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Practice your language skills weekly with these 7 Pitt clubs
Enjoy conversation in Hindi, French, Slovene and more.
Mohammed Bamyeh earned an Einstein Fellowship
The Dietrich School professor will coordinate an international project to trace the lineage of sociology concepts across cultures.
After 6 years of helping Pitt students secure competitive scholarships, Lesha Greene has won her own
The director of national scholarships is heading to Germany with a Fulbright International Education Administrators award.
3 Pitt honors students presented at a Justice and Equity Honors Network gathering
Cole Belling, Meghana Dodda, and Gabriella Garvin presented their Racial Equity Awareness Database and engaged in dialogue around advancing racial equity.
These Pitt students took to the world stage to share a database project designed to combat systemic racism
The Frederick Honors College scholars presented their research to international leaders at the United Nations’ Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.
Former Pitt Olympians look back at their Games and what they’ll be watching this year
Here’s who hurdler Roger Kingdom, swimmer Susan Heon-Preston and Judoka Marisa Pedulla are keeping an eye on in 2024.
Jonathan Chitiyo published a book for African educators
The associate professor of education investigated how teachers in Ghana, South Africa and Zimbabwe support students with disabilities.
A Pitt honors student was selected for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals
Sophomore Alanna Howe will attend a two-month intensive language course, study at a German university and complete a mechanical engineering internship.
Rory Cooper was named to the U.S. Olympians and Paralympians Association Executive Committee
The Human Engineering Research Laboratories founding director won a bronze medal in the 1988 Paralympic Games.
A Pitt partnership established this Kazakhstan medical school, which just earned its first MD accreditation
Nazarbayev University School of Medicine is home to the only graduate-level MD program in Central Asia.
Pitt earned its first Times Higher Education University Impact Ranking
The rankings are based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
Cap off Pride Month with these book and film recommendations
Doctoral student and otaku scholar Alexandra Arana studies gender and sexual fluidity in anime and manga. Here are her top 5 picks.
Pitt alumna Kate Moran is using technical innovation to combat climate change
The award-winning researcher and engineer’s adventures have included advising the Obama administration and taking Arctic expeditions to advocate for global sustainability.
Cho-yun Hsu is a 2024 laureate of the prestigious Tang Prize
The award, which confers a $1.7 million cash prize, recognizes the Pitt professor emeritus’ era-spanning scholarship on the history of China.
Introducing Pitt’s 2024-25 Fulbright winners
These 13 students and alumni will travel across the globe to study, teach and conduct research.
Louis Deemer won a NAFSA Rising Star Young Leader Award
He is an immigration specialist in the Office of International Services, a Pitt Commons mentor, and an instructor to students, faculty and staff.
Pitt undergraduates came in second place in the 2024 Emory Morningside Global Health Case Competition
The six juniors had a week to prepare a proposal for a comprehensive intervention to end tuberculosis in India.
5 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad
They will study critical languages around the world, from Senegal to Croatia.
A GSPIA education helped Carl Ware champion racial equality from Atlanta to South Africa
During his decades as an executive for Coca-Cola, he partnered with Desmond Tutu and other freedom fighters to support Black Africans.
Take a closer look at this undergraduate researcher's pièce de résistance
To create a garment worthy of an 18th-century queen, Maya Jones set her sights on a Creative Arts Fellowship from Pitt's David C. Frederick Honors College.
