Patricia Grace King ’89, an author living in Durham, England, who taught in ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s Language and Literature Department from 2000-03, is the winner of the 2026 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, "one of the world's most prestigious prizes for a collection of short fiction" (University of Pittsburgh Press). Her collection, Those Who Vanish, will be published in September 2026.

Nadège Robertson, a Winston Fellowship recipient in ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿'s Summer Peacebuilding Institute and the co-creator of Lakou Tanama, is the lead facilitator for faith-inclusive healing spaces that support the mental well-being of recent Haitian entrants living in the United States. The mental health initiative works in partnership with Church World Service.