Danielle Obisie-Orlu champions love, empathy as county youth poet laureate
Allegheny County’s new youth poet laureate said she works to incorporate empathy, understanding and passion into her work and life.
Academic Accolades
Kevin Kearns receives teaching excellence award
Kevin Kearns has received the Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).
Historian Keisha N. Blain named New America Fellow
Keisha N. Blain, an award-winning historian and writer, and associate professor of history in the Dietrich School, added one more prestigious award to her resume.
$25 million grant-funded radio spectrum project includes Pitt professors
A new $25 million NSF grant will fund researchers from 29 organizations developing new approaches and techniques for divvying up the real estate of radio waves that connect many of our devices.
Darris Means selected for Rockefeller Fellowship to study rural education
Darris Means, an associate professor at the School of Education, has been selected as a 2021 Richard P. Nathan Policy Fellow of the Rockefeller Institute of Government.
James Huguley Named Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the School of Social Work
Associate Professor James Huguley has been named the School of Social Work’s inaugural associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion.
Ariel C. Armony named Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo fellow
Vice Provost for Global Affairs and Director of UCIS Ariel C. Armony is one of 25 fellows named to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ Leadership Academy/La Academia de Liderazgo.
Utibe Essien Receives AAMC Award
Utibe Essien, assistant professor of medicine in Pitt’s School of Medicine, is the recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ 2021 Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship Award.
Leigh Patel Publishes New Book
Leigh Patel, a professor in the School of Education’s Department of Educational Foundations, Organizations and Policy, has published her new book titled “No Study Without Struggle: Confronting Settler Colonialism in Higher Education.”
Michele Reid-Vazquez Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant
Michele Reid-Vazquez, associate professor of Africana Studies, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Higher Education grant.