Graduate Student Accolades

Diana Flatto, pursuing a doctorate in the history of art and architecture, and Meghan Orman, pursuing a doctorate in applied developmental psychology, were named 2022-23 Fulbright Scholars.

Graduate students Carolina Hernadez, Darrelstan Ferguson, Don Joseph, and Luana Moreira Reis student organization Addverse+Poesia won a Year of Emotional Well-Being grant for their project The Art of Healing through Poetry and Connection.

As a Global Shaper, Carla Gómez Briones (MID '23) will be presenting her ideas for a sustainable future at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

School of Law student Shakhzoda Tuychieva was named to the 2023 class of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Dispute Resolution fellows.

Jessica Macaluso, graduate student in the Cognitive Psychology program, received a 2022 Graduate Conference Award from the Psychonomic Society. 

Recent PhD grad Courtney Colligan earned the  Iris Marion Young Award for Political Engagement graduate student award. 

Three PhD students among first awardees of the new LGBTQIA+ Endowed Research and Outreach Fund

The Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences recently held a celebration of the 2020, 2021 and 2022 winner of the school’s Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring.

Vince Lee, Sara Trbojevic, Kevin Steiger, Michelle Karabin, Brittany Egnot and Christopher Cover, graduate students in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Bioengineering, have received F30 and F31 Predoctoral Fellowships from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The competitive fellowships allow graduate students in the health sciences to develop their research in aging and Alzheimer’s disease while earning their doctoral degrees.

Pitch competition winner Adi Mittal takes advantage of Pitt innovation ecosystem to sharpen focus and win top prize second time around.