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Fernando Tormos-Aponte won an early career award from the American Sociological Association
The assistant professor of sociology won for his studies on emergent social forms and behaviors.
Sarah J. Swerdlow was awarded a travel award from the American Society of Microbiology
The Pitt-Greensburg assistant professor will travel to ASM Microbe, the world’s largest microbial science gathering.
4 Pitt-Greensburg faculty received President's Distinguished Awards
Celebrate the winners’ accomplishments in teaching, service and professional development at Honors Convocation on April 11.
6 Pitt people were named Pittsburgh Business Times Women of Influence
The annual honor recognizes the region’s most impactful businesswomen.
Lise Vesterlund will receive an honorary doctorate from Copenhagen Business School
Pitt’s Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics will give a lecture on March 21 in celebration of the honor.
Annette Vee will pen a newsletter series on AI and teaching
The associate professor has partnered with publisher W.W. Norton to explore topics around artificial intelligence.
Larry Fitzgerald Jr. is Pitt’s 2025 spring commencement speaker
The former Pitt football star and NFL Man of the Year recipient will address the University’s graduating class at PPG Paints Arena on May 4.
Angie Cruz won 2 recent literary prizes
The associate professor of English received the Dos Passos Prize for Literature and was named a United States Artists fellow.
‘The Blair Witch Project’ archive has joined Pitt’s Horror Studies Collection
See props, original marketing materials and more on display at the University Library System’s Archives and Special Collections Exhibit Gallery.
Sam Woolley received funding for his Communication Technology Research Lab
The $200,000 award comes from Omidyar Network, and will support Woolley’s work in improving digital literary.