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Holger Hoock was awarded an NEH grant to rethink humanities doctoral education
The J. Carroll Amundson Professor of British History's project aims to foster a transformation in how faculty, students and administrators envision the broader importance of doctorates in humanities.
Keisha N. Blain is appointed to a distinguished lecturer program
The Organization of American Historians program sends speakers to college campuses, student conferences, museum events and more.
Pitt's University Library System acquires a rare Jorge Luis Borges book
The notebook is intact, meaning that it is possible to study the sequence of texts the influential literary figure wrote in 1950-51.
Center for African American Poetry and Poetics creative writing fellow wins 2018 Whiting Award
Granted annually in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and drama, the $50,000 award is based on early career accomplishments and potential for continued success.
University of Pittsburgh Press names marketing director
Alumnus John R. Fagan has 30 years of book publishing experience, including as vice president and director of marketing for Penguin Books.
The Pitt News' business and ads teams win national awards
The daily student newspaper took home more than a dozen awards at the National Advertising Awards Competition.
Rachel Kranson was honored by the Immigration and Ethnic History Society
The assistant professor earned an honorable mention for her book "Ambivalent Embrace: Jewish Upward Mobility in Postwar America."
Todd Reeser was awarded a fellowship to conduct work in France
The highly competitive fellowship will provide him time to write his next book “Transgender France” and conduct archival work.
A new issue of student-run publication The Pitt Pulse is live
Find pieces about medical care for prison inmates, flu vaccines, what brain scientists have to say about the 2016 election and more.
Deane Root received a Society of American Music Lifetime Achievement Award
The Pitt Department of Music chair was lauded for his wide-ranging contributions to the field.
The Pitt News wins state student journalism awards
The newspaper racked up four first-place awards, four second-place awards and three honorable mentions at the 2018 Keystone Awards.
New exhibits include works by a Pitt professor emeritus
Internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Paul Glabicki taught in the Department of Studio Arts for 40 years.
Dawn Lundy Martin was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
The co-director of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics is one of 36 literary professionals to earn the 2018 Creative Writing Fellowship.
University of Pittsburgh Press book receives a flutter of praise
“Butterflies of Pennsylvania: A Field Guide” was recognized with a 2017 National Outdoor Book Award.
2 Pitt graduate students were awarded Fulbright research grants
Emilie Rose Coakley is going to Indonesia, and Trevor Thomas Wilson will study in Russia.
Pitt alumnus Bryan S. Wright was nominated for a Grammy Award
The Pitt instructor is recognized for his liner notes accompanying "The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin."
Daniel Balderston received an international recognition
The Academia Argentina de Letras named the Pitt faculty member a corresponding academic for his work as a diffuser of Argentine literature in the U.S.
Jeanne Kisacky's University of Pittsburgh Press book won an award
Her history of modern hospital architecture won the 2017 International Society for Landscape, Place, and Material Culture Fred B. Kniffen Award.
A project led by Aaron Brenner received an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant
The Pitt-led team will develop a guide and toolkit that to libraries address needs, develop practices, anticipate challenges and learn from successful civic data partnerships.
Yolanda Covington-Ward was recognized by the Association for Africanist Anthropology
The associate professor of Africana studies has been honored with the 2017 Elliot P. Skinner Book Award.
