19 people were honored at Pitt’s Postdoctoral Research Symposium

Overall, Pitt researchers presented 115 posters at the April 14 event.

James Coleman won a Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation award

The Giles Constable Award will support his upcoming book on 15th- to 17th-century Italian literature

Dara Méndez was honored by Pittsburgh’s Professional Women’s Network

The School of Public Health associate professor received the Ladies Who Lead Award in a celebration on April 17.

Pitt students rappelled down a skyscraper to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters

Peyton Music and Suniska Prathipati rappelled down 21 stories of downtown Pittsburgh’s EQT Plaza building.

A Pitt junior was awarded a Truman Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in public service

Sam Podnar, a Pittsburgh native, wants to continue using her voice in Pennsylvania’s legislature to help students across the state.

4 Pitt people won a Provost’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Student Success

Shannon DeMateo, Michael Meyer, Liz Adams and Anita Persaud were recognized for positively impacting student experience at the University.

Angela Hindes is a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh artist-in-residence

The Center for Creativity staffer will create art and build programming at the library’s Allegheny branch.

Silvina Orsatti was elected an American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese chapter president

The Pitt-Greensburg assistant professor of Spanish will lead the Southwestern Pennsylvania chapter.

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.