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Recent Highlights

Colin Allen, a distinguished professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of History and Philosophy of Science, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science for 2021.

In 2020, Bopaya Bidanda, the Ernest E. Roth Professor and chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Swanson School of Engineering, was elected president of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, the largest professional society dedicated to industrial engineering.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation named three 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ faculty members as 2020 Sloan Research Fellows: Susan Fullerton, an assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering; Michael Hatridge, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences; and Robert E.C. Lee, an assistant professor of Computational and Systems Biology in the School of Medicine.

Toi Derricotte, professor emerita in the Department of English within the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, was the 2020 recipient of the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry.

In 2020, Anjali Sachdeva, a lecturer in the Department of English, was named a Literature Fellow by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Paul M. Palevsky was named president-elect of the National Kidney Foundation's board in 2020. Palevsky is a professor of medicine and clinical and translational science in the renal-electrolyte division of the School of Medicine.

Lisa S. Parker and Robert M. Arnold were elected fellows to The Hastings Center, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of research scholars studying ethical questions in medicine, science and technology that help inform policy, practice and policy understanding. Parker is the Dickie, McCarney & Chilcote Professor of Bioethics at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ, where she directs the Center for Bioethics and Health Law. Arnold is a Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine and chief of the section of palliative care and medical ethics.

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Jazz Studies Director Nicole Mitchel was named a 2020 United States Artists Fellow.

Max Schuster, an assistant professor of practice in the School of Education, was selected for the 2019-2020 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NAPSA) Emerging Faculty Leaders Academy.

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National Academy of Medicine

Election to the the academy, one of the highest honors in health and medicine, recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service. 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's current NAM members include:

Toren Finkel, professor of cardiology and director of 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Aging Institute, elected in 2020.

Amy Wagner, professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and neuroscience, 2020.

Clifton Callaway, the Ronald D. Stewart Endowed Chair in Research in 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Department of Emergency Medicine and executive vice chair of emergency medicine at UPMC, 2018.

Robert M. Friedlander, the Walter E. Dandy Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology in 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's School of Medicine and chair of the UPMC Department of Neurological Surgery, 2018.

Amy Houtrow, associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and pediatrics, School of Medicine, and chief of the Division of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine at UPMC Children's Hospital of 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh, 2018.

Donald M. Yearly, professor of emergency medicine and of clinical and translational sciences, School of Medicine, and chair of emergency medicine at UPMC, 2017.

Yoel Sadovsky, director of the Magee-Womens Research Institute and professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, School of Medicine, 2013

Michael Boninger, professor and chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2012

Jennifer R. Grandis, Distinguished Professor and vice chair for research, Department of Otolaryngology, 2012

Nancy E. Davidson, professor of medicine, Hillman Professor of Oncology, associate vice chancellor for cancer research, and director of the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers, 2011

Jeannette E. South-Paul, UPMC Andrew W. Mathieson Professor and chair, Department of Family Medicine, 2011

Jeremy Berg, associate senior vice chancellor for science strategy and planning for the schools of the health sciences, 2010

Donald S. Burke, dean of the Graduate School of Public Health and UPMC-Jonas Salk Chair in Global Health, 2009

David H. Perlmutter, Vira I. Heinz Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, 2008.

David A. Lewis, professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neuroscience and director of the Translational Neuroscience Program, 2007

Timothy R. Billiar, George Vance Foster Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, 2006

David Brent, professor of psychiatry, pediatrics, and epidemiology in the School of Medicine and academic chief,adolescent psychiatry at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 2005

James M. Roberts, professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, 2002

Karen A. Matthews, professor of psychiatry, epidemiology, and psychology and director of the cardiovascular behavioral medicine research training program at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and of the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Mind-Body Center, 2002

Ellen Frank, professor of psychiatry and psychology, 1999

Bruce G. Buchanan, professor of computer science, philosophy, and medicine, 1997

Richard L. Simmons, distinguished service professor in the Department of Surgery, 1994

