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Two Pitt alums are 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners
Two alumni from Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences are among the 2024 winners of U.S. literature and journalism’s foremost award: the Pulitzer Prizes.
Former Pitt Alum and Bugs Bunny Voice Actor Visits Pitt's Campus
When Bugs Bunny walked into the William Pitt Union recently, there were no apparent PhDs around for him to ask the enduring question: “What’s up, doc?”
13 undergraduates from the Dietrich School earn Department of Studio Arts honors
The University of Pittsburgh Department of Studio Arts presented awards for this year’s student exhibition, “Changes with Exposure.”
PhD Student Becomes a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation fellow
Kale Serrato Doyen, who is pursuing a PhD in history of art and architecture at the University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship.
Dietrich Professor Interviewed for WESA Article on Pittsburgh's Topography
Charles Jones, a teaching professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science in the Dietrich School was recently featured in a WESA article.
Dietrich School Research Team Develops Fentanyl Sensor
A research team at Pitt led by Alexander Star, a chemistry professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has developed a fentanyl sensor that is six orders of magnitude more sensitive than any electrochemical sensor for the drug reported in the past five years.
Dietrich Professor Published in Science Advances
David Waldeck, a professor in the Department of Chemistry in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences along with researchers from the University of North Carolina were published in Science Advances on May 3rd.
Dietrich Student Josh Opoku Brew Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
Joshua Brew a PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology in the Department of Music in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a two-year Woodson Predoctoral Fellowship at the Carter G. Woodson Institute.
Pitt undergraduates launched the Pittsburgh Interdisciplinary Mathematics Review
Undergraduate students with the Department of Mathematics in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the University Library System at Pitt have launched a new peer-reviewed open-access journal.
Anthony Grace named an Inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS
Anthony Grace, a Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and professor of Psychiatry and Psychology in the Department of Neuroscience in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences has been ranked in the top 0.05% of all scholars worldwide according to ScholarGPS.
Graham Hatfull Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Graham Hatfull, an Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology and HHMI Professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences was elected to the elite membership of The National Academy of Sciences.
Emily Elliott has been selected as a fellow of the Ecological Society of America
Emily Elliott, a professor of geology and environmental science in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been elected a fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
Dean Adam Launches New Innovation Initiative
Full-time faculty and staff at the Dietrich School and CGS are invited to submit proposals for the Dietrich Innovation Initiative.
Earth Month Features: PittBio Outreach Program
The PittBio Outreach Program, created by the Department of Biological Sciences in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences has shaped the way for many young STEM students over the years, and one such student, Oday Abushaban, was so influenced by the program that Pitt was at the top of his list when applying for colleges.
The Dietrich School has Two New American Academy of Arts and Sciences Members
Two Dietrich School professors, Jeffrey Brodsky, Avinoff Professor of Biological Sciences in the Department of Biological Sciences, and Elizabeth Arkush a professor in the Department of Anthropology have just been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.