3 Pitt students earned Boren Awards
Three University of Pittsburgh students have earned 2025 Boren Awards for International Study, which will fund their study of critical languages abroad in support of their academic and career goals.
Academic Accolades
7 Pitt students won a nationally competitive research fellowship
Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to perform graduate research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Coleman won a Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation award
James Coleman, assistant professor of Italian in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts, has won the Giles Constable Award from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. Only one U.S. applicant to the foundation’s Venetian Research Program is selected for the year each year.
Méndez was honored by Pittsburgh’s Professional Women’s Network
Dara D. Méndez, associate professor in the School of Public Health, won the Ladies Who Lead Award from Pittsburgh’s Professional Women’s Network.
Chancellor Emeritus Nordenberg named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Nordenberg joins nearly 250 members elected in this year’s class, who have distinguished themselves in academia, the arts, industry, policy, research and science.
Pitt junior awarded a Truman Scholarship
Sam Podnar, a junior at Pitt, was awarded a 2025 Harry S. Truman Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in public service.
Pitt senior won a Newman Civic Fellowship Mini-Grant
Pitt senior Connor Diaz has been selected by Campus Compact for the Newman Civic Fellowship Mini-Grant, funded by The Allstate Foundation.
Pitt junior won a Goldwater Scholarship
University of Pittsburgh bioengineering junior Satyaj Bhargava won a 2025 Goldwater Scholarship, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for undergraduate researchers in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Tormos-Aponte won an early career award from the American Sociological Association
Fernando Tormos-Aponte, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pittsburgh, has won an Distinguished Early Career Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA).
2 English faculty won a Spencer Foundation grant
Two faculty members in Pitt’s Department of English, Jialei Jiang and Xiqiao Wang, have earned a $60,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation.