Molly Warsh received the Leopold-Hidy Award

The annual recognition is granted to the author of the best article in the journal Environmental History.

Olga Klimova was re-elected as president of the American Council of Teachers of Russian

The director of Pitt’s Russian program first assumed the role in 2024 after years of service to ACTR.

Alumnus Jared Lemus won a prize for his debut short story collection

Lemus’ book, “Guatemalan Rhapsody,” received the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize.

His PhD thesis solved a mystery — and may help turn a lake blue again

Pitt graduate Eli Hall tracked down the source of algae blooms in the Allegheny Reservoir, which takes up a third of a Seneca reservation in New York.

Kale Serrato Doyen earned a Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in American Art

The PhD candidate in the Department of History of Art and Architecture was awarded for her promising doctoral research into Teenie Harris.

Pitt’s philosophy program ranked No. 5 in the 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject

The three Dietrich School units that make up the program continued its top-five streak, which dates back 10 years.

Mindy Coccari presented research at an American Heart Association event

The associate director of Pitt’s Ultrasound Research Laboratory presented a poster at the annual Epi/Lifestyle Scientific Sessions in Boston.

 

Fernando Tormos-Aponte earned an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant

The Pitt sociologist will study community-led energy resilience in Puerto Rico in partnership with researchers at the Universidad de Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.

A Pitt professor’s new biography chronicles the early life of August Wilson

Laurence Glasco explores the revered playwright’s formative years in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in “August Wilson’s American Century: Life As Art.”

2 Pitt students were selected as 2026 Roosevelt Network Fellows

The fellowship prepares students for careers as policymakers and public servants.