Congratulations to all of the PittSustainability Awardees - we are especially proud of our GES students Rachel Garcia & Mare McGrory!
Please join us for Pitt’s 2026 Student Sustainability Symposium and Awards Program on Friday, April 24th from 9-3PM in the William Pitt Union.
The day will highlight student work from 7 sustainability-related classes followed by lunch where we will celebrate our 2026 Sustainability Award winners. Details and this year’s award recipients are noted below.
2026 Sustainability Awards – Awardees
Erika Ninos Student Sustainability Award:
Rachel Garcia, 2026 Environmental Studies and Political Science
Pitt Sustainability Award – Undergraduate:
Mare McGrory, 2026 Environmental Science, Chemistry & Architecture-Design Minors
Cassidy Laffey, 2026, Environmental Engineering
Pitt Sustainability Award – Graduate Student:
Nathan Schneider, PhD student, Neuroscience
Pitt Sustainability Award – Faculty:
Stephanie Maximous, Assistant Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Ian Nettleship, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Materials Science & Director, Engineering for Humanity Certificate
Pitt Sustainability Award – Staff:
Debbie Harrington, Senior Research Coordinator, Rehab and Neural Engineering Lab
Adam Wilson, Surplus Inventory Lead - Logistics
Group Award:
PLA Injection Molding Club represented by Ethan Bell (MEMS’28) – President and Mile Rosas (MEMS’26) - Vice President