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The Conceptual Foundations program takes a philosophical look at medicine
This rapidly growing certificate program in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science has students tackling medical questions in a new way.
A first-generation Pitt alumna was selected for a Pickering Fellowship
Selected out of 1,400 applicants, Khadajah Muhammad will be equipped with foreign affairs skills before participating in both a domestic and international internship.
Pitt Law won the National Tax Moot Court Competition
The three students, coached by alumni and faculty, went undefeated throughout the tournament.
Apply for a Pitt film boot camp by March 29
The four-day intensive will teach faculty, staff and graduate and professional students how to communicate their research via video.
2 Pitt Public Health professors led a Collaborative Filmmaking study on grief
“Visualizing Loss” follows 5 Pennsylvania families and their experience with bereavement after the death of a child.
Brittany Graham earned Best Costuming Designing at the Swedish International Film Festival
The Pitt Stages’ costume shop assistant manager won for her work on “Unsinkable.”
Alaina Roberts’ book takes a fresh look at freedom in the American West
In researching her family’s past, the Pitt historian found an oft-overlooked narrative of Black emancipation and Native displacement.
3 Pitt students are the hosts of a new overnight radio program
Undergraduates Jaime Ely, Margaux Rentzel and Ryan Tarabokia discuss national and world news on “KDKA Next Take.”
Amy Williams will be honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The Pitt professor of music will present her work at the society’s library in the spring.
Pitt will pay tribute to 7 community leaders on Feb. 24
This year’s K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month celebration will recognize unsung champions of the arts.
3 Pitt students competed at the Gorlok Gala debate tournament
Natalie Rose, Rosalind Dong and Wenhao “Dannie” Lyu — all first-year students — performed at one of the most competitive events of the regular season.
Attend a celebration of Mildred Miller Posvar’s life at Heinz Memorial Chapel
The community and the public are invited to the March 3 ceremony honoring an active Pitt advocate and internationally renowned opera singer.
A new satire novel by a Pitt-Bradford writing professor reflects on COVID-19
“The Pamela Papers" by Nancy McCabe is out now.
Mubanga Kalimamukwento won the 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, selected by Angie Cruz
Her collection, which will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press in October, explores Zambian womanhood.
2 Pitt undergrads completed Pittsburgh Media Partnership internships
Read stories The Pitt News staffers James Paul and Betul Tuncer wrote throughout the fall semester.
Jim Coleman’s book was honored by the American Association of Teachers of Italian
His exploration of Renaissance practices of improvisation and oral poetry, “A Sudden Frenzy,” won the organization’s First Book Prize.
The University Library System will host the full collection of Pitt podcast ‘Being Human’
Audio and transcripts of interviews with nearly 70 humanities researchers are available now.
'Dreams Deferred' memoir chronicles a path from poverty to social impact
Brandolon Barnett writes about “recession, struggle and the quest for a better world.” And, more books by Pitt alumni, out now.
Nathan Xavier Osorio won the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize
His debut collection, “Querida,” will be published as part of the Pitt Poetry Series next fall.
Submissions are open for the 2024 Center for African American Poetry and Poetics Book Prize
The reading period for the prize, awarded annually to a first or second book by a writer of African descent, closes Feb. 15.
