5 Pitt people won Iris Marion Young Awards

Sabina Dietrick is the inaugural recipient of the recently renamed Laura Lovett Award for lifetime faculty achievement.

2 Pitt alumni made the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists

Becca Segel and Salvador Gala earned national recognition for their leadership and innovation in the manufacturing and finance industries, respectively.

3 Pitt students were honored by the National Association of African American Honors Programs

The David C. Frederick Honors College scholars attended the group’s annual conference in Birmingham, Alabama.

This alum-founded startup is turning campus food waste into fertilizer

Two shipping-container ‘digesters’ on the Pittsburgh campus transform more than a ton of scraps each month thanks to Kyle Wyche and Ecotone Renewables.

Breakthrough catalyst insight may unlock new possibilities for safer water disinfection

A research team including Pitt engineers used quantum chemistry to uncover design principles for generating sustainable alternatives to chlorine.

This new antibody test only takes 10 minutes, no blood draw necessary

A highly selective sensor developed by Pitt researchers can quantify immune responses — but may also have implications for everything from cancer treatments to allergy detection.

A new way to make phage DNA lays groundwork for better infection treatments

The study, by Graham Hatfull and colleagues, surmounts a long-lasting barrier to constructing the genomes of bacteria-killing viruses.

Pitt is launching a premier scholars program with a $30M gift from alumnus Michael Rees

The gift creates the Rees-Chancellor’s Scholars Program at the University of Pittsburgh’s David C. Frederick Honors College.

Grace Kenney won a New Investigator Grant

The assistant professor is mapping uncharted areas of microbial chemistry with funding from the Charles E. Kaufman Foundation.

A perfect storm led this Pitt alum into a career as an amusement park artist

In his dream job at Knoebels, Jerry Sassani is also using his archeology degree from the Dietrich School.