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Dietrich School Faculty Member Recognized for Groundbreaking Work
Nicole Constable, chair of the Dietrich School's Department of Anthropology, is the recipient of the 2022 Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award. Constable is a groundbreaking scholar whose work focuses on the plight of domestic workers in Asia. She has authored four books about the lives of domestic workers, who are overwhelmingly female, the challenges they face, and their struggle for greater rights.
Dietrich School Faculty Member, Water Collaboratory Honored for Community Engaged Scholarship
Michael Glass, director of the Dietrich School's Urban Studies Program, and the Pitt Water Collaboratory, were among honorees recognized during the 2023 Community Engaged Scholarship Forum, which celebrates students, faculty and staff who have significantly impacted their communities.
Dietrich School Faculty Among 2023 Chancellor's Distinguished Awardees
Dietrich School faculty members Jeanne Marie Laskas, Michael Meyer, Liann Tsoukas and Aidan Wright are among 14 Pitt faculty members recognized for exceptional achievements in research, service, and teaching.
GSWS Program Celebrates 50th Anniversary with March 24 Event
The Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program will host a day-long 50th anniversary event on March 24. “Looking Back, Looking Forward: 50 Years of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at Pitt” will be held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at William Pitt Union and Alumni Hall. Among the speakers is Dietrich School and CGS Dean and former director of the (then) Women's Studies Program at Pitt, Kathleen Blee.
Dietrich School Anthropologist Honored with Sheth Award
Nicole Constable, professor and chair of the Dietrich School's Department of Anthropology, is the recipient of the Sheth Distinguished Faculty Award for International Achievement. Constable’s work focuses on the plight of domestic workers in Asia. She has authored four books about the lives and challenges faced by domestic workers, overwhelmingly female, and how these workers have struggled for greater rights.
Dietrich School Faculty Member Among Mentoring Honorees
Daniel Shaw, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology, is among the recipients of the 2023 Provost's Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring.
Dietrich School Biologist Shows Phage Attacks in New Light
As antibacterial resistance continues to render obsolete the use of some antibiotics, some have turned to bacteria-killing viruses--bacteriophages, or phages, for short--to treat acute infections as well as some chronic illnesses. Graham Hatfull, the Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology in the Dietrich School, has just discovered how a specific mutation in a bacterium results in phage resistance. The results were published February 23, in the journal Nature Microbiology.
Dietrich School Faculty Among Recipients of Momentum Funds
Pitt Momentum Funds offer internal funding to faculty across the University to support high-quality research and creative endeavors. The funds aim to increase interdisciplinary collaboration and spur new connections among scholars and scientists, enabling them to broaden and deepen their impact on society.
Dietrich School Faculty Member Wins Renaissance Society of America Digital Innovation Award
Adam Shear, associate professor in, and department chair of, the Dietrich School's Department of Religious Studies, worked on a project that won a Digital Innovation Award from the Renaissance Society of America (RSA).
Dietrich School Faculty Member Discusses Finding the Fun in Writing Again
Angie Cruz, an associate professor in the Dietrich School's Department of English, is a novelist and editor. Her most recent novel, How Not To Drown in A Glass of Water (2022) was listed among the New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2022. Learn more about her life and work in this recent interview with Mira Jacobs on "Thresholds."
Dietrich School Astronomer Part of Team Uncovering New Details in Pandora’s Cluster
A team of astronomers, led by Dietrich School faculty member Rachel Bezanson, has revealed the latest deep field image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, featuring never-before-seen details in a region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster (Abell 2744).
Dietrich School Faculty Member Wins Levenson Prize
Ruth Mostern, Director of the World History Center and Professor in the Dietrich School's Department of History, is the recipient of the Association for Asian Studies' Joseph Levenson Prize for her 2022 book The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History, published by Yale University Press. The Levenson Prize, awarded to Mostern in the in the pre-1900 category, recognizes “the English-language books that make the greatest contribution to increasing understanding of the history, culture, society, politics, or economy of China.”
Dietrich School Students, Alumni Among Pitt's 2022-23 Fulbright Scholars
The University of Pittsburgh has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students for the 2022-23 academic year by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Among this year's recipients are several from the Dietrich School.
Two Dietrich School Faculty Members Among Diversity in Curriculum Awardees
Dietrich School faculty members Megan Kappel and Olga Klimova were recently honored with the 2022 Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum. The award formally recognizes faculty’s efforts in integrating equity, diversity and inclusion concepts into their courses and curricula.
Dietrich School Africana Studies Department Launches New PhD Program
When the Dietrich School's 50-year-old Department of Africana Studies accepts its first graduate-level cohort this year, it will join such prestigious peer institutions as the University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Berkeley, Emory and Northwestern universities in offering Ph.D.s focused on advanced Black studies.