Bernard D. Goldstein, professor emeritus and former dean of the Graduate School of Public Health, 1991

Savio L-Y Woo, Distinguished University Professor and director of the Musculoskeletal Research Center, 1991

David J. Kupfer, professor and chair of the Department of Psychiatry and professor of neuroscience in the School of Medicine, 1990

Judith R. Lave, codirector of the Center for Research on Health Care and professor of health economics, business administration, economics, and psychiatry, 1990

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National Academy of Sciences

NAS is a private, non-profit society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research. An Act of Congress, signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, calls upon the NAS to provide independent advice to the government on matters related to science and technology. 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's current NAS members include:

Anna C. Balazs, Distinguished Professor, Swanson School of Engineering, 2021

Ivet Bahar, chair, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, 2020

Yuan Chang, Distinguished Professor and American Cancer Society Professor in the Department of Pathology, 2012

Patrick S. Moore, Distinguished Professor and American Cancer Society Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, 2012

Peter Strick, Distinguished Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychiatry, 2012

Angela M. Gronenborn, UPMC Rosalind Franklin Professor and Chair, Department of Structural Biology, 2007

Susan Amara, Thomas Detre Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology, and Codirector of 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Center for Neuroscience, 2004

Robert D. Drennan, professor, Department of Anthropology, 2004

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Founded in 1780, AAAS is an independent policy research center that conducts interdisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. AAAS Fellows currently on the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ faculty include:

Kirk Savage, William S. Dietrich II Professor of the History of Art and Architecture, elected in 2021.

Graham F. Hatfull, Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology and HHMI Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, 2020

Angela Gronenborn, Distinguished Professor of Structural Biology, School of Medicine, and professor of bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, 2018

Terrance A. Hayes, professor, Department of English, 2016

James F. Woodward, Distinguished Professor, Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 2016

Lauren B. Resnick, University Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, 2013.

Bruce A. Freeman, professor and chair, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, 2012

Peyman Givi, James T. MacLeod Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, 2012

Valerian E. Kagan, professor and vice chair, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, 2012

Allan R. Sampson, professor, Department of Statistics and Department of Biostatistics, 2012

Nuel D. Belnap Jr., Alan Ross Anderson Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, 2008

Mark L. Wilson, professor of philosophy, director of graduate studies, and a fellow of 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Center for Philosophy of Science, 2007

Anil K. Gupta, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, professor of history and philosophy of science, and a fellow of 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Center for Philosophy of Science, 2006

Peter L. Strick, Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology and Psychiatry and codirector of 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, 2004

Robert Brandom, Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy, 2000

John S. Earman, University Professor of the History and Philosophy of Science, 1993

John McDowell, Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, 1992

The list is a record of recent 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ undergraduate student and alumni recipients of nationally competitive awards. The University Honors College relies on 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students, alumni, faculty, and staff to share news of successes in national competitions. Please contact Shannon Mischler, sjm130 [at] pitt.edu, with updates for the list.

Honors College provides guidance and support to undergraduate students and alumni who are interested in pursuing national and international scholarships, fellowships, and grants.

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Rhodes Scholarship

Eight 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students have won , the world's oldest and most celebrated international fellowship awards. The scholarship provides full financial support to pursue a degree or degrees at Britain's University of Oxford.

The University's 2019 Rhodes recipient, , earned degrees at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ in neuroscience and economics with a minor in chemistry. In 2016, she received a Harry S. Truman Scholarship. She plans to pursue a second bachelor's degree in computer science and philosophy at Oxford.

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Harry S. Truman Scholarship

Established by the U.S. Congress, the is a highly competitive, merit-based federal award to college juniors who wish to attend graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in government, the nonprofit sector, or elsewhere in public service. Thirteen 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students have won Truman Scholarships.

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Marshall Scholarship

The , created by the British Parliament in honor of U.S. Army General George C. Marshall, provides access and funding at any university in the United Kingdom for two years of study toward a degree. Ten 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students have won the Marshall, including Madeline Fox in 2020.

