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Jason Togyer won two awards from Press Club of Western Pennsylvania
The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion communications manager was honored for reporting and service to journalism.
Tiana Wilson earned an Organization of American Historians dissertation award
The assistant professor in Pitt's Department of Africana Studies won the 2024 Lerner-Scott Prize.
What makes a career go?
A lifelong love of cars and his Pitt education drove KJ Jones (A&S ’85) to become editor at MotorTrend.
Lina Insana will study Italian American experiences through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant
The Heinz History Center and West Virginia University are co-partners on the Italian Diaspora Resource Map project.
5 Pitt honors students earned summer Creative Arts Fellowships
The undergraduates will produce a piece of creative work under the mentorship of a faculty member or subject-matter expert.
9 PhD students were named 2024 Humanities Engage fellows
They will receive funding for immersive summer projects and innovative dissertation research.
Pitt has three new National Endowment for the Humanities awardees
Adam Cilli, Mrinalini Rajagopalan and Annette Vee will each receive funding from the federal agency for their research.
2 Pitt alums are 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners
Brandon Som and Brett Murphy took home the nation’s most prestigious award for poetry and public-service journalism, respectively.
This man of many voices got his start at Pitt’s WPTS
Looney Tunes star Jeff Bergman paid a visit to the Pittsburgh campus before his appearance at Steel City Con.
PhD student Kale Serrato Doyen is a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation fellow
The award will support the Dietrich School scholar as she maps the Teenie Harris archive.
13 undergraduates earn Department of Studio Arts honors
The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences recognized the students for their contributions this year’s exhibition.
Pitt scored a top 10 finish in its first National Bioethics Bowl
Eight undergraduates competed in the annual competition at Baylor University.
Pitt undergraduates launched the Pittsburgh Interdisciplinary Mathematics Review
The inaugural issue includes voices from faculty, graduate researchers and undergraduate editors.
See 1950s Pittsburgh through this alumnus’ lens
In his book, Michael Rosella provides a tender and compelling glimpse of Pitt in the past.
5 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad
They will study critical languages around the world, from Senegal to Croatia.
Ruth Mostern is named World History Association vice president
The Pitt professor of history will also serve a two-year presidential term starting in 2026.
One person’s trash is Ash Andrews’ treasure
The Pitt-Greensburg grad uses pluck and imagination to promote art, community and sustainability as executive director of the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse.
Take a closer look at this undergraduate researcher's pièce de résistance
To create a garment worthy of an 18th-century queen, Maya Jones set her sights on a Creative Arts Fellowship from Pitt's David C. Frederick Honors College.
4 ways to make your voice heard on campus
From writing for The Pitt News to joining the Student Government Board, these groups can help you share your perspective and tackle tough topics.
Prachi Gupta's memoir tackles the model minority myth
Read "They Called Us Exceptional: and Other Lies that Raised Us" and more, out now from alumni authors.
