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The Pitt News business staff won 8 national college media awards

Rachel Buck earned second place in the Best Advertising Manager category; Kyle Guinness took home third for Best Sales Representative.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Students
Blossoms in front of a blurry Cathedral of Learning

Jean Nachega was recognized by 2 African science institutions

He is an associate professor of epidemiology and infectious diseases and microbiology in the Graduate School of Public Health.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Global
  • School of Public Health
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Gary Kohanbash was awarded major funding for his T-cell project

The director of the Pediatric Neurosurgery ImmunoOncology Laboratory will lead an interdisciplinary team with funding from the Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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Carla Ng received an NSF CAREER award

She will study forever chemicals known as PFAS with the five-year, $500,000 grant.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • Swanson School of Engineering
James Martin and Julie Shields

Engineering alumna Julie Shields was named National Co-op Student of the Year

She has completed three, four-month rotations with FedEx Supply Chain and joined the company in January.

  • Technology & Science
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Dawn Lundy Martin

Dawn Lundy Martin won the 2019 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

She is a professor in the Writing Program and the co-founder of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Nonprofit Founded by Pitt Alumna Helps Working Moms in Honduras

Many women working in Copán Ruinas can't afford childcare, forcing them to leave their children alone or in overcrowded, underfunded orphanages. The team at Casita Copán, a nonprofit founded by Emily

  • Department of Political Science
  • Alumni
Rodakowski in a blazer

Juleen Rodakowski received more than $3M for an aging study

The National Institute on Aging will fund her research on strategy training on daily activities for older adults with mild cognitive impairment.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Linda Tashbook holds her book in front of shelves

Librarian helps families of mentally ill access support, resources with new guide

In her new book, advocate and law librarian Linda Tashbook offers practical advice as well as nuts-and-bolts legal information that family members of those with mental illness need.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Staff
  • School of Law

‘You Are Fantastic! Pick Ugly Produce!’

In a series of studies, Jillian Hmurovic, a doctoral candidate at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, and colleagues found that boosting consumer self-esteem increased how much people were

  • Innovation and Research
The Cathedral of Learning on a snowy day

Marcus Rediker examined the historical context of a Spielberg film in a new essay

The distinguished professor compared “Amistad” to his own extensive research on the 19th-century rebellion.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Lyke at an awards banquet

Heather Lyke and James Conner were honored at the 2019 Dapper Dan Dinner

Lyke was named Sportswoman of the Year and Conner was named Sportsman of the Year at the awards dinner and auction.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Athletics
Kinloch with students in Pitt School of Education shirts

This Pitt dean builds community as she works to change the narrative of equity in education

Valerie Kinloch dedicates her work to strengthening the School of Education's commitments to diversity, justice, wellness, urban education and its community impact.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education
People stand in pews at Honors Convocation

Kaylene Stocking and Madeline Guido won top undergraduate student awards at Honors Convocation

Nearly 3,700 students and 478 faculty members were recognized at the 43rd annual ceremony.

  • University News
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • David C. Frederick Honors College

Honors Convocation Celebrates Student and Faculty Achievements

Nearly 3,700 students were honored at the 43rd annual Honors Convocation ceremony, along with 478 faculty members. Click through to see a gallery of honorees, including the Emma Locke Award and the

crowd of people gathered on street/sidewalk near a church with three boys in the foreground on National Day of Mourning following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968.

A deep dive into Pittsburgh's Black history through the University archives

From Erroll Garner and jazz history to the Urban League of Pittsburgh's influence to the papers of author Bebe Moore Campbell, the archives of the University Library System tell big stories and little

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Pitt Launches Groundbreaking Program in Ongoing Effort to Support Students With Financial Need

The Pitt Success Pell Match Program will leverage the power of the U.S. Department of Education’s Pell Grant program by matching these federal funds, dollar for dollar, up to the cost of attendance

A panther statue on the snowy Pitt grounds. The Cathedral of Learning is in the background

Sophomore Hanna Ebel was awarded the first Joseph G. Jurcic Endowed Scholarship

The award supports students who are eligible to enroll in Honors College courses.

  • University News
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Sossena Wood

Pitt alumna Sossena Wood was featured on NBC

Learn more about her 3D printed phantom head for magnetic resonance research.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering

U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Credits Pitt Education for Broad Worldview

Dereck Hogan (A&S ’95) was recently appointed U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Moldova and he says a political philosophy class at Pitt sent him on his path. Interested in foreign service? Other

  • Alumni
  • Global Studies Center