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A Pitt course gave students the chance to learn firsthand from Iceland’s sustainable engineering practices
Over spring break, the Swanson School of Engineering class visited a geothermal power plant and learned how the country bakes climate resilience into everything it does.

Pitt ranks among the top worldwide universities for granted patents
The list, published by the National Academy of Inventors, spotlights the role academia plays in U.S. innovation.

Pitt is a Fulbright Top Producer yet again
15 Pitt students and alumni earned the chance to participate in the U.S. government’s flagship international exchange program in the past year.

5 Pitt students received Gilman Scholarships
The undergraduates will travel to South America, Taiwan and more through the program, which supports Federal Pell Grant recipients with up to $5,000 during their study abroad experience.

A new Pitt center will use AI to accelerate women’s health research globally
The Vijayalakshmi Innovation Center is funded by a gift from siblings and health care entrepreneurs Vishnu Vardhan and Harsha Vardhini, along with a significant investment from the School of Medicine.

How Pitt helped August Wilson’s ‘Jitney’ make its debut in Italy
The groundbreaking performance, translated in part by Lina Insana’s Italian language students, featured an all-Black Italian cast of actors.

The Pitt library’s vast and varied Latin American collection can ‘speak to anyone’
Meet Martha Mantilla, whose global experiences and passion for culture prepared her to manage the collection.

After 6 years of helping Pitt students secure competitive scholarships, Lesha Greene has won her own
The director of national scholarships is heading to Germany with a Fulbright International Education Administrators award.

These Pitt students took to the world stage to share a database project designed to combat systemic racism
The Frederick Honors College scholars presented their research to international leaders at the United Nations’ Permanent Forum on People of African Descent.

Former Pitt Olympians look back at their Games and what they’ll be watching this year
Here’s who hurdler Roger Kingdom, swimmer Susan Heon-Preston and Judoka Marisa Pedulla are keeping an eye on in 2024.

A Pitt partnership established this Kazakhstan medical school, which just earned its first MD accreditation
Nazarbayev University School of Medicine is home to the only graduate-level MD program in Central Asia.

Cap off Pride Month with these book and film recommendations
Doctoral student and otaku scholar Alexandra Arana studies gender and sexual fluidity in anime and manga. Here are her top 5 picks.

Pitt alumna Kate Moran is using technical innovation to combat climate change
The award-winning researcher and engineer’s adventures have included advising the Obama administration and taking Arctic expeditions to advocate for global sustainability.

Cho-yun Hsu is a 2024 laureate of the prestigious Tang Prize
The award, which confers a $1.7 million cash prize, recognizes the Pitt professor emeritus’ era-spanning scholarship on the history of China.

Introducing Pitt’s 2024-25 Fulbright winners
These 13 students and alumni will travel across the globe to study, teach and conduct research.

A GSPIA education helped Carl Ware champion racial equality from Atlanta to South Africa
During his decades as an executive for Coca-Cola, he partnered with Desmond Tutu and other freedom fighters to support Black Africans.

Take a closer look at this undergraduate researcher's pièce de résistance
To create a garment worthy of an 18th-century queen, Maya Jones set her sights on a Creative Arts Fellowship from Pitt's David C. Frederick Honors College.

Meet Pitt’s 2024 faculty Fulbright winners
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers faculty the opportunity to teach and conduct research abroad.

A first-generation Pitt alumna was selected for a Pickering Fellowship
Selected out of 1,400 applicants, Khadajah Muhammad will be equipped with foreign affairs skills before participating in both a domestic and international internship.

A Pitt alumna and Fulbright scholar participated in the EU-US Young Leaders Seminar
Michelle Furmansky was among 40 people from across the globe in the invitation-only summit.