The 2024 Graduate Commencement speaker is graduate alumna Adrienne Washington. The Dietrich School's graduate commencement ceremony will take place on April 25 at 11 am in the Fitzgerald Field House. Dr.
The Pitt Sustainability Awards were presented at a luncheon on April 19, honoring those who have made an extraordinary impact on sustainability at the University. Several Dietrich School faculty and students were recognized.
The GRFP is a prestigious program that supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 100 NSF-supported STEM fields. NSF selects a pool of about 2,000 fellowships from 14,000 applicants. These fellowships serve as three years of financial support that can be used over a five-year period at accredited U.S. institutions, including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost-of-education allowance of $12,000 that graduate institutions agree to accept in lieu of charging tuition and fees.
The Boren Awards provide funding for U.S. students to study abroad in critical world regions, learning languages and cultures. After returning to the United States, the recipients will work in a federal government agency for a minimum of a year.
The 17th annual Pitt Sustainability Symposium is happening on April 19th. The Symposium will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Ohara Student Center Ballroom. It will feature student capstone presentations from two sustainability courses and the Pitt Sustainability Awards will be held at noon. You can register for the event here.
Dr. Ruth Mostern, the World History Center Director and professor in the Dietrich School’s Department of History has been named the Vice President of the
The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences congratulates teaching professor and undergraduate advisor in the Department of History, John Stoner. Professor Stoner has been selected unanimously by the Senate Executive Committee for the Award for Service in the University Senate. The award recognizes Professor Stoner’s service as the Educational Policies Co-Chair as well as the many different roles he has taken on within the University Senate. He will be celebrated at an upcoming Senate Council meeting.
Associate Professor in the Dietrich School Department of Economics, Stephanie Wang, has been awarded the 2024-25 fellowship from The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University.
