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Accolades & Honors
These are the 2024 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring winners
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The Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring recognizes outstanding mentors who substantially impact students seeking research doctorate degrees.
Each year, the Pitt office presents up to four awards, including a $2,500 prize to the graduate faculty member responsible for training the next generation of researchers. The prize is in its 19th year.
This year’s awardees included:
- Giannis Mpourmpakis, Swanson School of Engineering
- Caterina Rosano, School of Public Health
- Sunil Saxena, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
- Elizabeth Skidmore, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Photography by Aimee Obidzinski