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Lina Insana and Team Awarded NEH Grant for Italian American Research
Lina Insana an associate professor in the Department of French and Italian in the Dietrich School along with the Heinz History Center and West Virginia University were awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) award.

Student Research Teams Published in the Journal of Science Policy & Governance
Two student author teams from the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences in the Dietrich School have been published in the April issue of the Journal of Science Policy & Governance.

Jewish American Heritage Month Features: Inaugural Fine Fellow Announced
Laura Levitt has been announced as the inaugural Fine Fellow for 2024-25. The Fine Fellowship was created by the Department of Jewish Studies in the Dietrich School with the support of the Fine Foundation and in partnership with the Rauh Jewish Archives and History Program of the Heinz History Center.

Jewish American Heritage Month Features: The Fine Fellowship
The Department of Jewish Studies in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, in partnership with the Fine Foundation and the Rauh Jewish Archives at the Heinz History Center, created the Fine Fellowship in Fall 2023.

Dietrich Physicist David Wallace Featured in Scientific American
David Wallace a physicist, philosopher, and director of graduate studies in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science in the Dietrich School was interviewed for a Scientific American article.

New Lithium Source Could Come From Pennsylvania Waste Water According to Dietrich Graduate Student and Research Team
Justin Mackey, a graduate student in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science in the Dietrich School, and his research team were featured in New Atlas.

Chemistry Professor and Researcher Featured in Mining for Work on Fentanyl Sensor
Alexander Star, lead researcher and professor in chemistry and bioengineering in the Dietrich School has been leading a research team to create a sensor that can detect the presence of fentanyl.

Professor Emeritus of Political Science was Interviewed for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Dietrich School Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Ronald H. Linden, was featured in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in an article on how Europe’s war right political wing is changing the country for the worse

Peter Strick Featured in Science News
Thomas Detre Professor & Chair of Neurobiology and Center for Neuroscience Co-Director Peter Strick were recently interviewed for Science News

Dietrich Professor of Physics received an AAPT Award for Physics Education
The University of Pittsburgh’s Chandralekha Singh, a distinguished professor of physics in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been named the John David Jackson Excellence in Graduate Physics Education Award winner for 2024.

Dietrich Professor Ranked Among Top Neuroscientists in the World
Dr. Anthony Grace, a Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and professor of Psychiatry and Psychology in the Dietrich School’s Department of Neuroscience was just ranked among the top neuroscientists on Research.com

Four Dietrich Students Have Been Annoucned as Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Winners
Eight University of Pittsburgh students were named to the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.

Dietrich Student Liam Weixel Talks About His Experience Studying the Amazon
When I heard about the project—since named HeritageRoots—and its goal of collecting and compiling indigenous narratives into a virtual experience, I was intrigued by its ambition.

Pitt Researchers are Preserving Indigenous Cultures in a Race Against Climate Change
When you think of climate change and saving Earth from more disastrous consequences, you likely think of the melting of ice caps, or endangered animals. You probably aren’t thinking about endangered languages and cultures.

New Capstone Course Allows Students to Help Preserve Language and Culture
What do virtual reality, archiving, disappearing languages and indigenous cultures have in common? The Computing Technologies for Cultural Preservation capstone course that was just launched this past spring semester.