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A person walks into the Pitt-Johnstown Engineering and Science Building.

Pitt-Johnstown’s Engineering and Science Building earned a LEED certification

It’s Pitt's 18th LEED-certified space.

  • Sustainability
Drone photo of the top of the Cathedral of Learning

Pitt’s online health informatics MS program earned a top 5 national ranking

With flexible learning options, the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences degree prepares students for the rapidly growing field.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Thackeray Hall

Pitt’s Department of Mathematics earned a grant to launch a public lecture series

Armin Schikorra, Carl Wang-Erickson and Ivan Yotov received funding from Pittsburgh’s Benter Foundation.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Self-portrait of August Wilson

Pitt staff and publications won several 2024 Robert L. Vann Media Awards

The Pittsburgh Black Media Federation presented the annual awards at a June 13 dinner.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
a Panther statue at sunset

David H. Waldeck was awarded 2024 Edward W. Morley Medal

The director of the Petersen Institute of Nanoscience and Engineering has been in Pitt’s Department of Chemistry since 1985.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The Barco Law Building

Pitt Law’s Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice announced its 2024 student scholar awardees

Seven students advancing civil rights and racial justice received $1,000 each.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Law
Visweswaran

Shyam Visweswaran was inducted as an International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics fellow

The honor society recognizes expertise in biomedical and health informatics internationally.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
The Education and Training Center at Pitt-Titusville

12 medical assistant and phlebotomy students completed a Pitt-Titusville career training

The free, 10-month Brockway Center for Arts and Technology course prepares trainees for their national certification exams.

  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Titusville
Mowrey points a camera at Russell Wilson

Alex Mowrey earned a young alumni award from Slippery Rock University

He documents and shares scenes around campus as a social media content strategist and Pitt Athletics photographer.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
A blue flag with a Pitt shield in front of the Cathedral of Learning

4 Pitt staffers were honored with a professional development award

José Goyco-Blas, Valerie Kerr, Carolyn Mazzella and Allison Vorp received the annual Staff Council award.

  • University News
  • Staff
A composite image of Anderson and Corbelli

2 Pitt Medicine faculty earned Society of General Internal Medicine honors

Timothy Anderson and Jennifer Corbelli receive national awards for mentorship and scholarship in medical education, respectively.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Medicine
Hayostek

Dev Hayostek is among the 2024 Bright Young People recognized by a Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ organization

He’s overseen Prevention at Pitt outreach programs that have engaged nearly 14,000 people.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Staff
The Fort Pitt Bridge leads into Downtown Pittsburgh

Jason Togyer won two awards from Press Club of Western Pennsylvania

The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion communications manager was honored for reporting and service to journalism.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Staff
The Cathedral of Learning is seen over rooftops in a Pittsburgh neighborhood

9 undergraduates earned public service fellowships from the Frederick Honors College

The awards cover cost-of-living and other associated expenses for students participating in congressional or public service internships.

  • Community Impact
  • Undergraduate students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
A panther statue

Tiana Wilson earned an Organization of American Historians dissertation award

The assistant professor in Pitt's Department of Africana Studies won the 2024 Lerner-Scott Prize.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Africana Studies
Insala

Lina Insana will study Italian American experiences through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant

The Heinz History Center and West Virginia University are co-partners on the Italian Diaspora Resource Map project.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
A blue flag with a Pitt shield on a black lamppost

16 Pitt students will research electrical grid sustainability through SHURE-Grid

The summer program is a collaborative partnership between the David C. Frederick Honors College, Swanson School of Engineering, Pitt’s Office of Research and the Idaho National Laboratory.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Swanson School of Engineering
A gloved hand holds a beaker full of the tiny pond plant duckweed

Pitt biologists are part of a $12.5M NSF grant to study a widespread genetic phenomenon

Tia-Lynn Ashman and Martin Turcotte will use the pond plant duckweed to learn about organisms with more than two copies of their chromosomes.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A yellow and blue panther painted on a mirror

5 Pitt students were named Community Research fellows

The Frederick Honors College will fund their summer work on a long-term sustainable project.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Undergraduate students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Distance shot of the Cathedral of Learning with pink flowers in foreground

5 Pitt honors students earned summer Creative Arts Fellowships

The undergraduates will produce a piece of creative work under the mentorship of a faculty member or subject-matter expert.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Undergraduate students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College