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Remembrances 

Alumnus Mal Goode was the first Black broadcast reporter on national television. Learn about his career.

When an autoimmune disease came for his sight, Pitt alum Benny Schwartz picked up a paintbrush. The rest is (art) history.

Ashley Lynn Priore uses chess to teach life and leadership lessons.

He made national headlines as a senior when he became the first Black player in the Sugar Bowl.

The award-winning researcher and engineer’s adventures have included advising the Obama administration and taking Arctic expeditions to advocate for global sustainability. 

A National Science Foundation CAREER Award will help Sophia Choukas-Bradley develop new ways to approach her research.

A lifelong love of cars and his Pitt education drove KJ Jones (A&S ’85) to become editor at MotorTrend.

In a career spanning medicine and politics, the Pitt alumnus made a mark on Pittsburgh and the country.

Brandon Som and Brett Murphy took home the nation’s most prestigious award for poetry and public-service journalism, respectively.

Pitt alumni do amazing things. Submit your good news.

In his book, Michael Rosella provides a tender and compelling glimpse of Pitt in the past.

Jen Simonic’s nonprofit finishes knitting projects for those who can no longer do it themselves.

Alumnus David Shafer’s entrepreneurial mind developed an innovative shuttle service that makes getting to the airport cheaper, faster and oh-so-reLAXsan.

Their findings help ensure Allegheny County’s water systems are safe and accessible for all.

During his decades as an executive for Coca-Cola, he partnered with Desmond Tutu and other freedom fighters to support Black Africans.

The Pitt-Greensburg grad uses pluck and imagination to promote art, community and sustainability as executive director of the Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse.

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.

Here's how one of the world's fastest growing sports is teaching its participants to take life "one move at a time."

He earned two degrees and met his wife on the Pittsburgh campus. He died at the age of 71 in Nevada.

Remembrances

Kelsey Voltz-Poremba says writing by hand is a crucial part of childhood development.

As dean, he is making a case for achievement, inclusion and excellence.

Read "They Called Us Exceptional: and Other Lies that Raised Us" and more, out now from alumni authors.

Faculty members Abdesalam Soudi and Ann Sinsheimer discuss centering respect and other lessons from Pitt's Year of Dialogue and Discourse with Clyde Wilson Pickett.

Forward-thinking and values-driven, she’s embraced Pitt’s boundless potential throughout her first year as the University’s 19th leader.

In researching her family’s past, the Pitt historian found an oft-overlooked narrative of Black emancipation and Native displacement.

With its new undergraduate teacher education program, Pitt wants to get more qualified teachers into K-12 classrooms faster.

Their work is shaping the future, which ultimately benefits us all.

Darris Means has spent the last decade examining how to build resources for Black youth in rural districts.