Accolades & Honors
Filter By
SHRS students and researchers were recognized by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Among the honorees are Joan Rogers, Natalie Leland and Roxanna Bendixen.
Pitt Sociology Chair Suzanne Staggenborg won a lifetime achievement award
The University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of Social Movements will honor her for her work in the field.
Peg Smith won a National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Lifetime Achievement Award
She is a professor emerita of mathematics education and a senior scientist in the Learning Research and Development Center.
Daniel Balderson received a literary award
The Society for Textual Scholarship honored the Mellon Professor of Modern Languages for his book, “How Borges Wrote.”
4 Pitt students earned 2019 Goldwater Scholarships
All of the winners are seniors in the Dietrich School and residents of Pennsylvania.
Keisha N. Blain was awarded best book in African American women’s and gender history
“Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom” won the 2019 Darlene Clark Hine Award.
2 Pitt researchers earned an NSF grant for autism therapy development
The team will be led by Murat Akcakaya and Carla A. Mazefsky.
Leanne Gilbertson received the Mara H. Wasburn Early Engineering Educator Grant
The associate professor’s research group aims to inform sustainable design of existing and novel materials to avoid potential unintended environmental and human health consequences.
Pitt won a 4th Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge
Pitt finished with 1,097 points — more than double that of the second place university finisher.
Mohammed A. Bamyeh was elected board chair of the Arab Council for the Social Sciences
The Pitt sociology professor will guide the council, which has supported hundreds of researchers in 22 Arab countries.
Alumna Katelyn Means won a national scholarship to pursue dual Pitt Dental Medicine degrees
The National Health Service Corps Scholarship recipient earned a BS in microbiology in 2018.
Michael Kenney will contribute to a report on countering extremism
The GSPIA associate professor has been commissioned by the British government.
Pitt cheer and dance teams were ranked among the best at national championships
A perennial top-10 finisher, Pitt’s cheer team broke through this year to win its first national title since 1994.
A Pitt e-car team qualified for a national competition
The Swanson School team brought two cars over the finish line at the Regional Chem-E-Car Competition.
Pitt+Me Registry enrollment has topped 200K
The large and diverse group of adult and pediatric participants helps Pitt and UPMC researchers make groundbreaking discoveries and contributes to advancing exceptional medical care across the region.
Mary Ganguli was honored with a distinguished scientist award
She received the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry award in recognition of her many years of significant contributions to the field.
Michel Gobat was named a finalist for the PROSE Award
The associate professor of history is being honored for his book, “Empire by Invitation.”
Justin Phillip Reed was named a Center for African American Poetry and Poetics fellow
A South Carolina native, the “Indecency” author won the 2018 National Book Award in Poetry and was a finalist for the 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award.
Robert Sweet was honored by the American College of Psychiatrists
The UPMC Endowed Professor in Psychiatric Neuroscience received the Award for Research in Geriatric Psychiatry.
Announcing the winners of this year’s Iris Marion Young Awards
Each year, the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program honors outstanding social justice efforts.
