Awards and Accolades

Nominations are open for both the Bellet and AMPCO Awards

The Tina & David Bellet Teaching Excellence Awards recognize outstanding and innovative teaching in undergraduate studies in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. Each fall, students and faculty are encouraged to submit nominations to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies. There are three requirements for Bellet Nominees:

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.

From literacy education, financial leadership and meaningful cultural change improving lives worldwide, to creating a culinary institution beloved by generations while also giving back to their community and showing their profound Pitt pride, these six leaders are making a difference through professional, philanthropic and volunteer accomplishments.

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. This national honor from Campus Compact recognizes student leaders who are making a difference in their communities.

Alumnus Timothy Nerozzi earned a Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship

Timothy Nerozzi (A&S ’17) was honored with a 2025-26 Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship award.

The annual The Fund for American Studies award empowers promising young journalists to partake in research and long-form content creation. Its name honors the late Robert D. Novak, who worked as a columnist, broadcaster and reporter for The Wall Street Journal, CNN and the Associated Press.

Dave Newman won the Pushcart Prize for his short story

A member of the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg faculty, and Dietrich School Alumnus, was recognized with two of the most prestigious prizes in American literature.

Dave Newman (UPG ’93, A&S ’96G, SOC WK ’13G), assistant professor of creative and professional writing, was awarded a Pushcart Prize for his story, “The Last Thing That Happened Before I Became A Med Tech.”