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Mark Nordenberg received the first Jim Roddey Leadership Award
The award honors those who share the values of Roddey, a businessman, civic leader and Pitt trustee emeritus. Alumna and lawyer Laura Ellsworth was also recognized.
Christian Knox received a Department of Energy research award
He is one of 79 PhD students nationwide to be selected for the Office of Science Graduate Student Research program.
Afshin Beheshti represented Pitt Space in Harrisburg
He joined government officials, representatives from NASA and industry leaders in the state capital to discuss Pennsylvania’s future as a national aerospace leader.
Dean Nicola Foote was named an honorary member of Phi Beta Kappa
She was honored by the honor society for her contributions to Pitt’s David C. Frederick Honors College.
Graham Hatfull has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society
The renowned phages expert has been recognized by the UK academy for his work in the biological sciences.
Melissa Bilec will speak on a May 21 sustainability panel
The panel, held by Pittsburgh Earth Day and Duquesne Light Company, will feature women who are shaping environmental progress in the city.
Pitt Athletics announced its 2025 Hall of Fame inductees
The eight former student athletes will be honored on Sept. 27, as Pitt football takes on Louisville at Acrisure Stadium.
PhD student Hossein Nakhaei won a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship
The history of art and architecture scholar is the second from Pitt to win the award for emerging researchers.
A new Pitt Public Health partnership will focus on connections between people and the environment
Pitt and UNIC Health in Cyprus will develop a joint online master’s degree program in One Health.
Alumnus Alex-Jaden Peart won a Fulbright Austria US Teaching Assistantship
The 2024 Frederick Honors College graduate and Lionel Peason Fellowship recipient will teach English in an Austrian school.
Alumna Jasmine Al Rasheed won a German Academic Exchange Service graduate fellowship
The award will fund her master’s degree in public health, a joint program between two universities in Berlin.
3 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study languages abroad
Michael Sipper and John Danvers will study in Turkey while junior Kate McManus will study in Estonia.
Pitt’s partnership with a Puerto Rican university was awarded a Sloan Foundation grant
The partnership with University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez will facilitate collaborative energy systems research.
7 Pitt students won a nationally competitive research fellowship
The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides five years of funding for the country’s top student researchers.
Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Institute of Politics chair joins nearly 250 esteemed members elected to this year’s class.
Pitt researchers presented several ongoing projects and their impact on PA
State Secretary Akbar Hossain met with University leaders, faculty and students during a campus visit on March 20.
James Coleman won a Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation award
The Giles Constable Award will support his upcoming book on 15th- to 17th-century Italian literature
Meet the 2025 Pitt Sustainability Awardees
The recognitions celebrate leadership and innovation in sustainability on the University’s campus.
19 people were honored at Pitt’s Postdoctoral Research Symposium
Overall, Pitt researchers presented 115 posters at the April 14 event.
Dara Méndez was honored by Pittsburgh’s Professional Women’s Network
The School of Public Health associate professor received the Ladies Who Lead Award in a celebration on April 17.
