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Pitt wins big with American Chemical Society Awards!
The American Chemical Society Pittsburgh chapter has just announced its 2025 awards, and Pitt is among the winners!
Dietrich School Earns Pitt Green Office, Sapling Recognition
The Dietrich School's Office of the Dean has been honored with the Pitt Green Office, Sapling designation by the University of Pittsburgh's Office of Sustainability.
Get your tickets for the 2025 - 2026 Pitt Stages Season!
Tickets are LIVE for the 2025-2026 fall season lineup!
A new Pitt study helps identify where train derailments pose the greatest risk
The 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, caused millions of dollars of damage and long-lasting environmental and health concerns. A new briefing from Pitt researchers at the Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory maps 26 years of derailments in the Ohio River Basin, showing that such accidents are more likely to occur near vulnerable communities and bodies of water.
Horror is alive and well at the Dietrich School's new Horror Studies Center
The macabre is all around us, monsters lurking in every corner, and not all of them are fictional. Just ask English and Film and Media Studies professor Adam Lowenstein.
Caitlin Bruce won a National Communication Association book award
Caitlin Bruce, an associate professor in the Kenneth P. Deitrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Communication, has earned national recognition for her scholarship exploring youth culture and graffiti as public expression.
A Dietrich School undergrad is turning fantasy into fellowship-worthy research
Like many people, Savannah Parker likes relaxing with a good historical drama. But something has been bothering her about certain dramatizations in these shows; people of color are heavily misrepresented.
Dietrich Green Walk, October 6
The Dietrich School and Pitt's Office of Sustainability invite all Dietrich School faculty, staff, and graduate students on a campus walking tour highlighting the University's sustainable initiatives.
Dietrich School and College of General Studies celebrate 2025 staff anniversaries, awards
The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the College of General Studies proudly celebrated the dedication and accomplishments of their staff at the 2025 Staff Recognition event on Thursday, Sept. 18.
Submit your story about the ADA helping you!
Disability Resources & Services in the Office of Institutional Engagement and Wellbeing would like to celebrate the positive impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) within the Pitt community.
It’s ALIVE! – The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh announces a new Horror Studies Center
A new, first-of-its-kind Horror Studies Center has just been launched at the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Adam Lowenstein, a professor in the Department of English and the Film and Media Studies Program, leads the project, with collaborators across the university and the world in support
Announcing Pitt’s 2025 Alumni Awards Honorees
The University of Pittsburgh’s 2025 Alumni Award winners are changing what’s possible here in Pittsburgh, around the globe and everywhere in between.
Brad Dicianno was named a community hero
Brad Dicianno (A&S ’97, MED ’01), vice chair for research in the School of Medicine’s Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, won a Community Heroes Award from Community Living and Support Services (CLASS).
Championing student mental health earned this Pitt junior a Newman Civic Fellowship
Mohammad Shedeed, a junior in the University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and David C. Frederick Honors College, received a 2025-26 Newman Civic Fellowship.