Keisha N. Blain won a book prize

The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians honor is the second recent award for “Set the World on Fire.”

2 Pitt affiliates were named AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering fellows

Sebastian Alejandro Echeverri and Nikki Forrester are two of 26 selected for the competitive American Association for the Advancement of Science fellowship.

2 Pitt researchers earned an NSF grant to study Pittsburgh’s lead pipes

Emily Elliott and Sarah Haig will research the environmental effects of new anti-corrosion treatments.

This Pitt lab safety program won a national recognition

Ericka Huston’s Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory course was key to earning the American Chemical Society honor.

Undergraduate Sam Ressin received an Udall Scholarship

The competitive national awards are presented for leadership, public service and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment.

Pitt Sociology Chair Suzanne Staggenborg won a lifetime achievement award

The University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of Social Movements will honor her for her work in the field.

Daniel Balderson received a literary award

The Society for Textual Scholarship honored the Mellon Professor of Modern Languages for his book, “How Borges Wrote.”

Keisha N. Blain was awarded best book in African American women’s and gender history

“Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom” won the 2019 Darlene Clark Hine Award.