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Kirk Holbrook to lead Pitt’s Hill District Community Engagement Center
Kirk Holbrook has been named director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Hill District Community Engagement Center (CEC). Pitt’s first CEC, directed by Daren Ellerbee, is set to open in Homewood in
Student Plogging Project Raises Funds, Mental Health Awareness
Classmates Raeanne Heuler, Beth King and Samson Love have revived plogging at Pitt as part of their work in Geology and Environmental Science instructor Ward Allebach’s sustainability course this
Two Named to German Academic Exchange Service
Pitt undergraduate student Brooke Riscoe (left) and graduate student Emi Finkelstein have been named to the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), translated in English as the German Academic
This journalist alum brought home an Emmy
When Justin Carter (A&S ’12) started his journey to become a TV journalist, he promised his parents his first Emmy. It now sits on their mantle.
Valerie Kinloch and Eleanor Feingold were selected as American Council on Education Fellows
The Pitt leaders are among 52 in the longest-running cohort-based higher education leadership development program in the U.S.
Keisha Blain is awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study
She will be writing a new book on the history of Black women and the struggle for human rights.
Pitt Public Health's Anne Newman wins 2020 American Heart Association Clinical Research Prize
The award recognizes a current head of a clinical research program who is making outstanding contributions to the advancement of clinical science.
Valerie Kinloch spoke in a Library of Congress webinar on Rosa Parks' legacy
The Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the School of Education discusses how the activist's life could help them better understand the Black Lives Matter movement.
Jessica Ghilani was selected for a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Award
The associate professor of communication at Pitt-Greensburg won the 2020 Aviation Space Writers Foundation Award.
Valerie Kinloch has released a new co-edited book advocating for social change
"Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction" encourages educators to engage in justice-centered work.
Maxwell Wang was named to the 2020 Hertz Fellowship Class
The MD/PhD student was among 41 to be named a finalist for one of the most competitive and coveted fellowships in the nation.
