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