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Winston Churchill Scholarship

Two 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students, and , have won Churchill Foundation Scholarships—Palm in 2014, and Magill in 2006, the first year 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ was invited to participate in the competition. The scholarship program provides American students full support for one year of graduate studies in engineering, mathematics, and the sciences at the University of Cambridge's Churchill College. Palm earned his Master of Philosophy degree in chemistry while working to optimize a photoelectrochemical device design for efficient solar-driven water splitting for the production of hydrogen gas. He currently is a PhD student at Stanford University, and he has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

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Fulbright U.S. Student Program

In 2021, 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ was named for the 10th time in 11 years one of the for producing Fulbright students. The 15 scholars are the most ever in the University’s history. The Fulbright U.S. Scholar and Fulbright U.S. Student Programs are sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support academic exchanges between the U.S. and more than 150 countries around the world.

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Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship

Sixty-two 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students have won Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, which are awarded to college sophomores and juniors who plan to be scientists, mathematicians, or engineers. 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's latest Goldwater Scholars are (2021).

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Udall Scholarship

Nine 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students have been awarded Udall Undergraduate Scholarships for their leadership, public service, and commitment to careers related to the advancement of American Indian nations or the environment. The scholarships are awarded by the Udall Foundation, established by the U.S. Congress in 1992 and named for Congressmen Morris King Udall and Stewart Lee Udall, both of Arizona, for their exemplary public service. , an aspiring physician who plans to focus her career on public health and environmental affairs, won the Udall in 2016.

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From launching the biotech industry to winning Nobel Prizes, 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ graduates have made their marks on the world—and changed it for the better.

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Arts and Entertainment

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ graduates have excelled on stage and on the page. The following are some of the University's A&E high achievers.

Daniel Borzutzky, winner of the 2016 National Book Award for Poetry

Bebe Moore Campbell, author of three New York Times bestsellers

Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist

Gene Kelly, Oscar-winning actor, choreographer, dancer, and director

Lorin Maazel, symphony conductor

Gerald Stern, poet and author

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Athletics

For many 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ student-athletes, the glory doesn't stop after graduation. 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ alumni have medaled at the Olympics, coached teams to championships, and shared their sports knowledge with fans via TV, radio, print, and the Web.

Mike Ditka, Pro Football Hall of Fame player and Super Bowl-winning coach

Tony Dorsett, the first player to win a college football national championship (plus the Heisman Trophy) and the Super Bowl in back-to-back years

Roger Kingdom, two-time Olympic gold medal-winning hurdler

Billy Knight, NBA player and general manager

Dan Marino, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback and TV analyst

Mark May, Outland Trophy-winning 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ lineman, Super Bowl-winning NFL player, and ESPN analyst

Art Rooney II, President of the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Steelers

Trecia-Kaye Smith, triple jump world champion

John Bain "Jock" Sutherland, who coached 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ to five national college football championships

John Woodruff, Olympic gold medal winner in the 800-meter run

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Business and Entrepreneurship

Graduates of the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, College of Business Administration, and other 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ units are among the nation's leaders in business and entrepreneurship.

Bibiana Boerio, finance and strategy director for Ford's International Operations and former managing director of Jaguar Cars Ltd.

Sam Colella, venture capitalist who specializes in life-science investing

Robert Colwell, chief architect of four generations of the Pentium chip

William S. Dietrich II, business leader, investor, author, and philanthropist who gave 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ the largest individual gift in its history, a $125 million fund

Frances Hesselbein, former CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA

Thomas A. Mellon, founder of the Mellon banking dynasty, and his sons Andrew W. and Richard B. Mellon, bankers, industrialists, and philanthropists who served 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ as trustees and donors. Andrew Mellon also served as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom.

Larry J. Merlo, president and CEO of CVS Health

Kevin Sharer, board chair and CEO of Amgen Inc.

Ray Smith, retired board chair and CEO, Bell Atlantic

John Swanson, engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of ANSYS Inc.

Burt Tansky, retired president and CEO, Neiman Marcus

Thomas Usher, board chair of Marathon Oil, formerly CEO and COO of U.S. Steel

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Education

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ has long been an international leader in education, preparing students to be teachers, researchers, public policy experts, and administrators.

