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Academic Accolades

3 Pitt honors students presented at a Justice and Equity Honors Network gathering

August 20, 2024

3 Pitt honors students presented at a Justice and Equity Honors Network gathering

Cole Belling, Meghana Dodda and Gabriella Garvin presented their global Racial Equity Awareness Database (R.E.A.D.) and engaged in dialogue on combatting systemic racism and advancing racial equity.

Jessica Ghilani

August 6, 2024

Ghilani presented to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Jessica Ghilani, Pitt Cyber affiliate scholar and associate professor of communication at Pitt-Greensburg, presented “Science Communication, Misinformation and Trust.”

Jennifer Hirsch

July 22, 2024

Hirsch won the International Association for Relationship Research Teaching Award

Jennifer Hirsch, a teaching assistant professor in the department of psychology, has been awarded the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR) Teaching Award.

Anna Li

July 18, 2024

Pitt student startup is a semifinalist for the Hult Prize

Korion Health, a startup led by Pitt students and founded by Anna Li, an MD/PhD student, has been named one of 16 semifinalists for the 15th Hult Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious social entrepreneurship competitions.

Alanna Howe

July 17, 2024

Pitt honors student selected for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals

Alanna Howe, a sophomore in Pitt’s David C. Frederick Honors College, has been selected for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals.

Panther statue

June 13, 2024

Waldeck awarded 2024 Edward W. Morley Medal

David Waldeck, professor of chemistry and director of the Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of Nanoscience and Engineering, was awarded the 2024 Edward W. Morley Medal by the Cleveland, Ohio, section of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Connor Diaz

June 7, 2024

Pitt junior named a 2024 Newman Civic fellow

Connor Diaz, a junior double majoring in history and law, criminal justice and society, was selected for the 2024-25 Newman Civic Fellowship, a yearlong program designed to help fellows enact positive change on their college campuses and in their communities. 

Cathedral of Learning

June 6, 2024

44 Pitt undergraduates received 2024 Brackenridge Fellowships

Recipients earn funding to conduct independent research, scholarship or creative work under the guidance of a Pitt faculty mentor.

Pitt flag on campus

June 4, 2024

16 students will research electrical grid sustainability through SHURE-Grid

16 students will perform research focused on improving electrical grid sustainability, developing verified vignettes and creating new knowledge building on cyber-informed engineering through SHURE-Grid.

June 3, 2024

14 students and alumni named Fulbright scholars

Fourteen University of Pittsburgh students and alumni have been named award recipients by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, the U.S. government’s flagship international academic exchange program.

June 3, 2024

Pitt biologists are part of a $12.5M NSF grant to study a widespread genetic phenomenon

Distinguished Professor Tia-Lynn Ashman and Assistant Professor Martin Turcotte, both of the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, will use a tiny pond plant duckweed to tackle questions about the phenomenon ranging from the scale of genes to whole communities of organisms.

Cathedral of Learning

May 13, 2024

4 Pitt Business people honored by Pittsburgh’s AMA chapter

Four University of Pittsburgh students and alumni were recognized as “Up and Coming Marketers to Watch” by the Pittsburgh chapter of the American Marketing Association.

Cathedral of Learning

May 10, 2024

Pitt has three new National Endowment for the Humanities awardees

Adam Cilli, an assistant professor of history at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, Mrinalini Rajagopalan, associate professor and chair of the Department of History of Art and Architecture, and Annette Vee, an associate professor of English, have received new grants for their research from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Chandralekha Singh

May 10, 2024

Singh received an AAPT award for physics education

Chandralekha Singh, a distinguished professor of physics in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been named the John David Jackson Excellence in Graduate Physics Education Award winner for 2024, the American Association of Physics Teachers announced.

Anthony Grace

May 6, 2024

Grace among ScholarGPS’ Highly Ranked Scholars

Anthony A. Grace, distinguished professor of neuroscience, has been named a ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholar, a ranking that recognizes scholars for exceptional performances across fields, disciplines and specialties.

