Chandralekha Singh, a professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named a 2017 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Dawn Lundy Martin, professor in the Dietrich School's Department of English and co-director of the University's Center for African American Poetry and Poetics, has been awarded a 2018 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship.

Adam Leibovich, Dietrich School Associate Dean for Faculty Recruitment and Research Development, and Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been named a 2017 Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

The Dietrich School's Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies Program, with support from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, invites nominations of any member of the University of Pittsburgh staff, faculty, graduate or undergraduate student community who works to promote social justice and democracy.

Beginning October 1 through October 31, 2017, the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences will accept nominations for the 2018 Tina & David Bellet Teaching Excellence Awards. These annual awards recognize extraordinary achievement and innovation in undergraduate teaching. Winners receive a one-time stipend of $6,000. Faculty and students may submit nomination letters to Dietrich School Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies John A. Twyning at asundergrad.pitt.edu. For more information, contact Maryellen Gannon at mhg19@pitt.edu.

Yolanda Covington-Ward, an associate professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Africana Studies, is the recipient of the Elliott P. Skinner Book Award from the Association for Africanist Anthropology for her book Gesture and Power.