Academic Accolades

March 10, 2025

McCabe's ninth book to be released April 8

Nancy McCabe's ninth book and debut middle grade novel will be released on April 8. McCabe is the Director of Writing Program and a Professor of Writing at Pitt-Bradford.

March 4, 2025

Waldeck was honored by the American Chemical Society

David Waldeck, distinguished professor of chemistry and academic director of the Petersen Institute of Nanoscience and Engineering at Pitt, received the 2025 Award in Experimental Physical Chemistry.

February 27, 2025

Angie Cruz won 2 recent literary prizes

Angie Cruz, associate professor of English in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, won the 43rd Dos Passos Prize for Literature and was named a 2025 United States Artists (USA) Fellow.

February 27, 2025

Alavi named editor-in-chief of a new Nature Portfolio journal

Amir Alavi, associate professor and B.P. America Faculty Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Swanson School of Engineering, has been appointed editor-in-chief of npj Metamaterials, a new Nature Portfolio journal.

February 19, 2025

Schneider named a Sloan Research fellow

Evan Schneider, assistant professor of physics and astronomy in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, earned a 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Cathedral of Learning with snow on the ground

February 17, 2025

Mauger won the 2024 PRACE Ada Lovelace Award

Nastasia Mauger, a postdoctoral researcher in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded the 2024 Ada Lovelace Award from the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE).

February 13, 2025

Pitt senior won Campus Compact’s Student Leadership Impact Award

Simon Wang, a senior at the University of Pittsburgh, recently won Campus Compact’s Student Leadership Impact Award for his extensive leadership work in civic and community engagement spaces.

February 12, 2025

11 Pitt people named to the Pittsburgh Business Times’ 30 Under 30 list

Three graduate students and one faculty member are among the 11 Pitt people on the list.

February 11, 2025

Peng elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Fang Peng, RK Mellon Endowed Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the Energy GRID Institute at Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, is among the newest cohort elected to the academy.

January 23, 2025

Bruce awarded a grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts

Caitlin Bruce, associate professor in Pitt’s Department of Communication, was awarded $60,000 from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts in support of her Hemispheric Conversations: Urban Art Project (HCUAP).

January 13, 2025

Pitt senior and her twin won $88K on ‘Wheel of Fortune’

Katie Currie, a senior studying finance and supply chain management in Pitt’s College of Business Administration, won big on “Wheel of Fortune” during the game show’s 50th anniversary week.

January 9, 2025

Han won a Humboldt Research Award

Tao Han, Distinguished Professor of High Energy Physics at the University of Pittsburgh, won the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.

January 3, 2025

PhD student won a CCCC Scholars for the Dream Travel Award

Cody Hmelar, a doctoral student in the Department of English within Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has won a 2025 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Scholars for the Dream Travel Award.

December 18, 2024

A podcast by 2 Pitt professors is among the year’s best, according to the New York Times

A podcast by Jeanne Marie Laskas, Distinguished Professor of English, and Erin Anderson, audio producer and assistant professor, was included on the New York Times’ list of best podcasts of 2024.

December 17, 2024

5 Pitt students received Gilman Scholarships

This semester, four Pitt students received the award, designated to support undergraduate students receiving Federal Pell Grants with up to $5,000 while they pursue study abroad opportunities.

December 16, 2024

Priest won an Advancing Black Arts Award

Joy Priest, assistant professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, has won an Advancing Black Arts Award from The Pittsburgh Foundation for her poetry anthology, “The Black Outside.”

November 22, 2024

Huguley supports Black parents with an innovative program

James Huguley has transformed his scholarly work on race and human development into Parent Heart Inc., an evidence-based company supporting African American parents.

November 19, 2024

Carey won an American Political Science Association mentor award

Tony E. Carey Jr., associate professor and director of graduate admissions and placement in the Department of Political Science, was named a winner of the American Political Science Association’s Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award.

November 18, 2024

Pitt students were honored at a Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association meeting

Four University of Pittsburgh students were honored with scholarships and awards at the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Western Regional Meeting.

November 15, 2024

9 projects earned funding from the Dietrich Innovation Initiative

Nine projects earned funding through the Dietrich Innovation Initiative (DI2), a new program for faculty and staff in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and College of General Studies.

November 6, 2024

A PhD student presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting

Jenn Lee, a doctoral student at the School of Social Work, presented her research at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association in Minneapolis.

Susan Lucas and Dawna Cerney accepting an award

November 5, 2024

Lucas named a Mon Valley Initiative Community Partner of the Year

Susan Lucas, assistant teaching professor in Pitt’s Urban Studies Program, and colleague Dawna Cerney, a professor at Youngstown State University, were awarded for their work on the SEED for Swissvale project.

November 5, 2024

Copeland will serve as a juror for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

Huey Copeland, Andrew W. Mellon Chair and Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, will serve as a juror for the Smithsonian’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition.

October 24, 2024

Rafei’s film will premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Raed El Rafei, assistant professor of film and media studies in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, will premiere his new film at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in November.

October 21, 2024

Han honored by the American Physical Society

Tao Han, distinguished professor of high energy physics in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, won the American Physical Society’s 2025 Meenakshi Narain Mentoring Award.

October 16, 2024

Ward honored for encouraging women in the chemical sciences

Michelle Ward, teaching associate professor and director of undergraduate analytical chemistry laboratories, received the Encouraging Women into the Chemical Sciences award.

October 11, 2024

2 Pitt historians were featured in an Emmy-winning documentary

Pitt faculty Alonna Carter-Donaldson and Laurence Glasco explain the movement’s impact in WQED’s digital short-form documentary, “Pittsburgh and the Great Migration,” which recently won a Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy Award.

October 10, 2024

Huang won an NSF CAREER Award

Chengcheng Huang, assistant professor of neuroscience and mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh, has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.

October 2, 2024

Schmitz honored by the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition

Kathryn Schmitz, an exercise oncology researcher in the Medical Center’s Hillman Cancer Center, has won the Lifetime Impact Award from the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.

October 1, 2024

Pitt undergrad earned a Congressional Award

Dylan Fearing, an undergraduate student in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has earned the Congressional Award Silver Medal.

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