Stories from Pitt Global
Learn more about the global experiences happening at Pitt and the stories that make Pitt Global a unique place to learn, work, and explore the world.
Vidya Surti, a 2024 graduate of Pitt and recipient of a Global Health certificate, was recently honored on the Pittsburgh Business Times 30 Under 30 list. In this piece, she reflects on her time at Pitt, the experiences that shaped her passion for...
Nakhaei, whose studies in the Department of History of Art and Architecture are advised by Professor Sahar Hosseini, is the second Pitt student to win the prestigious award for emerging researchers from the Mellon Foundation and American Council of...
Jasmine Al Rasheed, who received a Bachelor of Philosophy in International and Area Studies from the Global Studies Center in 2023, will use the award to fund her master’s degree in global health from a joint program between two German schools:...
A new partnership between Pitt’s School of Public Health and UNIC Health in Cyprus will focus on joint research initiatives and developing an online master of science degree program in One Health, an approach to public health that recognizes...
Peart, an ESC and GSC alumnus, has won a Fulbright Austria U.S. Teaching Assistantship (USTA). Since 1962, the country’s Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research has awarded recent U.S. college and university graduates interested in...
When Matt Barry returned from his first trip to Iceland, he wanted to share the experience with others who could appreciate the country’s rich history and culture — as well as its engineering advancements.
So the associate professor in the...
We are thrilled to have awarded 229 certificates to 187 students yesterday, as we celebrated the hard work and global mindsets these seniors have honed in their time at Pitt!
The Asian Studies Center conferred the following certificates:...
Near the end of Jaqui Hernandez-Martinez’s third year at Pitt, her mom made a discovery. She couldn’t wait to share it, nearly bubbling over with excitement by the time she got her daughter on the phone.
“Do you know about this FAFSA thing that you...
Tiffany Gary-Webb, professor in the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Public Health, has partnered with an African medical research alliance to better understand the prevalence and underlying causes of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Senegal....
Erin Lancaster, a Class of 2025 senior, has advice for first-generation college students like herself: “Surround yourself with people who believe in you even when you don't believe in yourself; you do belong.”
It’s a credo the David C. Frederick...
At a recent lecture hosted by the Center for Latin American Studies, Brazilian historian Martha Abreu wove together archival evidence, local memory, and transatlantic tragedy to tell the story of one ship, one community, and the broader legacy of...
Clad in construction helmets and electric green safety vests, 22 Pitt students walked onto a snow-packed field dotted with chrome geodesic domes linked by a maze of pipes. They arrived in the otherworldly landscape of the Hellisheidi Geothermal...