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Professor Emerita Receives Award from Modern Language Association

Toi Derricotte, professor emerita in the Department of English within the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been recognized by the Modern Language Association (MLA) with its Phyllis

Pitt Innovation Challenge Awards $460,000 for Novel Health Care Solutions

$460,000 in prizes were awarded at the 2019 Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh) final event, where University of Pittsburgh research teams proposed creative solutions to a live audience and a panel of

African American Alumni Council to Honor Five During Homecoming 2019

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Department of Africana Studies
  • College of General Studies

Writing Program Alum Recognized by The Missouri Review for Audio Essay

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of English

Andrea Hegenroeder Receives Distinguished Teaching Award

  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Department of Physical Therapy

“The Mister Rogers No One Saw”: Jeanne Marie Laskas Pens Essay in The New York Times Magazine

Jeanne Marie Laskas, Distinguished Professor of English in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences and founding director of Pitt’s Center for Creativity, published an essay in The New York

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of English

Inmaculada Hernandez Earns Emerging Leader Award

  • School of Pharmacy
  • Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Healthy Lifestyle Institute Hosts Second Annual Summit, Announces ‘Schools on the Move’ Initiative

  • School of Education
  • Healthy Lifestyle Institute
  • Department of Health and Physical Activity

Student Brian Broome Sells Debut Memoir

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of English

Katz MBA Rises in Poets & Quants Rankings

  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

Kenneth Jordan's Paper on Hydration, Surfactants Published in PNAS

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Chemistry

Education’s Tessa McCarthy Receives National Research Award

  • Department of Instruction and Learning
  • School of Education

Jamie Hanson Wins American Psychological Foundation Award

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Psychology

Jamie Ducar Earns Second Micro-Credential in Community Engagement

Medical Researcher Paul Palevsky Named President-Elect to Foundation Board

  • Clinical and Translational Science Institute
  • Department of Medicine
  • School of Medicine

Pitt Earns 2020-2021 Military Friendly Designation Across Campuses

  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

Pitt Day of Giving 2020 Sets Records

Student-run Saxbys Cafes to Open at Pitt in Fall 2020

  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

Graduate Student Michael Sullivan Wins Hammond Scholarship

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Aspinwall Neighbors Toast Community from Afar