Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
A University of Pittsburgh Press publication is in the running for an America Literary Award
Shauna Barbosa’s “Cape Verdean Blues” is a semifinalist in the PEN Open Book Award category.
Thomas Freitag won a top scholarship for LGBTQ+ STEM undergraduates
Their achievement follows a summer interning with the City of Philadelphia’s Office of LGBT Affairs.
Pitt’s Office of Child Development donated resources to children in Squirrel Hill
The Pitt community and people from across the country donated books, which will help local kids affected by gun violence heal and embrace diversity.
Keisha Blain’s book is named among the best history books of 2018 by Smithsonian Magazine
Read more about “Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom.”
A Pitt alumna is the first female infantry officer in the PA Army National Guard
Caileigh Carei (A&S ’17) was commissioned into the Army after her December graduation.
Heather Tomko won the Dick Thornburgh Forum Disability Service Award
She is a master’s student studying health policy and management in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health.
A Pitt researcher earned $1.4M to study social media’s impact on LGBTQ+ people
“The odds are that the impact of social media use on gay, lesbian and bisexual people is not so black-and-white,” said César G. Escobar-Viera.
3 Pitt Public Health students were selected for the Milken Institute’s Future Leaders Program
Ashley Simenson, Jessica Salerno and Kaitlyn Saal-Ridpath are among a dozen fellows in the inaugural class.
Valerie Kinloch won the Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award
The National Council of Teachers of English award recognizes a person of color who has made a significant contribution to NCTE and to the development of their professional community.
A School of Public Health graduate student is named Ms. Wheelchair USA
At the pageant, Heather Tomko also won the Invacare People’s Choice Award and the Dr. Georgi Hudson Smith Quest for Knowledge Award.