Kale Serrato Doyen

May 1, 2024

PhD student Kale Serrato Doyen is a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation fellow

Kale Serrato Doyen, who is pursuing a PhD in history of art and architecture at the University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship.

An academic building on campus

May 1, 2024

2 Pitt Medicine faculty earn AGA mentor awards

Robert E. Schoen is a professor of medicine and epidemiology, and Dhiraj Yadav is a professor of medicine and vice chair for clinical research within the Department of Medicine, have been honored with American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Council Section Research Mentor Awards.

Emily Elliott

April 30, 2024

Elliott selected as a fellow of the Ecological Society of America

Emily Elliott, a professor of geology and environmental science in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a fellow of the Ecological Society of America.

Norman Wolmark

April 24, 2024

Wolmark honored by the American Surgical Association

Norman Wolmark, professor of surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, received the Medallion for the Advancement of Surgical Care from the American Surgical Association.

Brooke Rawls and Lawrence Uradu

April 24, 2024

2 Pitt faculty are on the New Pittsburgh Courier’s 40 under 40 list

Brooke Rawls, assistant professor in the School of Social Work, and Lawrence Uradu, assistant professor of radiology in the School of Medicine, are both members of this year’s class of young African American professionals in Greater Pittsburgh.

Exterior of the School of Medicine

April 23, 2024

A team led by Stephen Y. Chan received an American Heart Association award

Stephen Y. Chan, professor of medicine and director of Pitt’s Vascular Medicine Institute, will lead a University of Pittsburgh and Prairie View (Texas) A&M University research team as part of a $15 million award from the American Heart Association’s Strategically Focused Research Network on Inflammation in Cardiac and Neurovascular Disease.

A team of students at the National Bioethics Bowl

April 22, 2024

Pitt scored a top 10 finish in its first National Bioethics Bowl

A University of Pittsburgh team finished in ninth place at the National Bioethics Bowl on April 13 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. It was the first time Pitt appeared in the competition.

Flowers blooming on campus

April 17, 2024

5 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad

Five University of Pittsburgh students were named winners of Boren Awards, which provides funding for U.S. students to study abroad in critical world regions, learning languages and cultures.

Jenny Ruiz

April 15, 2024

Ruiz named to the National Hispanic Medical Association 40 Under 40 list

Jenny Ruiz, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, was named to the 2024 National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Top 40 Under 40 list.

Marie Norman

April 15, 2024

Norman awarded innovative education award from Association for Clinical and Translational Science

Marie Norman, Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science, was awarded the Rebecca Jackson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Education Innovation by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science.

Cathedral of Learning

April 8, 2024

8 students named to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

The GRFP is a prestigious program that supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 100 NSF-supported STEM fields. 

Pitt shield on a flag

April 4, 2024

2 Dietrich School faculty earned ACLS Fellowships

Two University of Pittsburgh faculty members in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences received American Counsel of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships to conduct a full-time research project over the 2024-25 academic year: Dela Kuma and Kaliane Ung.

Michael Deem

April 4, 2024

Deem earned a fellowship to develop a new undergraduate course

Michael Deem, associate professor of human genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, was recently awarded a Signature Course Fellowship by the University of Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies.

April 4, 2024

16 students will research electrical grid sustainability through SHURE-Grid

16 University of Pittsburgh students from a variety of disciplines will perform research focused on improving electrical grid sustainability, developing verified vignettes and creating new knowledge building on cyber-informed engineering through SHURE-Grid.

Cathedral of Learning and Heinz Chapel

April 2, 2024

5 undergraduates will represent Pitt at the 2024 ACC Meeting of the Minds

Five undergraduate students will represent the University of Pittsburgh at the 2024 ACC Meeting of the Minds: Michelle Chung, Connor Diaz, Priya Gupta, Neharika Murthy, and Alivia Pierce.