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Dietrich Professor of Physics received an AAPT Award for Physics Education
The University of Pittsburgh’s Chandralekha Singh, a distinguished professor of physics in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been named the John David Jackson Excellence in Graduate Physics Education Award winner for 2024.
Dietrich Professor Ranked Among Top Neuroscientists in the World
Dr. Anthony Grace, a Distinguished Professor of Neuroscience and professor of Psychiatry and Psychology in the Dietrich School’s Department of Neuroscience was just ranked among the top neuroscientists on Research.com
Four Dietrich Students Have Been Annoucned as Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Winners
Eight University of Pittsburgh students were named to the U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program.
Dietrich Student Liam Weixel Talks About His Experience Studying the Amazon
When I heard about the project—since named HeritageRoots—and its goal of collecting and compiling indigenous narratives into a virtual experience, I was intrigued by its ambition.
Pitt Researchers are Preserving Indigenous Cultures in a Race Against Climate Change
When you think of climate change and saving Earth from more disastrous consequences, you likely think of the melting of ice caps, or endangered animals. You probably aren’t thinking about endangered languages and cultures.
New Capstone Course Allows Students to Help Preserve Language and Culture
What do virtual reality, archiving, disappearing languages and indigenous cultures have in common? The Computing Technologies for Cultural Preservation capstone course that was just launched this past spring semester.
Two Dietrich professors announced as new National Endowment for the Humanities awardees
Three Pitt faculty members have received new grants for their research from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Two Pitt alums are 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners
Two alumni from Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences are among the 2024 winners of U.S. literature and journalism’s foremost award: the Pulitzer Prizes.
Former Pitt Alum and Bugs Bunny Voice Actor Visits Pitt's Campus
When Bugs Bunny walked into the William Pitt Union recently, there were no apparent PhDs around for him to ask the enduring question: “What’s up, doc?”
13 undergraduates from the Dietrich School earn Department of Studio Arts honors
The University of Pittsburgh Department of Studio Arts presented awards for this year’s student exhibition, “Changes with Exposure.”
PhD Student Becomes a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation fellow
Kale Serrato Doyen, who is pursuing a PhD in history of art and architecture at the University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2024 Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship.
Dietrich Professor Interviewed for WESA Article on Pittsburgh's Topography
Charles Jones, a teaching professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Science in the Dietrich School was recently featured in a WESA article.
Dietrich School Research Team Develops Fentanyl Sensor
A research team at Pitt led by Alexander Star, a chemistry professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has developed a fentanyl sensor that is six orders of magnitude more sensitive than any electrochemical sensor for the drug reported in the past five years.
Dietrich Professor Published in Science Advances
David Waldeck, a professor in the Department of Chemistry in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences along with researchers from the University of North Carolina were published in Science Advances on May 3rd.
Dietrich Student Josh Opoku Brew Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
Joshua Brew a PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology in the Department of Music in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a two-year Woodson Predoctoral Fellowship at the Carter G. Woodson Institute.