Faculty
Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards recognize exceptional Pitt faculty
Faculty members, as well as an entire office, were honored for going above and beyond in their contributions to the University and the world.
Learn about Ukraine's resilience and its history with Russia through these 4 songs
One way to better understand a country's culture and past is through popular music, says Pitt professor and ethnomusicologist Adriana Helbig.
Register for the 2022 Mentoring and Advising Summit
Anyone who advises, mentors or coaches students is encouraged to join the March 4 event.
Hear from Kyiv during a virtual panel discussion
Pitt’s Jennifer Murtazashvili is hosting a virtual conversation with members of the Kyiv School of Economics at 3 p.m. ET on Monday, Feb. 28.
Annual disclosures open March 15 and are due by April 15
All financial, personal and professional interests, activities and relationships with any non-University entities that may create a conflict of interest or commitment should be disclosed by April 15, 2022.
Scenes in Ukraine, from a Pitt economics professor
Tymofiy Mylovanov, former Ukrainian minister of economic development, trade and agriculture, shared his firsthand account from Kyiv after Russia invaded Ukraine.
Two Pitt faculty members edit book on local responses to the shale gas industry
“When Fracking Comes to Town: Governance, Planning, and Economic Impacts of the US Shale Boom” from Associate Professors Sabina Deitrick and Ilia Murtazashvili was released in January.
ICYMI: A conversation on class, gender and fiction
Hear from Africana Studies’ Robin Brooks on her new book, “Class Interruptions.”
Tagbo Niepa receives Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation
The award will enable his lab to further explore how bacteria cope with changes in surface tension and energy, and their adaptation to changing conditions to develop new materials.
3 Pitt professors were honored by the National Academy of Inventors
They were recently named senior members for their work on tissue engineering and therapies for fibrosis and heart diseases.

