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Samantha Podnar

A Pitt junior was awarded a Truman Scholarship to pursue graduate studies in public service

Sam Podnar, a junior at the University of Pittsburgh, has been awarded a 2025 Harry S. Truman Scholarship.

Simon Wang and Lauren DelSignore

2 Pitt people were honored by the Northeast Regional Honors Council

A staff member and a student in Pitt’s David C. Frederick Honors College were each honored by the Northeast Regional Honors Council (NRHC) during its annual conference March 27-30.

Connor Diaz

Pitt senior Connor Diaz won a Newman Civic Fellowship Mini-Grant

For Connor Diaz, his undergraduate career is defined by his work on the mobile application CivWiz, a student-led project created in partnership with the David C. Frederick Honors College and designed to increase civic engagement and knowledge for college students.