Academic Accolades

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.

Patrick Dunn and Alireza Mohammadzadeh in a research lab

September 26, 2024

2 Pitt graduate students are finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition

Patrick Dunn and Alireza Mohammadzadeh, both graduate researchers in the Swanson School of Engineering, have been named finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition for their invention, AgriNUE.

September 23, 2024

A Pitt medical student won the West Virginia Governor’s Service Award

Daniel Pan, a fourth-year medical student, received the 2024 West Virginia’s Governor’s Service Award. Pan was one of six recipients of this prestigious award and the only recipient in the adult category.

September 23, 2024

Tan received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

School of Medicine Assistant Professor Jay Tan received an R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for a project to research how our cells repair components called lysosomes.

September 20, 2024

Parkhitko will use a new National Institute on Aging grant to study the methionine cycle

Assistant Professor Andrey Parkhitko earned a new grant from the National Institute on Aging to investigate whether the methionine cycle — a process crucial to many cellular functions — plays a role in controlling multiple hallmarks of aging.

September 20, 2024

7 Pitt faculty won Black Excellence in the Academy awards

Seven faculty members will be recognized at the Heinz History Center on Nov. 7.

September 19, 2024

Liu published a new book on religion and law in China

Cuilan Liu, assistant professor of religious studies in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has published “Buddhism in Court: Religion, Law, and Jurisdiction in China” (Oxford University Press).

September 18, 2024

Pitt student won a poster award from the Mathematical Association of America

Pitt mathematics student Lark Song was recognized for his research poster at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) MathFest in Indianapolis.

September 16, 2024

Coutanche elected as board secretary of the Federation of Associations in Brain and Behavior Sciences

Marc Coutanche, associate professor of psychology in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and research scientist in the Learning Research and Development Center, has been elected as board secretary to the Federation of Associations in Behavior and Brain Sciences.

September 12, 2024

Woolley won a book award from the Association of Internet Researchers

Samuel Woolley, Endowed Chair of Disinformation Studies in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, won the Association of Internet Researchers’ (AoIR) Nancy Baym Book Annual Award.

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