Academic Accolades
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
7 Pitt faculty won Black Excellence in the Academy awards
Seven faculty members will be recognized at the Heinz History Center on Nov. 7.
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).
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.