Steven Beering, president emeritus, Purdue University

Catherine DeAngelis, medical educator and editor-in-chief, Journal of the American Medical Association

Lap-Chee Tsui, Chinese-Canadian geneticist and vice chancellor and president of the University of Hong Kong

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Community Service and Human Rights

Along with teaching and research, public service is a core mission of the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ. 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students continue that legacy of service after they graduate.

C. Scott Harrison, orthopaedic surgeon who cofounded CURE International to treat disabled children

Abul Hussam, inventor of a simple, inexpensive filter that removes arsenic from drinking water and is saving lives in developing countries

Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist, political activist, and Nobel Peace Prize winner

Holmes Rolston III, "father of environmental ethics" and winner of the Templeton Prize for advancing peace, social justice, and human knowledge

Bill Strickland, founder and CEO of the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, author, and MacArthur "Genuis" Fellow

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Journalism

Generations of 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ alumni have informed the public as reporters, editors, broadcasters, and bloggers, including the following individuals.

Frank Bolden, pioneering African American newspaper reporter

Lynette Clemetson, director of StateImpact (a reporting project between NPR and member stations) and a former reporter for The New York Times and Newsweek

Myron Cope, award-winning sportswriter and broadcast voice of the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Steelers

Al Primo, broadcast journalist who created the "Eyewitness News" format

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Law, Politics, and the Military

The following are among the national, state, and foreign leaders who earned 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ degrees.

Ralph J. Cappy, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator for Utah

K. Leroy Irvis, Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Mahmoud Jibril, who served as acting prime minister of the Libyan rebel government during the 2011 civil war that drove Moammar Gadhafi from power

Roscoe Robinson Jr., first African American four-star Army general

Dick Thornburgh, Pennsylvania governor and U.S. Attorney General

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Science/Health

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ graduates have expanded the boundaries of knowledge, from life-saving medical breakthroughs to searches for signs of Martian life.

Herbert Boyer, genetic engineer whose research on the DNA molecule launched the biotechnology industry

Bernard Fisher, pioneering oncologist whose research fundamentally altered understanding of breast cancer

Kevin Guskiewicz, a sports medicine scholar and MacArthur "Genius" Fellow who was among the first to identify the long-term threats to athletes of multiple concussions

Philip Hench, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the hormone cortisone and its effectiveness in treating rheumatoid arthritis

Norman Horowitz, biochemical evolutionist who devised NASA experiments searching for signs of life on Mars

Paul Lauterbur, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research that made magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible

Bert W. O'Malley, "father of molecular endocrinology" and National Medical of Science winner

James Theodore, pioneer in heart-lung and lung transplantation

Vladimir Zworykin, Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology

'Green' Gold

Eighteen 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ buildings and building-renovation projects have received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council since 2005: the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine (Gold, 2005), the Swanson School of Engineering Benedum Hall renovation phase I (Gold, 2011), the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation (Gold, 2012), the Chevron Science Center addition (Gold, 2013), the Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower 12th-floor renovation (Gold, 2013), the Mid-Campus Research Complex Nuclear Physics renovation (Silver, 2014), the Greensburg campus's Frank A. Cassell Hall (Gold, 2014), Mark A. Nordenberg Hall (Silver, 2014), the Johnstown campus's Nursing and Health Sciences Building (Gold, 2015), the Benedum Hall renovation phase 2A (Silver, 2016), the Salk Hall Pavilion (Silver, 2016) the Graduate School of Public Health addition (Certified, 2018) and the Clapp Hall renovation (Silver, 2020).

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Award-Winning Architecture

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ buildings have won a number of honors from the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Most recently, Scaife Hall won a 2018 Certificate of Merit and the Graduate School of Public Health addition won a 2014 Honor Award.

