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Nancy M.K. Merritt has joined the University of Pittsburgh as vice chancellor for alumni relations, bringing 17 years of experience to her new role along with plans to develop programs to help alumni

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

PERU Group Wins ‘Best Professional Abstract’ at Expo

School of Pharmacy

Shelome Gooden Named Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research

Shelome Gooden was recently named as the University of Pittsburgh’s first-ever assistant vice chancellor for research for the humanities, arts, social sciences, and related fields, announced Senior

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Sociology Department Chair Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Lab Safety Program Wins National Recognition

Record-High Dollar Amount Given to Nationality Rooms Scholarships Winners

Researchers to Study Pittsburgh Lead Pipes

Chair of Religious Studies Receives Grant from American Academy for Jewish Research

Three Graduate Students Win Contest for Thesis Elevator Pitch

Alumnus Wasi Mohamed Named Thomas Merton Center’s 2019 New Person of the Year

Walid Gellad Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Pitt Men’s Study Renewed by NIH, Will Enter Fourth Decade of HIV Research

LifeX Labs Receives Economic Development Administration Entrepreneurship Grant

Merritt Named Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations