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John Norton won the 2026 Lakatos Award

John D. Norton, Distinguished Professor of History and Philosophy of Science in Pitt’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has won the 2026 Lakatos Award for two books on how science learns from evidence.
Nancy Welfer (A&S ’40; LAW ’49) Leaves a Legacy of Service and Support for Pitt Students

At just 5 feet tall, the late Nancy Welfer needed a step stool to make a speech—a small but telling detail about a woman who commanded rooms far bigger than her stature.

A project co-led by Rachel Bezanson ‘expanded our view of the early universe’

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has recognized a research team co-led by Rachel Bezanson, associate professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics and Astronomy, for no less than revealing the contents of the distant universe.