Academic Accolades

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

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 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 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.

September 10, 2024

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

September 10, 2024

A Pitt student startup won the prestigious Hult Prize

Korion Health, a startup led by Pitt students, won $1 million in the competition, which challenges for-profit student entrepreneurs from around the world to create and launch businesses aimed at tackling the most pressing challenges they see in their communities.

September 9, 2024

GSPIA student was named as an acting state bureau director

Jill Stemple, a graduate student in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, has been named an acting bureau director within Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services.

September 6, 2024

Paterson works with UK team on 'More-than-human senses and sensations project

Mark Paterson, professor of sociology and distinguished visiting professor at the University of Bristol, worked on an interdisciplinary project and delivered a public lecture that explored the histories of scholarships considering senses beyond the human.

September 5, 2024

Lucas named a Mon Valley Initiative Community Partner of the Year

Copeland will serve as a juror for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

Rafei’s film will premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Han honored by the American Physical Society

Ward honored for encouraging women in the chemical sciences

2 Pitt historians were featured in an Emmy-winning documentary

Huang won an NSF CAREER Award

Schmitz honored by the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition

Pitt undergrad earned a Congressional Award

2 Pitt graduate students are finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition

Tan received a Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award

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

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

7 Pitt faculty won Black Excellence in the Academy awards

Liu published a new book on religion and law in China

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

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

Woolley won a book award from the Association of Internet Researchers

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

A Pitt student startup won the prestigious Hult Prize

GSPIA student was named as an acting state bureau director

Paterson works with UK team on 'More-than-human senses and sensations project

Bamyeh earned an Einstein Fellowship

Munin earned an American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine research award

2 Pitt graduate students were named public health ambassadors

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

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

Hirsch won the International Association for Relationship Research Teaching Award

Pitt student startup is a semifinalist for the Hult Prize

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

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