Apply Now for Fulbright-Funded Pitt Faculty Trip to Senegal
Friday, October 18, 2024
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded funding for a cohort of 12 Pitt faculty, academic administrators or doctoral students to spend a month in Senegal next summer, focusing on language acquisition and cultural immersion, while establishing a partnership for ongoing research.
The highly competitive Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad program is designed to promote, improve and develop modern foreign language training and area studies programs for all levels of American education.
Pittsburgh and the Great Migration wins Regional Emmy Award
The University of Pittsburgh's Larry Glasco and Alonna Carter-Donaldson star in a WQED Documentary - Pittsburgh and the Great Migration that has just won an Emmy Award.
Their Documentary has just been awarded a 2024 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy in the Historical / Cultural Short Form Category.
7 Pitt Faculty Won Black Excellence in the Academy Awards
Each year, Pitt’s Office of the Provost hosts the Larry E. Davis Black Excellence in the Academy Award Dinner to honor Black faculty members’ outstanding achievements, contributions, and leadership. Named after the late trailblazer Larry E. Davis, who served as dean of Pitt’s School of Social Work from 2001-2018 and founding director of the Center on Race and Social Problems, the initiative is part of the office’s commitment to bolstering faculty diversity and development.
Seven faculty members will be recognized at the Heinz History Center on Nov. 7.
Glasco, Mendez Among Black Excellence in the Academy Awardees
The Dr. Larry E. Davis Black Excellence in the Academy Awards, which honor the outstanding achievements, contributions and leadership of Black faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, have been announced for 2024.
History Professor Emeritus Hsu Wins Tang Prize in Sinology
History professor emeritus Hsu wins Tang Prize in Sinology
Friday, June 28, 2024
Cho-yun Hsu, University professor emeritus of history and sociology in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, was awarded the prestigious Tang Prize in Sinology.
In Memoriam - Richard Jacob Smethurst
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Richard Jacob Smethurst, a noted scholar of modern Japanese history at Pitt for 46 years, died May 4, 2024, at 90.
A memorial service will be held at 11:30 a.m. June 17 at the Church of the Redeemer, 5700 Forbes Ave., Squirrel Hill.
Pitt Junior Connor Diaz Was Named a 2024 Newman Civic Fellow
Pitt junior Connor Diaz was named a 2024 Newman Civic fellowFour hours into a bus ride to present his research alongside fellow Atlantic Coast Conference undergraduates at the annual Meeting of the Minds, Connor Diaz drifted in and out of sleep. Then, his phone buzzed with an email notification that eliminated any semblance of exhaustion.
Professors’ Biography Sheds Light on Black Television News Pioneer Mal Goode
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
By MARTY LEVINE
Mal Goode is one pioneering Black Pittsburgher whose name may not be familiar to most, but a new biography written by two Pitt history professors — with the urging and cooperation of Goode’s family — aims to change all that.
Senate Honors John Stoner for Years of Service in Shared Governance
Senate honors John Stoner for years of service in shared governance
Friday, April 19, 2024
By SHANNON O. WELLS
History Minor Lillian Taylor Wins the Director's Award
History Minor Lillian Taylor has won the Director's Award in recognition of the work she presented at the David C. Frederick Honors College’s Research Symposium.
Congratulations to Dr. Larry Glasco, Recipient of Community Griot Award
Congratulations to Dr. Larry Glasco who received the Community Griot Award in recognition of his commitment to keeping the stories and histories of African Americans and their contributions to Pittsburgh at the forefront of the conversation.
Dr. Jesse Horst in the News
Learn how Dr. Jesse Horst, who earned his Ph.D. in History from the University of Pittsburgh in 2016, uses the city of Cuba as his classroom.
Dr. Jesse Olsavsky Is 2023 Harriet Tubman Prize Finalists
Congratulations to our former doctoral student, Dr.
Dr. Alaina Roberts Writes for High Country News
Alaina Roberts, Associate Professor in History, explores the era of Black Westerns with the newest miniseries, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, in her article for the High Country News. The miniseries, an off-shoot of Yellowstone, features Bass Reeves "a larger-than-life 19th-century U.S.