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The Barco Law Building

Pitt Law won the National Tax Moot Court Competition

The three students, coached by alumni and faculty, went undefeated throughout the tournament.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Students
  • School of Law
Maya and her brother pose in matching purple shirts

A Pitt junior will compete on 'The Amazing Race'

Biological sciences major Maya Mody will compete alongside her brother on Season 36 of the reality adventure show.

  • Global
  • Undergraduate students
Chloë Glover

A Pitt PhD candidate earned a Mendenhall Research Fellowship

Chloë Glover will work with the U.S. Geological Survey to develop a 3D tectonic framework of the northeastern area of Washington State

  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Blossoming trees around the Cathedral of Learning

2 Pitt students received 2024 Critical Language Scholarships

Dannial Cardillo and Christine White will both study Persian in Tajikistan.

  • Global
  • Students
Three people stand in front of a blue background

2 Pitt seniors competed at an ethics in engineering competition

Alison Linares Mendoza and Anvi Viji-Anand are the first to represent the University in the challenge.

  • Technology & Science
  • Undergraduate students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
A panther statue.

Anthony Grace was elected to the Schizophrenia International Research Society board

The distinguished professor’s term will start April 5 and run through 2028.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The Cathedral of Learning

2 faculty won Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Awards

This annual award recognizes outstanding and innovative teaching in undergraduate studies in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A diagram highlights three red black holes in a galaxy

Rachel Bezanson was on a team of astronomers that detected a black hole in the early universe

Their findings on the supermassive red mass, which combined James Webb Space Telescope observations with gravitational lensing, were published in Nature.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Bezanson in front of the Allegheny Observatory

Pitt research on small galaxies was published in Nature

Their findings from James Webb Space Telescope observations show they may be responsible for opening the universe to light.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Space
Taylor

A federal grant will create a new drug discovery center at Pitt

Researchers and clinicians at the School of Medicine and UPMC will use the $7.8 million in funding to start the Pitt Translational Center for Microphysiology Systems.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
Black students at Pitt engage in various activities.

The 1969 publication of Pitt’s Black Action Society is now fully digitized

The annual issue, titled "As-Salaam-Alaikum," highlighted Black student life through artwork, poetry and photos.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Students
  • Alumni
Rubin

Jonathan Rubin will chair a Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics activity group

In the role, the professor in Pitt’s Department of Mathematics will lead forum discussions on dynamical systems.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A figure of a man on the side of a building

2 Pitt Public Health professors led a Collaborative Filmmaking study on grief

“Visualizing Loss” follows 5 Pennsylvania families and their experience with bereavement after the death of a child.

  • Community Impact
  • Arts and Humanities
  • School of Public Health
Snow falls on a panther statue's face

These are the 2024 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring winners

The annual award recognizes Pitt faculty for outstanding mentoring of graduate students pursuing a research doctorate degree.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Podob and Crookston stand side-by-side in front of a projector

2 Pitt-Greensburg students presented their honors research on genetics

Their project was led by Assistant Professor of Biology Logan Johnson.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Greensburg
Heffernan

Kayla Heffernan won a 2024 POGIL Early Achievement Award

The associate professor of mathematics at Pitt-Greensburg is one of two educators nationwide to receive the honor.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Greensburg
Krishnamurti

Tamar Krishnamurti took part in a NASEM drug forum

The assistant professor of medicine was invited to a panel discussing real-world implementation considerations for in-home opioid disposal systems.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Medicine
A blue flag with a Pitt shield

Brittany Graham earned Best Costuming Designing at the Swedish International Film Festival

The Pitt Stages’ costume shop assistant manager won for her work on “Unsinkable.”

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Williams sits on a bench

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

The Pitt professor of music will present her work at the society’s library in the spring.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Liu

Peggy Liu was honored by the Association for Psychological Science for early career contributions

The Ben L. Fryrear Chair in Marketing is recognized as a leading expert on consumer behavior.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business