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Law student Jayme Tocci earned a Peggy Browning Fellowship
The 10-week summer program places fellows in labor unions, worker centers and other labor-related nonprofits.
Tawanda Stamps was on City & State PA’s Impact 75 list
The director of contract administration and procurement was included for leading Pitt’s Mentor-Protégé Program.
Thomas Songer won the 2023 Abraham Lilienfeld Award
The American College of Epidemiology’s most prestigious award is conferred for extraordinary contributions to the field.
Gurudev Dutt’s physics research received funding from four major foundations
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation partnered to fund 11 innovative “tabletop” experiments.
Pitt received a 2023 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award
It’s the seventh-straight year the University has earned this honor.
Pitt’s partnership led to record POGOH ridership in 2023
Of the 200,000 Bike Share Pittsburgh trips this year, 110,000 came from University students, faculty and staff.
15 undergraduate students received 2023 Gilman Scholarships
The U.S. State Department program supports undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants with up to $5,000 to pursue study abroad opportunities.
Pitt-Bradford students finished first in a global business simulation
Business management capstone students ranked first in earnings worldwide during the week of Nov. 13.
The University grounds team is making campus cleanup quieter and more sustainable
The facilities management and sustainability offices collaborated to implement battery-powered equipment that helps mitigate carbon emissions and noise pollution.
Alumnus Willie Kinard III published his debut poetry collection
Their book, “Orders of Service,” won the 2022 Alice James Award.
Pitt joined Europa University Viadrina in leading a global research and education network on EU foreign policy
Scholars from 18 countries will conduct research to better understand the EU’s future role in global governance.
Jessica Merlin published a perspective piece on methadone and cancer treatment in the New England Journal of Medicine
The director of Pitt’s Challenges in Managing and Preventing Pain clinical research center highlighted systemic flaws with a patient case study.
Shyam Visweswaran was appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee
The professor in Pitt’s Department of Biomedical Informatics will work to assess how researchers use racialized groups and ethnic categories.
Pitt is on Time magazine’s first Best Colleges for Future Leaders list
The University is among 100 schools ranked based on an analysis of the 2,000 top leaders in the U.S. and where they were educated.
3 student founders of a Pitt health care startup were listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Their company, HEARTio, is developing an algorithm to help doctors more quickly identify coronary artery disease.
Kay Brummond published an editorial on Organic Syntheses’ century of service
The Department of Chemistry professor has served on the journal’s board of editors and board of directors.
23 Pitt researchers are included on Clarivate’s annual Highly Cited list
Faculty from departments across the University rank in the top 1% by citations for their field over the past decade.
Todd Reeser and Angie Bedford-Jack will chair Pitt’s new LGBTQIA+ Steering Committee
They will organize an advisory board to improve the climate and culture at Pitt.
Anne Marie Lennon is the next chair of Pitt’s Department of Medicine
The accomplished physician-scientist whose research has advanced early cancer detection will join the School of Medicine in March.
This recent graduate is following in her father's footsteps all the way to Ecuador
And, Mollie Foladare was among the first to serve with the Peace Corps post-pandemic.
