Robin Brooks was awarded a National Humanities Center Fellowship
The associate professor in the Dietrich School will spend the duration of her fellowship writing her book-in-progress, “Death Proximity: Grief and Emotional Wellness Stories in Black Communities.”
He studied in an unfinished Cathedral of Learning — and later contributed to its preservation
For alumnus and longtime Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation leader Arthur Ziegler, preservation is about people and culture, not just buildings.
John Norton won the 2026 Lakatos Award
The Distinguished Professor was honored for his books on inductive inference.
A project co-led by Rachel Bezanson ‘expanded our view of the early universe’
The American Astronomical Society is honoring the James Webb Space Telescope UNCOVER team for changing researchers’ understanding of cosmic evolution.
3 student media groups helping the Pitt community stay informed
Student journalists gain valuable hands-on training through campus publications like WPTS Radio, Pitt to the Point and The Pitt News.
How social science can lead the way toward better disaster preparation and recovery
Nine years after Hurricane Maria, Fernando Tormos-Aponte and his research group shared their findings with policymakers in Puerto Rico.
Pitt’s first undergraduate cancer-focused research program is underway
PICTE offers a rare and transformative opportunity for early career scientists to step directly into the world of translational cancer biology.
The story of Pitt’s Horror Studies Center was published in Film Quarterly
The article explains the links between director Adam Lowenstein’s story, the collection and “Night of the Living Dead.”
Pitt placed No. 24 among the nation’s public universities in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings
The University lept 24 places in undergraduate research and creative projects while maintaining high national rankings for nursing and bioengineering.
2 Pitt professors won American Chemical Society honors
Angela Gronenborn won the Nakanishi Prize and Kay Brummond took home an Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award.

