Graduate Student Accolades

Widener University named Todd J. Clark, a Pitt Law alumnus, to take over the Delaware Law School at a historic time of change in the state’s legal landscape.

A team of University of Pittsburgh doctoral students in the School of Computing and Information is one of 10 finalists in Amazon’s second Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge. The accessibility-enhancing tech they developed will be available for use in May, and they have a chance to win a grand prize of $500,000 this September.

Pitt grad alum and former GPSG board member Jorden King has been named one of the Pittsburgh Business Times' 30 Under 30. These awards recognize young business and community leaders in the region who are already making an impact, all before reaching the age of 30. Jorden is also program coordinator at Pitt's Office of New Student Programs.

Four graduate students at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering have received American Heart Association (AHA) predoctoral fellowships, which support the next generation of heart health researchers.

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.