Graduate Spotlight Profiles

Nate Boros

2013 Pitt degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, College of Business Administration
Hometown: Pittsburgh
Favorite Pitt memory: It is impossible to choose just one, but my very first move-in day comes to mind. There was a palpable sense of excitement and possibility that I had never felt before.
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: A life-changing, transformational, and unforgettable milestone
Next move: Fulltime position with PNC Bank as a corporate and institutional banking analyst in Washington, D.C.

Akiesha Gilcrist

2013 Pitt degree: Juris Doctor, School of Law
Hometown: Harrisburg, Pa.
Favorite Pitt Memory: Receiving my admission letter to the University of Pittsburgh School of Law during my senior year as a Pitt undergrad
Six words to sum up your Pitt Experience: Amazing people, awesome experiences, phenomenal education
Next move: Downtown ... to work

Julianna Sincavage

2013 Pitt degree: Bachelor of Science in Communication Science, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Hometown: Media, Pa.
Favorite Pitt memory: Traveling to Ireland through Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences’ study-abroad program last summer.
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: “This will be an everlasting love.”
Next move: Pennsylvania State University’s graduate program in speech-language pathology. (But I will always be a Panther at heart!) 

Adebola M. Giwa

2013 Pitt degree: Doctor of Medicine, School of Medicine
Hometown: Brooklyn, N.Y.
Favorite Pitt Memory: Boat cruise during our first-year orientation week when I was challenged to a dance battle by one of my new classmates 
Six words to sum up my Pitt experience: Open your eyes, so many opportunities
Next move: Pediatrician at Comer Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago

Maryam Adebayo

2013 Pitt degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, School of Nursing
Hometown: Baltimore, Md.
Favorite Pitt memory: Screaming loudly and jubilantly at Pitt home football games
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: Emotional rollercoaster, intellectual servitude, and discovery
Next move: Ensign in the U.S. Navy

Julie Gum

2013 Pitt degree: Doctor of Dental Medicine, School of Dental Medicine
Hometown: Pen Argyl, Pa.
Favorite Pitt memory: The 2007 Pitt in London study-abroad program while I was a Pitt undergraduate
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: Best eight years of my life
Next move: Back home to work in private practice

Harrison Brand

2013 Pitt degree: Doctor of Philosophy in Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health
Hometown: Omaha, Neb.
Favorite Pitt memory: Tailgating at my first Backyard Brawl
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: Study hard, superb professors, write endlessly
Next move: Postdoctoral training at Harvard University

Stephanie L. Pinsky

2013 Pitt degrees: Bachelor of Philosophy in Social Work, University Honors College; Bachelor of Arts in Social Work, School of Social Work
Hometown: Pittsburgh
Favorite Pitt memory: Deciding to pursue the Bachelor of Philosophy after being inspired by Chancellor Nordenberg’s speech at the 2012 Honors Convocation
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: Good friends and life-changing learning
Next move: Columbia University

Tony B. Amos

2013 Pitt degree: Doctor of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy
Hometown: Houston, Texas
Favorite Pitt memory: Big East basketball in the Petersen Events Center
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: Welcoming, exciting, adventurous, life-changing, rewarding, memorable 
Next move: Postdoctoral fellowship in Philadelphia

Dan Shetler

2013 Pitt degree: Master of International Development, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Hometown: Goshen, Ind., and Nyabange, Tanzania
Favorite Pitt memory: The common enemy of the statistics final bringing our class together and making us bond
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: Powerful tools to nudge structural injustice 
Next move: Philadelphia and beyond

Suyesh Acharya

2013 Pitt degree: Bachelor in Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering
Hometown: Moon Township
Favorite Pitt memory: Spending a summer conducting research on bio materials in Hannover, Germany, and exploring Europe with fellow Pitt bioengineering students. 
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: Best four years of my life
Next move: I have accepted a position with Regulatory and Quality Solutions, a medical-device consulting firm in Pittsburgh. I plan to pursue graduate school after a few years in industry.

Benjamin Cobb

2013 Pitt degree: Doctor of Medicine, School of Medicine
Hometown: King George, Va.
Favorite Pitt memory: Blizzard of 2010 … Imagine three feet of snow, the Burgh’s hills, and cancelled exams
Six words to sum up your Pitt experience: Invigorating, growth, worthwhile, mentorship, Steelers, Yinzer
Next move: Anesthesiology residency, University of Pennsylvania