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2 from Pitt’s children’s literature program earned a fellowship to work with social justice nonprofits
The recent PhD graduates will advocate for children and youth during the career-boosting postdoctoral program.
Mark hip-hop’s 50th anniversary with Pitt and 1Hood Media on June 15
A free multimedia discussion will examine the rebellious art form that’s gone mainstream.
A Pitt history professor’s play debuted in London
The play, about abolitionist Quaker Benjamin Lay, is based on a book by Markus Rediker and was born at a conference protest in Germany.
Patrick McKelvey won a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The theatre arts assistant professor will write a book about the history of social services for disabled actors in the United States.
Pitt's Humanities Center named its 2023-24 faculty and co-teaching fellows
Eight faculty members from across Pitt will lead colloquiums and develop courses while participating in the center’s activities.
Pitt’s Humanities Center named 8 graduate student fellows
The scholars in rhetoric, musicology, theatre arts and more will receive $10,000 for their summer research projects.
Meet Pitt’s first Berlin Prize recipient
Michael Meyer, a professor in the Writing Program, will present his studies on Taiwanese history to German audiences.
How to live more creatively, according to a Pitt poet
In her poems and the classroom, Diana Khoi Nguyen explores hard stuff and healing by simply paying attention.
4 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad
The recipients will travel to Croatia, Latvia, Montenegro and Tajikistan.
Pitt’s Adam Lowenstein is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow
The professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is known for his research on horror films and helping to bring George A. Romero’s archives to Pitt.
6 things to do around the Pittsburgh campus in April
Design a spacecraft, attend free concerts and celebrate Pitt innovators.
Pitt helped bring a gospel pioneer’s music back to life
A daylong community celebration honoring composer Charles Henry Pace and his activist wife, Frankie, resurrected songs not heard in more than six decades. Learn more about their legacy.
Graduate student Hebah Uddin published a YA novel
The doctoral student in Pitt’s Department of English is better known to young readers as Karuna Riazi.
He’s going to predict your next favorite song
Pitt graduate student Hunter Osterhoudt is mixing his love of music with the power of algorithms as he pursues a master’s in computer science, thanks to Pitt2Pitt.
4 Pitt students were named 2023 Critical Language scholars
The graduate and undergraduate students will work toward fluency in languages that are critical to U.S. national security and economic prosperity.
Register for the Humanities @ Work conference on March 29
The event is a full day of interdisciplinary learning for Pitt people in the health, community and technology industries.
Jason Togyer co-authored a book about local journalism
Reporting by the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’s communications manager helps to recount and shed new light on the events of 2020 in “American Deadline.”
Attend Pitt’s signature Women’s History Month event on March 29
Submit your three-minute song, prose or poem by March 15 to participate in the storytelling event.
Adam Shear won a Renaissance Society of America Digital Innovation Award
The Department of Religious Studies chair is the second Pitt faculty to earn an RSA honor in as many years.
