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Lessons from the HIV Epidemic
Pitt Public Health’s Jean Nachega and coauthors draw practical parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and HIV, including innovative ways to ensure scale-up of a vaccine or treatment in Africa.
Watch: Researchers Take Filmmaking to the Health Sciences
Sara Baumann (GSPH ’19) and Jessica Burke have created a new form of public health research called Collaborative Filmmaking. The six-step process engages its participants to create a detailed
Pitt will offer more than 100 new flexible courses for 2020
From Afrofuturism in music to a new graduate certificate on transnational Asia, this academic year is set to offer students even more academic opportunities.
Pitt commits to carbon neutrality
The University has already reduced greenhouse gas emissions on the Pittsburgh campus by 22%. Building and infrastructure efficiencies are key to the new goal of carbon neutrality by 2037—Pitt’s 250th
8 Boren awardees set a new record for Pitt
The study abroad awards enable their recipients to further their studies of “languages and cultures most critical to our nation’s security.”
Alumnus Andy Rhodes is named chief information officer at UNICEF USA
He is responsible for the organization's technology and digital and data strategy.
Pitt establishes a new chair of Indian studies
The position will rotate among scholars from India, who will teach in different Pitt departments, for the next five years.
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.
David Pettersen was inducted into French Order of the Academic Palms
The honor recognizes his efforts in establishing a faculty exchange between Pitt and the Université Lumière Lyon 2.
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski was named an officer of the Medieval Academy of America
The Pitt distinguished professor studies French medieval literature and culture.
Associate Dean Minking Chyu was presented with a distinguished service professor medallion
University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and Provost Patricia E. Beeson recently presented the Swanson School of Engineering's Minking Chyu with a medallion recognizing his appointment as
Pitt hosted a gathering of national and international macroeconomics experts
The Department of Economics welcomed 190 participants to the biannual Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings.
Pitt aids mothers in Nicaragua with successful event
Volunteers from across the University teamed up to support quality health care and nutrition in the country.
2 Pitt graduate students were awarded Fulbright research grants
Emilie Rose Coakley is going to Indonesia, and Trevor Thomas Wilson will study in Russia.
4 alumni were awarded 2017-18 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grants
The Class of 2017 graduates are heading to Jordan, South Korea and Russia.
4 Pitt alumni were named Fulbright English Teaching Assistants to Brazil
John McGovern, Daniel Snyder, Sophia Winston and Benjamin Zhu will head to Brazil in January 2018.
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.
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.
Lauren Jonkman was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for her work in Namibia
The Pitt assistant professor will support the development of a primary care clinical pharmacy practice at the University of Namibia School of Pharmacy.
Pitt students and alumnus win Germany's Graduate Scholarships for Study
Sofia Beatriz Vera Rojas, Thomas A. Elvins and Alex R. Lederer will study and conduct research with support from the nation's Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst.
