The Greenwall Foundation has named Jonathan Fuller, associate professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History and Philosophy of Science, one of its 2029 Greenwall Faculty Scholars for his work to improve diagnoses for diseases like Alzheimer’s.
Pitt’s Office of the Provost has announced 11 awardees of the 2026 Nancy Tannery Grant for Open Educational Resources, an initiative that supports faculty as they adapt, adopt or create open educational resources for use in an existing course. Four of those awardees are from the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences.
31 students from the University of Pittsburgh participated in the 2026 National Post-Secondary Russian Essay Contest, sponsored by the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR), this past spring.
This year’s competition brought together 838 students from 49 institutions across the United States, making it the largest national competition of its kind.
Rebecca P. Johnson (A&S ’23) is part of a more than 75-member Chicago Tribune reporting team that recently won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting. The distinction is a remarkable achievement for an early-career journalist who once expected to become a physician instead.
Twelve University of Pittsburgh undergraduates, including seven Dietrich School students, have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for the March 2026 application cycle.
The competitive, merit-based U.S. Department of State program supports students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, providing them with skills critical to American national security and economic prosperity. The department awards nearly 3,000 students with up to $5,000 in funding each year.
The University of Pittsburgh honored students, faculty, staff and groups at its 2026 Pitt Sustainability Awards ceremony on April 24. The annual event recognizes members of the Pitt community whose work advances the goals of the Pitt Sustainability Plan.
The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences congratulates Chris Bonneau, professor of political science and interim chair of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, who's been unanimously selected by the Senate Executive Committee for the Award for Service in the University Senate.
Karen Arndt, professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Biological Sciences, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the society announced on April 22.
Out of Bounds: 2026 Studio Arts Student Exhibition featured works from 20 Studio Arts majors who will be graduating in the 2026 calendar year. Other works selected by faculty from department courses are included in In Bounds, located in the Frick Fine Arts Lobby cases.
Awards from the exhibitions have been announced:
