Awards and Accolades

The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences congratulates teaching professor and undergraduate advisor in the Department of History, John Stoner. Professor Stoner has been selected unanimously by the Senate Executive Committee for the Award for Service in the University Senate. The award recognizes Professor Stoner’s service as the Educational Policies Co-Chair as well as the many different roles he has taken on within the University Senate. He will be celebrated at an upcoming Senate Council meeting.

Dietrich School alumna, Khadajah Muhammad, was selected to the 2024 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program. The program is endowed by the Department of State and administered by Howard University and is tailored to the needs of the U.S. Foreign Service. Muhammad is one of 45 recipients of this program.

The Dietrich School congratulates Pitt’s two 2024 Goldwater Scholars: Oluwatofunmi Abiola and Richard Fang. This prestigious award celebrates college sophomores and juniors who are intending to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering.

Part-time instructor in the Dietrich School’s History Department, Anthony “Tony” Novosel was just voted best professor by Pitt students. The Pitt News hosts its annual “Best-Of” surveys and Novosel was this year’s best-of amongst the faculty. Dr. Novosel has been working at Pitt since 1989 and most recently in 2023 he was appointed as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his contributions to peace in Northern Ireland. To read more about Dr.