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Meghna Hingorani

Everybody’s bestie thrives in business and dreams of Bollywood.

  • Students
  • Pittsburgh Campus
LauraEllen Ashcraft

LauraEllen Ashcraft

Building bridges to connect people and research.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Social Work
A portrait of Ryan Steinly

Ryan Steinly

A Frederick Honors College student fluent in language and justice.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Undergraduate students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Anaya Joynes

A Pitt engineering student who leads by example.

  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Undergraduate students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Isabel Lam in a white shirt and black leather jacket

Isabel Lam

A change-maker who landed a red carpet role.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Students
Brianna Ross sits wearing a black shirt that reads Black teachers matter

Brianna Ross

A Maryland Teacher of the Year who leads with love.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education
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Nicholas Johnbosco

A guide to campus buildings and uncomfortable conversations.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Mia Achitoov

A future doctor who values elders and offers comfort in the hospital and beyond.

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Benjamin Davies

A urologist and mentor who’s closing equity gaps in health care.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • School of Medicine
Chong looking confidently at the lens

Lillian Chong

This creative chemist helped crack a COVID-19 mystery.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Olivia Miller

A gymnast using the power of positivity.

  • Athletics
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Asher Hancock smiling in plaid shirt with arms folded

Asher Hancock

This engineer wants to put autonomous vehicles in the sky.

  • Technology & Science
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Danielle Obisie-Orlu smiling with black dress

Danielle Obisie-Orlu

The Allegheny County Youth Poet Laureate with a 30-year plan.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Undergraduate students
Catherine Cavanaugh wearing grey Pitt shirt

Catherine Cavanaugh

This nationally lauded scholar is helping Spanish speakers learn complex science.

  • Students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Richard Fang wearing blue Pitt hat and sweater

Richard Su Fang

One of two U.S. Presidential Scholars at Pitt.

  • Students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Fodun Ologunde in an orange shirt and black and white jacket stands at a podium

Fodun Ologunde

From summa cum laude to Apple Inc. software engineer.

  • Technology & Science
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Lisa Coe in front of a pool, holding a rainbow flag

Lisa Coe

Athlete. Activist. Leader.

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Annie Kaitlyn Caulfield holding a prosthetic limb

Pitt Prosthetists

Making prosthetic limbs fit every amputee, from Navy SEALs to diabetes patients.

  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Toya Jones in a burgundy top

Toya Jones

Studying trauma and its impact.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
Tre Tipton in his football uniform

Tre Tipton

This wide receiver and social work graduate student ’s journey has taken him from despair to LOVE — living out victoriously every day.

  • Graduate and professional students
  • Athletics
  • School of Social Work