The Chevron Science Center and the Greensburg campus's Frank A. Cassell Hall were honored as part of the Master Builders' Association (MBA) of Western Pennsylvania's 2012 MBA Building Excellence Awards competition. Chevron won in the "New Construction Between $10-25 Million" category, and Cassell Hall was the winner in the "New Construction Under $10 Million" category. The MBA Building Excellence Awards are the region's most prestigious awards in the commercial construction industry.

The Chevron Annex within the Chevron Science Center won the 2012 Society for College and University Planning Excellence in Architecture for Building Additions or Adaptive Reuse Honor Award.

Benedum Hall (constructed in 1971) has received an Honor Award as well as a Distinguished Building Award from the Pennsylvania Society of the AIA.

The Biomedical Science Tower 3 (2003-05) has won awards from AIA/New England and AIA/51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh as well as an Award for Design from the Boston Society of Architects.

The Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (1993) won an Award for Excellence in Architectural Design from the Pennsylvania Society of Architects in addition to an Honor Award from AIA/51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh.

AIA/51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh honored Hillman Library (1965-68) with a 1996 Timeless Award for Enduring Design.

The Petersen Events Center (2002) won a 2003 Innovative Architecture & Design Honor Award.

The Thomas E. Starzl Biomedical Science Tower (1990) received a Lab of the Year Award from R&D Magazine.

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Cathedral of Learning

The 42-story Cathedral of Learning is the iconic heart of the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ. A landmark listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, the Gothic Revival skyscraper is the tallest educational building in the Western Hemisphere.

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Other Historic Landmarks

Like the Cathedral, 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Allegheny Observatory is designated as a landmark in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The Greek Revival astronomy facility was constructed between 1900 and 1912.

Four 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ buildings have earned Pennsylvania State Historical Designations: the Allegheny Observatory, Salk Hall, the Stephen Foster Memorial, and the William 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Union.

The following 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ buildings are 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks: the Allegheny Observatory, Allen Hall, Alumni Hall, Amos Hall, Bellefield Hall, Brackenridge Hall, Bruce Hall, the Cathedral of Learning, the Chancellor's Residence, the Child Development Center, Gardner Steel Conference Center, Holland Hall, McCormick Hall, Salk Hall, the Stephen Foster Memorial, Thaw Hall, and the William 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Union.

Championship Legacy

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's 19 varsity teams compete at the highest level of U.S. collegiate athletics. In addition to traditionally fielding competitive football and men's basketball teams, 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ has produced dominant squads in baseball, women's basketball, gymnastics, swimming and diving, volleyball, and wrestling.

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Scholar Athletes

The Atlantic Coast Conference named 230 Panthers to its academic honor roll in 2019.

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Winningest Coach

In 2020, 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Johnstown wrestling coach Pat Pecora broke a 46-year-old record for most wins in college wrestling at any level.

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Gridiron Glory

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ has won nine national football championships, the most of any major college program in the Eastern United States and the sixth-highest total ever. The Panthers were the first football team to wear numbered jerseys, travel by plane, and play in a game broadcast on radio. Among the many Panthers who went on to play in the NFL are Pro Football Hall of Famers Jimbo Covert, Mike Ditka, Chris Doleman, Tony Dorsett, Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Dan Marino, Curtis Martin and Joe Schmidt.

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Winning Round-ball Programs

The 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ men's basketball team has made 25 NCAA tournament appearances, advancing to the Final Four once, to the Elite Eight three times, and to the Sweet Sixteen seven times; the team has won 10 conference regular-season championships and four conference tournament championships. In the era preceding national tournaments, the Panthers were ranked as national champions three times. The women's basketball team has made four NCAA tournament appearances, twice advancing to the Sweet Sixteen.

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Olympic Medalists

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ students and alumni who have medaled in the Olympics include John Woodruff (gold medal, 800-meter run, 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin), Herbert Douglas Jr. (bronze, long jump, London 1948), Dick Rydze (silver, 10-meter diving, Munich 1972), and Roger Kingdom (gold, 110-meter hurdles, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988). Marisa Pedulla took fourth place in women's judo in Atlanta in 1996. 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Professor Savio Woo is the only engineer to win an Olympic Gold Medal—for sports medicine.