Arts and Humanities
A first-generation Pitt alumna was selected for a Pickering Fellowship
Selected out of 1,400 applicants, Khadajah Muhammad will be equipped with foreign affairs skills before participating in both a domestic and international internship.
Prachi Gupta's memoir tackles the model minority myth
Read "They Called Us Exceptional: and Other Lies that Raised Us" and more, out now from alumni authors.
Pitt Law won the National Tax Moot Court Competition
The three students, coached by alumni and faculty, went undefeated throughout the tournament.
Apply for a Pitt film boot camp by March 29
The four-day intensive will teach faculty, staff and graduate and professional students how to communicate their research via video.
2 Pitt Public Health professors led a Collaborative Filmmaking study on grief
“Visualizing Loss” follows 5 Pennsylvania families and their experience with bereavement after the death of a child.
Brittany Graham earned Best Costuming Designing at the Swedish International Film Festival
The Pitt Stages’ costume shop assistant manager won for her work on “Unsinkable.”
Alaina Roberts’ book takes a fresh look at freedom in the American West
In researching her family’s past, the Pitt historian found an oft-overlooked narrative of Black emancipation and Native displacement.
Amy Williams will be honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The Pitt professor of music will present her work at the society’s library in the spring.
3 Pitt students are the hosts of a new overnight radio program
Undergraduates Jaime Ely, Margaux Rentzel and Ryan Tarabokia discuss national and world news on “KDKA Next Take.”
Pitt will pay tribute to 7 community leaders on Feb. 24
This year’s K. Leroy Irvis Black History Month celebration will recognize unsung champions of the arts.