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This fearless senior is the definition of ‘cool under pressure’
As a Pitt athlete, Ellie Breech had been required to take CPR classes after Pitt alum Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest in 2023 while playing an NFL game. So, when her father’s heart suddenly stopped later that year on Christmas Day, Breech was ready to save his life.
Dr. Ivan Yotov wins Humboldt Research Award
Ivan Yotov, a professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Dietrich School, has received the Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany.
Graham Hatfull reflected on 25 years of research in a special PNAS paper
In the late 1990s, Graham Hatfull and colleagues reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) their findings about genetic connections between distantly related bacteriophages, viruses that kill bacteria, in a paper titled “Evolutionary relationships among diverse bacteriophages and prophages: All the world’s a phage.”
OdysseyNow: More Than a Game
Gaming’s popularity has surpassed all other forms of narrative media, including books and movies.
December Dietrich School Fine Arts Events
Support the Arts at the Dietrich School by attending one of these fine arts events!
Chemistry Professors win 2025 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award
Lillian Chong and Angela Gronenborn, both professors in the Department of Chemistry at the Dietrich School, and their joint graduate student, Darian Yang, received a 2025 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award for Best Use of HPC in Life Sciences.
Join BEDI for a book talk this Thursday
Join the Dietrich School for a book talk event presented by the Behavioral Economics Design Initiative (BEDI) featuring Judd Kessler, Professor of Business Economics at The Wharton School.
RJ Thompson won the Dr. Tom Baker Community Leader Award
RJ Thompson has been selected as the 2025 Dr. Tom Baker Community Leader Award by Get Involved, Inc.
Join the Department of History and Philosphy of Science for some talkbacks
The Department of History of Philosophy and Science has several upcoming talks that are open to the public. You can find more information about the events, including Zoom links, below.
A Dietrich School professor earned a Dr. Larry E. Davis Award
The University of Pittsburgh will honor seven faculty members, including one Dietrich faculty member, whose achievements in scholarship, leadership, mentorship and community engagement embody the legacy of Dean Emeritus Larry E. Davis.
Clark Chilson published a book about being nonreligious in Japan
Clark Chilson, an associate professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Religious Studies, published “On Being Nonreligious in Contemporary Japan” with Bloomsbury earlier this year.
Pitt students and staff took home awards at a statewide TRIO conference
Staff and students affiliated with two Pitt TRIO programs were honored at the 2025 PA TRIO Annual Conference.
Join Pitt Stages for their final show of the season!
Pitt Stages at the Dietrich School will be closing its fall season lineup with Ellen McLaughlin’s Iphigenia and Other Daughters, a modern retelling of the fall of the House of Atreus.
Research and Innovation Live with Nature at Pitt's Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology
Pitt’s Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology is only one hundred miles north of the University’s bustling Oakland campus, but for some it seems like a different world.
Dietrich School Fine Arts Events
Support the Arts at the Dietrich School by attending one of these fine arts events!