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16 Pitt affiliates were named to the Pittsburgh Business Times Power 100

Chancellor Joan Gabel is an honoree for a second consecutive year.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
Aerial photo of the Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Chapel during the winter.

Nastasia Mauger won the 2024 PRACE Ada Lovelace Award

The award is given to a female scientist who made an outstanding contribution to high-performance computing.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt senior Simon Wang won Campus Compact’s Student Leadership Impact Award

He was honored for co-founding the Pittsburgh Policy Initiative, a campus organization for students who want to get involved in public policy and policy analysis.

  • Community Impact
  • Cultivate student success
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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11 Pitt people were named to the Pittsburgh Business Times’ 30 Under 30 list

This year’s esteemed group of young professionals includes University students, faculty and alumni.

  • Community Impact
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Promote accountability and trust
Fang Peng

Fang Peng was elected to the National Academy of Engineering

The RK Mellon Endowed Chair Professor is recognized for contributing to the development of high-powered electronic technologies for advanced power grid and energy conversion.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • Swanson School of Engineering
The Cathedral of Learning

2 Pitt alumni have been elected to the National Academy of Education

Jinfa Cai and Drew Gitomer, each members of the University’s Learning Research and Development Center, join the 2025 class.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC)
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Education
Performers onstage during a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival production.

Pitt hosted a Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival

The festival featured Pitt Stages’ production of ‘The Inseparables.’

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Caitlin Bruce standing in front of a wall of street art

Caitlin Bruce was awarded a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

The $60,000 will help fund her urban art project, which offers free youth workshops hosted by Pittsburgh artists.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Panther statue covered with snow in front of Cathedral of Learning

Sam Woolley received funding for his Communication Technology Research Lab

The $200,000 award comes from Omidyar Network, and will support Woolley’s work in improving digital literary.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
painting of a frog on lilypads

Pitt-Bradford’s creative arts magazine will unveil its 2025 issue Jan. 22

Bailey’s Beads will host a celebration, featuring live readings from contributors, an open mic for the public, refreshments and prizes.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Portrait of Mumbe Kithakye

Mumbe Kithakye was named executive director of assessment and data analytics

Kithakye will join Pitt’s Division of Student Affairs, where she’ll teach staffers about using data to tell the University’s story.

  • Division of Student Affairs
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Promote accountability and trust
  • University News
Sleva and Klug hold up their trophies

Pitt staff members earned BikePGH Educators of the Year award

Lucy Klug and Sarah Sleva were recognized for their commitment to fostering a bike-friendly community.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
The Currie twins on Wheel of Fortune

Pitt senior Katie Currie and her twin won $88K on ‘Wheel of Fortune’

Watch highlights of the sisters dominating the game show.

  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • College of Business Administration
Kathleen McTigue and Michael Becich

The Pitt-led PaTH Network earned $13M to continue its research

Kathleen McTigue and Michael Becich have received four years of funding to advance patient-centered health care research.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Tao Han won a Humboldt Research Award

Given to up to 100 researchers each year, the award recognizes internationally outstanding academic work.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
David Beck

David Beck will be interim dean for the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

The executive vice dean steps in for Tony Delitto, who was named associate provost for digital education last fall, effective Jan. 31.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
A panther statue on the snowy Pitt grounds. The Cathedral of Learning is in the background

Jay Darr will serve as senior strategic advisor to Pitt’s vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion

He has previously served director of the University Counseling Center and associate dean of student wellness. Darr’s new role begins Jan. 21.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Cultivate student success
  • Promote accountability and trust
A drone photo of the Cathedral of Learning and Pitt's campus at night

PhD student Cody Hmelar won a CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award

The Department of English scholar will attend the organization’s annual convention in Baltimore this spring.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Cultivate student success
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
a building with large windows reflecting blue sky

Swanson School researchers will develop cutting-edge electric grid technologies with a $2.5M grant

The Department of Energy funding will bring together academics and industry representatives to test updates for a grid that’s under new pressures.

The silhouette of a panther statue against a blue sky

Pitt’s Institute for Learning earned a $1M Hewlett Foundation grant

The award will fund the Learning Research and Development Center unit’s study of cross-school networked improvement communities.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC)
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation