Melissa Catanese, Teaching Associate Professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Studio Arts, is featured in the October 4 online edition of Juxtapoz magazine. The article focuses on her photobook based on the Shirley Jackson short story, "The Lottery."
Omid Shekari, Assistant Professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Studio Arts, was awarded a two-month residency in October and November at Sculpture Space in Utica, New York. A prestigious, international residency, Sculpture Space is invitational with small cohorts of artists - no more than six at a time. Sculpture Space provides specialized space for professional artists to focus on sculpture and connect with other artists, curators, and professionals in the field.
On Wednesday, September 27, Dietrich School and College of General Studies Dean, Adam Leibovich, hosted a celebration at the University Club to recognize staff members from both units who’ve reached service milestones of five, 10, 20, 25, 30, 40, and 50 years.
Rosemary Capo, associate professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences and Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies, has joined the second-ever cohort of the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Leadership Academy and Network for Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences (LANDInG) Academy.
Alison Langmead, director of the Visual Media Workshop in the Dietrich School's Department of History of Art and Architecture, received a $66,329 NEH grant for her project Teaching Art History with AI, which will convene college and university educators and develop open education resources on the topic.
W. Vincent Liu, a professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been awarded $1.5 million from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to develop models in orbital physics.
Edouard Machery, distinguished professor in the Dietrich School's Department of History and Philosophy of Science, and director of Pitt’s Center for Philosophy of Science, was awarded a grant for $260,000 from the John Templeton Foundation.
Toi Derricotte, professor emerita in the Dietrich School's Department of English, has been named the inaugural co-recipient of the Poetry Foundation's Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry. Derricotte and her co-recipient, Cornelius Eady, are the founders of Cave Canem, established in 1996 to remedy the underrepresentation and isolation of African-American poets in the literary landscape.
