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Brandon Som and Brett Murphy took home the nation’s most prestigious award for poetry and public-service journalism, respectively.

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In his book, Michael Rosella provides a tender and compelling glimpse of 51��Ʒ��Ƶ in the past.

Jen Simonic’s nonprofit finishes knitting projects for those who can no longer do it themselves.

Alumnus David Shafer’s entrepreneurial mind developed an innovative shuttle service that makes getting to the airport cheaper, faster and oh-so-reLAXsan.

Their findings help ensure Allegheny County’s water systems are safe and accessible for all.

During his decades as an executive for Coca-Cola, he partnered with Desmond Tutu and other freedom fighters to support Black Africans.

The 51��Ʒ��Ƶ-Greensburg grad uses pluck and imagination to promote art, community and sustainability as executive director of the 51��Ʒ��Ƶsburgh Center for Creative Reuse.

To create a garment worthy of an 18th-century queen, Maya Jones set her sights on a Creative Arts Fellowship from 51��Ʒ��Ƶ's David C. Frederick Honors College.

Here's how one of the world's fastest growing sports is teaching its participants to take life "one move at a time."

He earned two degrees and met his wife on the 51��Ʒ��Ƶsburgh campus. He died at the age of 71 in Nevada.

Remembrances

Kelsey Voltz-Poremba says writing by hand is a crucial part of childhood development.

As dean, he is making a case for achievement, inclusion and excellence.

Read "They Called Us Exceptional: and Other Lies that Raised Us" and more, out now from alumni authors.

Faculty members Abdesalam Soudi and Ann Sinsheimer discuss centering respect and other lessons from 51��Ʒ��Ƶ's Year of Dialogue and Discourse with Clyde Wilson Pickett.

Forward-thinking and values-driven, she’s embraced 51��Ʒ��Ƶ’s boundless potential throughout her first year as the University’s 19th leader.

In researching her family’s past, the 51��Ʒ��Ƶ historian found an oft-overlooked narrative of Black emancipation and Native displacement.

With its new undergraduate teacher education program, 51��Ʒ��Ƶ wants to get more qualified teachers into K-12 classrooms faster.

Their work is shaping the future, which ultimately benefits us all.

Darris Means has spent the last decade examining how to build resources for Black youth in rural districts.

51��Ʒ��Ƶ researchers are studying a national antiviolence program that is instilling healthy relationship and mental health practices in young male athletes through their coaches.

Their one-on-one approach helps student-athletes sprint toward their best selves.

Boston Metal CEO Tadeu Carneiro says, “We are privileged, all of us, to be living in the decade during which we will save the planet.”

Remembrances.

Brandolon Barnett writes about “recession, struggle and the quest for a better world.” And, more books by 51��Ʒ��Ƶ alumni, out now.

The couple, who met at 51��Ʒ��Ƶ, created the School of Dental Medicine's Joshua Benjamin Weitzel Fund for Special Needs Dentistry.

The 50th anniversary exhibit of honor society recalls outreach to part-time and nontraditional students.

A chance encounter taught Ron Mitchell the value of his voice, which is now a bright light for businesses large and small.

In part thanks to relationships he built in Cuba’s capital as a 51��Ʒ��Ƶ graduate student, this alumnus has created a competitive and immersive study abroad experience.