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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.
Pitt will dedicate a Philippine Nationality Room
The June 9 ceremony will be followed by a cultural festival with music, dancing and food.
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.
SHRS students and researchers were recognized by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Among the honorees are Joan Rogers, Natalie Leland and Roxanna Bendixen.
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.
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 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.
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.
Daniel Balderson received a literary award
The Society for Textual Scholarship honored the Mellon Professor of Modern Languages for his book, “How Borges Wrote.”
4 Pitt students earned 2019 Goldwater Scholarships
All of the winners are seniors in the Dietrich School and residents of Pennsylvania.
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.
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.
2 Pitt researchers earned an NSF grant for autism therapy development
The team will be led by Murat Akcakaya and Carla A. Mazefsky.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pitt won a 4th Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge
Pitt finished with 1,097 points — more than double that of the second place university finisher.
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.