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Ryan McDermott received $300K from the National Endowment for the Humanities

The funding will support the associate professor of English's project on the origins of modernity.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Department of English
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Geovette Washington was elected chair of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh board of trustees

The University's senior vice chancellor and chief legal officer joined the board in 2017 and was named vice chair earlier this year.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus

Pitt Leaps Eight Spots in Worldwide Patent Ranking

The University of Pittsburgh made a significant move up the list of the top recipients of U.S. utility patents among worldwide universities in 2020, according to the National Academy of Inventors and

Anette Nance (SOC WK ’20) Named to Governor’s Advisory Commission on African American Affairs

Master of Social Work Alumna Anette Nance (SOC WK ’20) has been sworn in as commissioner on Gov. Wolf’s Advisory Commission on African American Affairs (GACAAA). The commission was established in 2015

  • School of Social Work
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William Wagner and Savio Woo are inducted to International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering

To date, there are fewer than 250 fellows of the academy throughout the world.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine

Robin Brooks and Esther Palacios-Barrios Named 2019 Ford Foundation Fellows

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

Toi Derricotte Wins Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry

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

Trevor Devine Awarded the Swanson School’s George Washington Prize

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Department of Chemical Engineering
  • Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
  • Department of Bioengineering

Áurea María Sotomayor-Miletti Receives Prestigious International Literary Award

  • Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Water Collaboratory Publishes Paper on Regional Flooding

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Geology and Environmental Science

Carbon Commitment Committee Named

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Public and International Affairs

Pitt Jazz Launches New Video Blog on International Jazz Day

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

Ed Roberson (A&S ’70) Wins Prestigious Poetry Prize

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