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Charles Kotuby was named visiting professor at the Kyiv School of Economics
The Pitt Law professor will help foster cooperation and move Ukraine to a post-war future.
Pitt Medicine researchers were published in Molecular Cell
The study, led by Aging Institute members Shiori Sekine and Yusuke Sekine, discovered a new way that cells monitor iron levels.
Pitt names 2023 Nordenberg Leadership Scholars
5 exceptional high school seniors in Pennsylvania will receive the full-tuition scholarship.
Abimbola Adewumi is Pitt’s new chair of pediatric dentistry
The surgeon and researcher studied in London and Nigeria.
Ken Ho won the 2023 Kerry Stoner Award
The award honors a Pittsburgh person annually for their work with HIV.
Margaret Rosenzweig is an Oncology Nursing Society scholar-in-residence
The distinguished service professor will collaborate on a research agenda for the organization.
Stephanie Eckstrom received an award from the AAUW Bradford branch
The Gateway to Equity Award honors the dedication of the School of Social Work regional program director to advance gender equity through research, education and advocacy.
Haider Ala Hamoudi was named to City & State PA's Law Power 100 List
The interim dean was recognized for his expertise in Middle Eastern and Islamic law.
Aman Mahajan was awarded funding to develop cardiovascular monitoring technology
The anesthesiology researcher earned two grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
3,900 pounds of supplies were diverted from landfills during Pitt’s Clean and Swap
Materials that weren’t resold or recycled went to local nonprofits.
Pitt people facilitated and presented at a UN side event
More than 130 delegates, scholars, community leaders and activists attended the session on reparations.
Charles Guthrie was named executive director of Student Health Services
He comes to Pitt off a 23-year nursing career at UPMC.
Rory Cooper won a Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
The Human Engineering Research Laboratories director earned highest honor presented to people who reached the rank of Eagle Scout.
5 health science faculty members won 2023 Ascending Star Awards
Each of the highly productive and creative midcareer Pitt researchers will receive $25,000 in support and give a highly publicized lecture during the year.
Research from Pitt’s Center for Governance and Markets was shortlisted for the Elinor Ostrom Prize
The investigation into community policing on American Indian reservations was recognized as one of the year’s top articles in the Journal of Institutional Economics.
Alison Linares Mendoza earned a Vertical Flight Foundation scholarship
She’s the first female engineer from Pitt to receive the honor.
Michael Hatridge earned $5.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Army
The associate professor in the Dietrich School will work with interdisciplinary experts to overcome challenges in quantum computing.
Alison Sanders received a grant to support an undergraduate student’s research
Pitt Public Health student Annika Spencer is studying climate change-related kidney toxicology in Sanders’ lab.
Patrick McKelvey won a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities
The theatre arts assistant professor will write a book about the history of social services for disabled actors in the United States.
Pitt-Bradford alumnus Nikolas Erickson was commissioned as a second lieutenant
The spring 2023 graduate has accepted a position as patrolman with the Allentown City Police.
