Academic Accolades

March 7, 2024

2 Pitt students received 2024 Critical Language Scholarships

Two University of Pittsburgh students, Dannial Cardillo and Christina White, have been named 2024 Critical Language scholars.

March 6, 2024

Grace elected to the Schizophrenia International Research Society board

Anthony Grace, distinguished professor of neuroscience in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, was elected to serve a four-year term on the board of the Schizophrenia International Research Society.

February 23, 2024

Heffernan won a 2024 POGIL Early Achievement Award

Kayla Heffernan, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, was named the postsecondary winner of the 2024 Early Achievement Award from the POGIL Project.

February 22, 2024

Rubin elected chair of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Activity Group on Dynamical Systems.

Jonathan Rubin, professor of mathematics, was elected as chair of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Activity Group on Dynamical Systems.

February 21, 2024

Liu honored by the Association for Psychological Science

Peggy Liu, the Ben L. Fryrear Chair in Marketing and an associate professor of business administration at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, has been awarded the 2024 Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science.

February 21, 2024

Williams will be honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Amy Williams, professor in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music, is among four composers to receive a 2024 award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

February 19, 2024

Pitt undergraduate student earned a Lionel Pearson Fellowship

Alex-Jaden Peart, a student in the Department of Classics, is a recipient of a 2024-25 Lionel Pearson Fellowship, which supports American- and Canadian-trained classicists and will fund a year of Peart’s graduate studies at an English or Scottish university.

February 15, 2024

Pitt ranks in top 20 for patents granted to universities worldwide

The University of Pittsburgh has ranked No. 19 of the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023, according to a list published by the National Academy of Inventors.

February 13, 2024

Swaminathan named an American Marketing Association Fellow

Vanitha Swaminathan, Thomas Marshall Professor of Marketing and director of the Center for Branding at Pitt Business, has been selected as a 2024 Fellow by the American Marketing Association.

February 13, 2024

Pitt has been named a 2023-24 Fulbright Top Producer

The University of Pittsburgh has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students for the 2023-24 academic year by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

February 8, 2024

Cooper elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Rory Cooper, a distinguished professor in Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, was among 114 new U.S. members elected to the National Academy of Engineering Class of 2024.

February 8, 2024

Shlomchik elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the AAI

UPMC Endowed and Distinguished Professor Mark Shlomchik was elected as a 2024 Distinguished Fellow of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI).

February 1, 2024

Graduate student honored with the 2023 Bernard D. Goldstein Student Award

Dual master’s student Maria Salazar has been announced as the 2023 winner of the Bernard D. Goldstein Student Award in Environmental Health Disparities and in Public Health Practice.

January 29, 2024

Berenbrok elected as an American Pharmacists Association Fellow

Lucas Berenbrok, associate professor in the School of Pharmacy, was elected a fellow of the American Pharmacists Association by its Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management.

January 19, 2024

2 Pitt Law professors elected fellows of the American Bar Foundation

John Linarelli and Christian Powell Sundquist, professors in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, were elected as fellows of the American Bar Association.

January 17, 2024

Scott received prestigious community engagement award

Khirsten L. Scott, an assistant professor in the School of Education, received the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, which highlights exemplary engaged teaching and research.

January 16, 2024

Grace awarded a continuation of his National Institutes of Health grant

Anthony Grace, a distinguished professor of neuroscience and professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, received a $634,831 grant as a continuation of his study titled “Gating of Information Flow Within the Nucleus Accumbens.”

January 5, 2024

Alavi received a National Institutes of Health Trailblazer R21 Award

Amir Alavi, an assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering, received a three-year Trailblazer R21 Award from the National Institutes of Health.

January 4, 2024

5 Pitt faculty selected for the 2024 ACC Academic Leaders Network cohort

Five faculty from five schools across the University of Pittsburgh were chosen to participate in the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Leaders Network program.

December 15, 2023

Pitt Law student earned a Peggy Browning Fellowship

Jayme Tocci, a student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, earned a Peggy Browning Fellowship for the summer of 2024.

December 15, 2023

Undergraduate student short-listed for the 2023 Harvey Chute Book Awards

Kaden Kashner, a sophomore in the David C. Frederick Honors College, was included on the short list for the 2023 Harvey Chute Book Awards.

December 13, 2023

Songer won the 2023 Abraham Lilienfeld Award

Thomas J. Songer, assistant professor in the School of Public Health, was awarded the Abraham Lilienfeld Award, the most prestigious award presented by the American College of Epidemiology.

December 11, 2023

15 undergraduate students received a 2023 Gilman Scholarship

The U.S. State Department has named 15 University of Pittsburgh students as winners of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which supports undergraduate students receiving Federal Pell Grants with up to $5,000 while they pursue study abroad opportunities.