Accolades & Honors
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Olivera Finn will serve as an at-large director of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer
The Distinguished Professor of Immunology will start her three-year term in January.
Poushalee Banerjee won an American Fisheries Society student writing award
Her article on eastern hellbenders received an honorable mention.
Graduate student Ryan Lindner earned a Boren Award
The School of Public and International Affairs master’s student is using his fellowship to study Russian at the Novamova Language School in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Pitt-Greensburg students helped a local conservation agency bolster its public outreach
The communication class developed strategies pro bono for the Westmoreland Conservation District.
April Belback won the UERU Leadership Award
Pitt’s associate vice provost for student success and advising was honored with the Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities’ highest honor.
Pitt improved its rank on the Times Higher Education Sustainability Impact list
It’s the only global ranking that measures institutions based on the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
A Pitt research team won a 2026 Tools Competition prize
Xiang Lorraine Li, Diane Litman and Gayle Rogers will use the $100,000 award to build a dataset that could help AI give students better writing feedback.
Pitt joined a new national effort to strengthen community engagement
The University will spend seven months developing a campus action plan with support from Campus Compact, building on its recent Carnegie classification.
There are now 100 EV charging ports on the Pittsburgh campus
The milestone moves Pitt closer to its goal of installing 50 new charging plugs by 2030.
Pitt’s All Angles program was featured in an Institute for Citizens and Scholars case study
The speaker and discussion series, designed for students and by students, was recognized as a prime example of promoting civic discourse on campus.
Multiple Pitt campuses again earned Military Friendly recognition
Pitt-Bradford was honored for the 16th consecutive year for its support of active military and veteran students.
Pitt rose among its public AAU peers in the 2027 QS World University Rankings
Along with maintaining its top faculty-student ratio, the University was recognized for the breadth and depth of its global research partnerships.
The University’s Pittsburgh and Bradford campuses were named 2026-27 Colleges of Distinction
Schools are assessed based on engaged students, teaching quality, vibrant communities and successful outcomes.
Pitt renewed its pledge to enroll more students from lower-income backgrounds
The recommitment to the American Talent Initiative builds on a series of affordability efforts, including a regional campus tuition pledge for eligible Pennsylvanians and low-cost Pitt Online programs
3 Pitt projects were in space at the same time, a rare university milestone
Student projects out of the NSF Center for Space, High-performance and Resilient Computing could be found in three distinct areas of space during FY2025.
Maureen Lichtveld was again named a National Academy of Medicine councilor
The dean of the School of Public Health and Jonas Salk Chair in Population Health will serve a second three-year term on the academy’s governing and oversight body.
11 PA high school graduates finished a MAC at Pitt-Titusville training program
The cohort of Penncrest School District graduates completed the intensive, hands-on machining and CNC training program.
Nikhil Bajaj received an NSF CAREER Award
The assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering will use the award to design a new framework for developing nonlinear systems from a desired behavior.
Scaife Hall is Pitt’s 20th LEED certified building since 2005
The building’s recent renovation and West Wing addition earned a LEED Gold certification, the second-highest rank in the green building rating system.
Pitt’s Move Out Clean Out diverted a record 25K pounds from landfills
The May event collected 25,637 pounds of materials from students moving out of campus housing, a 13.6% increase over last year.
