Paula Kane Awarded ACHA Award
Paula Kane, a professor in the Department of Religious studies and a John and Lucine O'Brien Marous Chair of Contemporary Catholic Studies, has been awarded this year’s
Awards and Accolades
Chengcheng Huang won an NSF CAREER Award
Chengcheng Huang, assistant professor of neuroscience and mathematics in the Dietrich School, has won a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award. The CAREER Award is the NSF’s most prestigious honor and it supports junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through research and education.
You can read the full write up in PittWire.
Tao Han Recieves the American Physical Society (APS) 2025 Meenakshi Narain Mentoring Award
Tao Han, a Distinguished Professor of High Energy Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Dietrich School is the recipient of the American Physical Society (APS
Pernille Røge Has Recieved a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Grant
Pernille Røge, an associate professor and the associate chair of the Department of History has received a Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Grant from the Department of Education. She’s the PI/Project Director on the project.
Film and Media Studies Professor To Have His Film Debut at IDFA
Raed (El) Rafei, an assistant professor in the Film and Media Studies Program at the Dietrich School, has a feature documentary film called Tripoli/A Tale of Three Cities, which will have its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) in Amsterdam this November.
Michelle Ward Wins American Chemical Society WCC Award
Michelle Ward, a teaching associate professor and Director of Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Laboratories in the Department of Chemistry in the Dietrich School just received the
Pitt Women’s Soccer Recognizes 13 Dietrich School Faculty as “Most Valuable Professors”
Dietrich School Faculty Invited by Student-Athletes to Attend Pitt Women’s Soccer Match
Thirteen faculty members from the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh were invited by Pitt women’s soccer student-athletes to attend their match against Clemson at Ambrose Urbanic Field on Thursday, Oct. 3.
The student-athletes welcomed their favorite faculty members, named “Most Valuable Professors,” onto the pitch to take celebratory photos with the team following the match, which the Panthers won, 4-1.
Pitt Men’s Soccer Honors 10 Dietrich School Faculty as “Most Valuable Professors”
Dietrich School Faculty Invited by Student-Athletes to Attend Pitt Men’s Soccer Match
Ten faculty members from the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh were invited by Pitt men’s soccer student-athletes to attend their match against Howard at Ambrose Urbanic Field on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
CGS Alum Wins News Emmy Award
Chris Papst (CGS ’03) won a News Emmy Award from The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Papst is an investigative reporter at WBFF in Baltimore and won in the Outstanding Regional News Story Category for “Disabled & Denied,” a series of reports by his team that exposed the shortcomings of Baltimore City Schools and its educational offerings for students with disabilities.
History of Art and Architecture Announces New Chair
The Department of History of Art and Architecture in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences has announced Huey Copeland as the new Andrew W. Mellon Chair and Professor of Modern Art and Black Study.
From the department’s announcement: