Alumni

Bhavini Patel (A&S ’16) is combining her deep personal knowledge of immigrant communities with her research at the University of Oxford on extended refugee displacement.

Doctor-turned-state-senator and School of Medicine alumnus Richard Pan discusses the importance of "herd immunity" amidst public concerns and misconceptions about vaccines.

First-generation college student Susan Pisarcik is one of just 10 honorees from the United States. The award will pay for a fieldwork project where she will study the refugee population in rural Germany.

Vivian Davidson Hewitt (SIS '44), the first African-American librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, has spent decades amassing one of the premiere collections of African-American artwork in the world.

Kakenya Ntaiya was the keynote speaker for the 15th annual International Week.

The MFA graduate is also a part-time instructor in Pitt’s Department of English.

Lambert has served as president of York County Libraries in Pennsylvania since 2016. His history of community leadership includes serving as Controller for the City of York from 2008-2016.

Read more about the outstanding grads being honored by Pitt’s African American Alumni Council.

Read more about the alumni, who have excelled in their careers and carved a national footprint with outstanding contributions to society and the University community.

Howard W. Hanna Jr. and siblings Simone Myers Karp and Lloyd N. Myers have received the highest alumni honor conferred by the University of Pittsburgh and its Alumni Association.