3 Pitt faculty have been named Fulbright scholars

Guillermo Calero Velazquez, Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Aleksandar Stevanovic will conduct research abroad through the Department of State program.

Matt Barry

An engineering professor who sees student potential.

16 Pitt undergraduates were named Gilman scholars

The U.S. Department of State program enables students with limited financial means to study or complete an internship abroad.

Pitt will host health and tech visionaries for a global forum in October

Experts and visionaries from around the world will spend three days exchanging ideas on competitiveness, resilience and innovation in Pittsburgh.

Alumna Jasmine Al Rasheed won a German Academic Exchange Service graduate fellowship

The award will fund her master’s degree in public health, a joint program between two universities in Berlin.

Alumnus Alex-Jaden Peart won a Fulbright Austria US Teaching Assistantship

The 2024 Frederick Honors College graduate and Lionel Peason Fellowship recipient will teach English in an Austrian school.

3 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study languages abroad

Michael Sipper and John Danvers will study in Turkey while junior Kate McManus will study in Estonia.

Pitt’s partnership with a Puerto Rican university was awarded a Sloan Foundation grant

The partnership with University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez will facilitate collaborative energy systems research.

With 3 global experiences under her belt, this senior shares lessons learned with her peers back at Pitt

Erin Lancaster, a Frederick Honors College student and Global Hub peer mentor, went from the first in her family to attend an out-of-state school to international adventurer and advocate.

A Pitt professor is bringing her global perspective to this African medical research partnership

Tiffany Gary-Webb is collaborating with scientists in Senegal to better understand noncommunicable disease — and barriers to international research partnerships.