Leonora Anyango earned Harvard University’s Derek Bok Public Service Award
The Frederick Honors College faculty fellow was honored for working with refugees in Pittsburgh and supporting blind youth in Kenya.
Edouard Machery was awarded $260,000 from the John Templeton Foundation
It’s the latest of several grants the Center for Philosophy of Science director has earned from the organization.
W. Vincent Liu received $1.5 million from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
The professor will use the funding to flesh out new theories in orbital physics.
Meet the president of Pitt Vets
Skyler Rehbach draws on his own Army and research experiences to connect with other student-veterans at Pitt.
A Pitt Momentum Funds grant is supporting research on land stewardship in Maui
Two Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences professors’ studies of culture, history and climate change on the island are more relevant than ever after the fatal wildfire.
2 Pitt students earned Voyager Scholarships
The scholarship will support juniors Erin Lancaster and Anjolaoluwa Oludayo in meaningful travel experiences that advance social change.
New accreditation will help BE STEM create more paths to college
The pre-college, equity-centered initiative will now be recognized by college admissions. Early data shows it’s already helping to diversify university STEM programs.
3 Pitt alumni competed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
An engineer and two former Pitt wrestlers hit the world-famous track last week.
We should investigate Saturn’s moon Enceladus for life beyond Earth, this Pitt volcanologist says
Ian Flynn argues that plumes of water shooting from below the moon’s surface merit a closer look for organic matter — and NASA agrees.
Share your thoughts with Dean Adam Leibovich during office hours
Faculty, staff and students in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the College of General Studies are invited to the monthly virtual sessions.