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.
Academic Accolades
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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).