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Lionel Pearson Fellowship Recipient
Alex-Jaden Peart, Dietrich School senior, is a recipient of a 2024-25 Lionel Pearson Fellowship.
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Studio Arts Residency
Studio Arts and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies have come together for the first ever artist-in-residence program.
Award Winning Costumes
Brittany Graham, the assistant manager of the costume shop for the Department of Theatre Arts in the Dietrich School was recently awarded at The Swedish International Film Festival.
Internships That Have Made An Impact
Thanks to support from donors, students studying at Pitt were granted opportunities to pursue internships that helped them in their professional careers.
Dietrich School Faculty Member Awarded NIH Grant Continuation
Anthony Grace, a distinguished professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Neuroscience and professor of psychology and psychiatry, received a $634,831 grant as a continuation of his study, “Gating of Information Flow Within the Nucleus Accumbens.”
Seed Grantees
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced the recipients of grants totaling $2.5 million. The University of Pittsburgh is one of 10 schools who will be receiving $250,000 for a two-year seed grant to help make and implement plans that will help advance more diverse and equitable doctoral STEM programs.
Structural Racism
Lorraine Blatt, a Graduate Student Researcher with the University’s Psychology Department was recently published in the American Academy of Pediatrics for her study on structural racism.
Internship Showcase
Last fall the Pittsburgh Media Partnership brought on two Pitt students for an internship in Journalism.
Dietrich School Faculty Member's Secret Pittsburgh Class Expands to Include Podcast
Elise Lonich Ryan, a faculty member in the Dietrich School's Department of English, has expanded her popular "Secrets of Pittsburgh" class to include a podcast.
Dietrich School Faculty Among Year of Discourse and Discovery Awardees
Dietrich School faculty members from the Departments of Communication and Linguistics are among the winners of the first round of funding for the Year of Discourse and Dialogue.
Luciana DeJesus, a junior at the Dietrich School, won third place in the Pitt News Writing Contest
Luciana DeJesus, a junior at the Dietrich School, won third place in the Pitt News Writing Contest. DeJesus is a double major focusing on Classics and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies with a certificate in writing. The Pitt News Writing Contest is open to all students and offers a chance at being published and winning prize money.
Dietrich School Undergraduate Wins Prize in Carnegie Museum's “Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh” Competition
Imaan Saeed had not considered art as a profession until recently. The first-year molecular biology and studio arts major won a prize at the “Envisioning a Just Pittsburgh” competition, the Carnegie Museum’s call for diverse art that “encouraged artists throughout southwestern Pennsylvania to share their visions for a just and equitable Pittsburgh.” Her artwork, titled “Dual Identities,” won first prize in the youth visual arts category.
New Book by Dietrich School Distinguished Professor Analyzes the Extremist White Supremacist Movement and Its Grip on Politics
Drawing on their decades of expertise and field research, Dietrich School Distinguished Professor of Sociology Kathleen M. Blee and her coauthors connect the dots from the ideas and customs of the extremist white supremacist movement they’ve tracked directly to the disinformation-fueled rage of the Capitol insurrectionists.
Dietrich School Faculty Member Recognized for First Book
Jim Coleman, assistant professor in the Dietrich School's Department of French and Italian, has been awarded the First Book Prize from the American Association of Teachers of Italian (AATI).
Innovation in Education Awards Submissions Open through February 16
The Provost’s Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence invites full- and part-time university faculty to submit project proposals for the 2024 Innovation in Education Awards.