We invite you to read some profiles of a few of our most recent scholars. As you will see, their accomplishments are just some examples of the power of high attainment through motivation and intellectual curiosity fostered here at the University of Pittsburgh.

• University senior, Paras Minhas was named a 2013 Marshall Scholar, the only Marshall Scholar in Pennsylvania this year.

• Pitt's 2011 Huntington Award Winner, Cory J. Rodgers, was named a 2012 Rhodes Scholar.

• In 2012, for the third consecutive year, Pitt seniors receive Whitaker Scholarships for international research and study

• Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences senior Ryan Gayman receives Humanity in Action Fellowship in 2012.

• Pitt neuroscience student, Junior Wen Xu , named a 2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship winner for her exceptional independent research in neuroscience.

• Junior Nicholas DeStefino named a 2010 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarhip winner.

• Pitt 2008 Truman and 2010 Rhodes Scholar, Eleanor Ott, is a new graduate student at the University of Oxford.

• Bachelor of Philosophy student, Katherine MacCord, named one of only 37 students nationwide to receive a 2009 Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

• Daniel Armanios, a 2004 Goldwater, 2005 Truman, and 2007 Rhodes Scholar, is now a graduate student at Stanford University.

• Anna Quider, 2007 Marshall Scholar, is now a graduate student at Cambridge University.