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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.

  • University News
  • Global
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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 Â鶹´«Ã½ of Medicine.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
  • Â鶹´«Ã½ of Medicine
A "Jitney" playbill in the Hillman Library from the August Wilson collection.

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.

  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich Â鶹´«Ã½ of Arts and Sciences
Mantilla stands behind a table of books

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.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
Portrait of Lesha Greene in front of books in Pitt's Fredrick Honors College.

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.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • Cultivate student success
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Meghana Dodda, Garrett Whitney and Gabriella Garvin

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.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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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.

  • Global
  • Alumni
  • Athletics
A Nazarbayev University Â鶹´«Ã½ of Medicine graduating class

A Pitt partnership established this Kazakhstan medical school, which just earned its first MD accreditation

Nazarbayev University Â鶹´«Ã½ of Medicine is home to the only graduate-level MD program in Central Asia.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Â鶹´«Ã½ of Medicine
Arana

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.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich Â鶹´«Ã½ of Arts and Sciences
Women standing on a beach with a dog.

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.

  • Technology & Science
  • Global
  • Sustainability
Cho-yun Hsu

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.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich Â鶹´«Ã½ of Arts and Sciences
Water fountain on Pitt's campus, with Cathedral of Learning in the background

Introducing Pitt’s 2024-25 Fulbright winners

These 13 students and alumni will travel across the globe to study, teach and conduct research.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Teaching & Learning
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Ware sits at his desk

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.

  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Graduate Â鶹´«Ã½ of Public and International Affairs
Maya Jones stands in front of her French court gown

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.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Blue and yellow dots on a world map

Meet Pitt’s 2024 faculty Fulbright winners

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers faculty the opportunity to teach and conduct research abroad.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Faculty
Muhammad stands by flags at the White House

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.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich Â鶹´«Ã½ of Arts and Sciences
Furmansky in front of a row of flags

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.

  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich Â鶹´«Ã½ of Arts and Sciences
the Cathedral as seen from street-level

Pitt has been named a 2023-24 Fulbright Top Producer

Since the 2013-14 cycle, Pitt has earned this prestigious accolade nine times and has produced 114 Fulbrighters.

  • Global
  • Students
  • Alumni
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
A man stands on a rooftop overlooking the city of Havana.

How Jesse Horst is connecting students to the history and heartbeat of Havana

In part thanks to relationships he built in Cuba’s capital as a Pitt graduate student, this alumnus has created a competitive and immersive study abroad experience.

  • Global
  • Teaching & Learning
Christmas globe ornaments

Don’t miss Pitt’s Holiday Open House in the Cathedral of Learning

The annual event features nationality and heritage rooms decked in seasonal splendor, music and cultural demonstrations, traditional foods and baked goods and a visit from St. Nicholas.

  • Global
  • Pittsburgh Campus