Academic Accolades
DeLoge co-authored two chapters on Quechua language instruction
Alana DeLoge, teaching assistant professor in University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Science’s Department of Linguistics, has co-authored two chapters on the instruction of Quechua, the most widely spoken Indigenous language of the Americas today.
Hinterleitner won the Society for Mucosal Immunology Young Investigator Award
Reinhard Hinterleitner, associate professor in the School of Medicine’s Department of Immunology, has been selected to receive the Young Investigator Award from the Society for Mucosal Immunology.
2 Pitt researchers received Cytokine Society awards
Victor S. Cortez, an assistant professor last year in the Department of Immunology, and Catherine Phelps, a graduate student, received awards from The Cytokine Society.
Graduate student Ryan Lindner earned a Boren Award
Ryan Lindner, a master’s student in the School of Public and International Affairs, earned a 2026 Boren Award for International Study.
Meet Pitt’s 2026-27 Fulbright scholars
Eight University of Pittsburgh faculty members — more than double last year’s total — were awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Awards by the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Bajaj received an NSF CAREER Award
Nikhil Bajaj, assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, has spent much of his career on nonlinear systems — the kind whose behavior shifts sharply once a threshold is crossed.
19 Pitt students earned national honors in a Russian essay contest
Students from Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences brought home two gold medals, four silver medals, seven bronze medals and six honorable mentions.
Fuller was named a 2029 Greenwall Faculty Scholar
The Greenwall Foundation has named Jonathan Fuller, associate professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History and Philosophy of Science, one of its 2029 Greenwall Faculty Scholars for his work to improve diagnoses for diseases like Alzheimer’s.
5 Pitt students earned the SMART Scholarship-for-Service
Five University of Pittsburgh students have earned the SMART Scholarship-for-Service, which provides merit-based scholarships from the U.S. government to bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral students seeking degrees in science, math, technology and engineering.
11 Pitt educators earned a Nancy Tannery Grant for Open Educational Resources
11 awardees have been named to the 2026 Nancy Tannery Grant for Open Educational Resources, an initiative that supports faculty as they adapt, adopt or create open educational resources for use in an existing course.
Pitt student earned first place at a statewide GIS research conference
Emily Boyle, a senior in Pitt’s School of Computing and Information, won first place in the humanities poster competition at the 2026 Pennsylvania GIS Conference.
Bamyeh earned the Kuwait Prize in sociology
Mohammed Bamyeh, professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Sociology, was awarded the 2025 Kuwait Prize in economic and social sciences for sociology by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences.
Soran recognized by the National Lymphedema Network
Soran, clinical professor of surgery in Pitt’s School of Medicine and breast surgical oncologist at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital, was featured as the March 2026 National Lymphedema Network (NLN) Community Champion for his work in prevention and surgery for the chronic condition.
3 Pitt faculty honored by the American Association of Immunologists
Three faculty members in the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine were recently honored by the American Association of Immunologists (AAI).
2 Pitt people named 2026 American Council of Learned Societies fellows
Two faculty members in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences — Paula Kupfer and Michelle Granshaw — were awarded 2026 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellowships.