the 2019 Darlene Clark Hine Award.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Peg Smith won a National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Lifetime Achievement Award

She is a professor emerita of mathematics education and a senior scientist in the Learning Research and Development Center.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education
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Daniel Balderson received a literary award

The Society for Textual Scholarship honored the Mellon Professor of Modern Languages for his book, “How Borges Wrote.”

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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4 Pitt students earned 2019 Goldwater Scholarships

All of the winners are seniors in the Dietrich School and residents of Pennsylvania.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • David C. Frederick Honors College

New Pitt Supercomputer to Launch Into Space

A novel supercomputer developed by a University of Pittsburgh team is set to journey to the International Space Station, continuing a NASA partnership meant to improve Earth and space science.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Commencement 2019: The Ins and Outs

Celebrate the hard work of the Class of 2019 at this year’s commencement ceremonies. Pittwire has information about parking, hashtags, livestreams and more.

Entrepreneurial Engineer Brings Creative Spirit and Connections to Campus, Honda

Senior Sean O’Brien, a member of the first Panthers Forward cohort, just wants to make things work — from bowties to dinner tables to the Pitt Makerspace.

  • Students
  • Innovation Institute
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Blossoms in front of a blurry Cathedral of Learning

2 Pitt researchers earned an NSF grant for autism therapy development

The team will be led by Murat Akcakaya and Carla A. Mazefsky.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • School of Medicine
Leanne Gilbertson

Leanne Gilbertson received the Mara H. Wasburn Early Engineering Educator Grant

The associate professor’s research group aims to inform sustainable design of existing and novel materials to avoid potential unintended environmental and human health consequences.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Budding Researcher Eyes Future With Better Health Care for Women

Abhignya Mallepalli thought she’d become a doctor someday, but a series of inspiring instructors and impactful experiences in local hospitals changed her path.

  • Students
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Neuroscience

Senior Activist Thinks Big

Zuri Kent-Smith: forward-thinking, charismatic, passionate and unapologetic. Through his activism on campus and off, the senior philosophy and Africana studies major leaves his mark on Pitt.

  • Students
  • Department of Africana Studies
  • Department of Philosophy
Salk Hall

Alumna Katelyn Means won a national scholarship to pursue dual Pitt Dental Medicine degrees

The National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipient earned a BS in microbiology in 2018.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Dental Medicine
  • Alumni
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Pitt won a 4th Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge

Pitt finished with 1,097 points — more than double that of the second place university finisher.

  • University News
  • Sustainability
  • Our City/Our Campus
Blooming trees outside Hillman Library

Mohammed A. Bamyeh was elected board chair of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences

The Pitt sociology professor will guide the council, which has supported hundreds of researchers in 22 Arab countries.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences