Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Pisarcik
First-generation college student Susan Pisarcik is one of just 10 honorees from the United States. The award will pay for a fieldwork project where she will study the refugee population in rural Germany.
blee in front of a stone wall
Kathleen M. Blee, a Pitt faculty member and associate dean for graduate studies who has researched activist groups and racial violence for more than 30 years, starts her deanship in August.
A U.S. Army National Guard member, Chen graduated with a neuroscience degree. When he's not organizing TEDx events on campus, he's probably in the lab researching drugs to treat neuromuscular disorders.
Pitt graduate Tamara Farrell
A graduate with degrees in economics and statistics and in gender, sexuality and women's studies, Tamara Farrell made the most of her time at Pitt in leadership positions and mentoring young students from diverse backgrounds.
Inspired by a talk on local queer history, Grewe began archiving gay and lesbian newspapers, magazines and other documents. He graduated April 30 with dual degrees in gender, sexuality and women's studies and psychology.
lightbulb with a brain in it
Student-designed MediCase lands the grand prize among the array of innovations presented in the Randall Family Big Idea Contest.
Panther Fountain
Seven Pitt faculty members are among the 2017 Carnegie Science Awards honorees: Kevin P. Chen, the Paul E. Lego Professor in...
Martin Luther King
School of Social Work faculty member John Wallace and Pitt junior psychology and sociology major Hashaam Jamil were among the...
Large gold sculpture
Chemistry faculty member Daniel Lambrecht has been selected to receive a Research Corporation for Science Advancement 2017...
Vice Provost for Research Mark Redfern says "this is not something for just sociology and social work; this is something for the entire University to come together,” citing disciplines including pharmacy, engineering and biomedical informatics.