Accolade

Robin Brooks and Esther Palacios-Barrios Named 2019 Ford Foundation Fellows

Robin Brooks, an assistant professor in the Department of Africana Studies, and Esther Palacios-Barrios, a graduate...

Walid Gellad Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Walid Gellad, associate professor of medicine and health policy was named a winner of the Presidential Early Career Award...

New Jazz Studies Director Nicole Mitchell Tops Jazz Polls

Two significant honors were recently announced for Nicole Mitchell, Pitt’s new William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Jazz...

Larry Cunningham Jr. Appointed Chair of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Associate Dean of Hospital Affairs

Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine has announced Larry Cunningham Jr. as its next chair of the Department of Oral and...

Three English Affiliates Receive 2019 Investing in Professional Artists Grant

Three affiliates of the Department of English in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences have been awarded...

Pitt Law Launches Graduate Program on Human Resources Law

Pitt’s School of Law is now taking applications for a new online graduate certificate program that tackles the legal...

Aaron Donald Football Performance Center Unveiled, Supported by Historic Gift

The University of Pittsburgh officially unveiled the newly dedicated Aaron Donald Football Performance Center this June,...

Stephen D. Meriney Receives Grant for Neuromuscular Disease Research

Pitt’s Stephen D. Meriney has received one of 26 The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) grants for rare neuromuscular...

Martica Hall Receives Outstanding Educator Award

Martica Hall, professor of psychiatry, psychology, and clinical and translational science at the University of Pittsburgh...

Julian Gill-Peterson Wins Lambda Literary Awards Prize in Transgender Nonfiction

Julian Gill-Peterson, an assistant professor in the Department of English, received top honors in the category of...