Lise Vesterlund, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, will receive an honorary doctorate from Copenhagen Business School.
Vesterlund is a co-author of the critically acclaimed book “The No Club: Putting a Stop to Women’s Dead-End Work.”
The annual award “honors the region's most impactful businesswomen who are helping to lead their organizations into the future, making significant change in the region and getting involved in their communities.”
This year’s winners will be recognized in a special edition of the magazine on May 16 and during a ceremony at Acrisure Stadium on May 21.
Associate Professor and Writing Program Director Angie Cruz has been named the 43rd Dos Passos Prize winner. Longwood University gives this award annually to an American writer who explores both form and range of voice. Cruz will be honored this spring at Longwood in a ceremony that will be open to the public.
Sixteen University of Pittsburgh faculty members earned the 2025 Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards across three categories. The awards honor outstanding individuals whose scholarly commitments and contributions in research, teaching or public service have advanced the Pitt community or their respective fields.
The Dietrich School would like to congratulate our inaugural Dean’s Achievement Awardees, thank you for all of your hard work!
Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award
Recognizes staff members who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance, productivity, and excellence in the execution of their job responsibilities and who have made a significant impact on the achievement of departmental or school-wide goals and objectives.
Jinfa Cai (EDUC ’94G) and Drew Gitomer (A&S ’82G, ‘84G), University of Pittsburgh and Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) alumni, have been elected to the 2025 class of the National Academy of Education.
Six faculty members from the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and College of General Studies attended “Most Valuable Professor” events hosted by the University of Pittsburgh wrestling, swimming and diving programs in January.
Student-athletes from each program welcomed their favorite faculty members to be recognized at their respective events as “MVPs.”
Faculty from the Dietrich School and CGS who attended the events include:
· Pat Casey, Legal Studies – nominated by Dayton Pitzer, wrestling
