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The School of Public Health named two new department chairs
Mary Hawk and Yan Ma will lead the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences and the Department of Biostatistics, respectively.
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Music’s Eric Moe won a commission from the Barlow Endowment
He will write a 20-minute work for an ensemble featuring flute, clarinet, cello, piano and percussion instruments.
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Pitt affiliates dominate Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 Under 40 list
13 students, alumni and staff made the cut.
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Katz School’s Executive MBA program lands highest-ever ranking from Poets & Quants
Pitt is No. 18 nationwide and No. 6 among public university programs in the 2022-23 ranking.
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A Pitt psychiatry team studying suicide earned a $16.2 million grant renewal from the National Institute of Mental Health
The ETUDES Center will use the funds to combat adolescent suicide with a focus on Black and Hispanic youth.
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Pitt-Greensburg’s Learning Resources Center celebrates 25 years of student success
The center provides disability services and tutoring help to hundreds of students each year.
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New research from Caroline Runyan’s lab published in Cell Reports
Her team found that the properties of a neuron subtype are specialized in different subregions of the cortex.
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A multidisciplinary Pitt team won the first phase of the NIH Neuromod Prize competition
Led by Changfeng Tai, the team is developing a device to address bladder, bowel and sexual disorders.
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Stephen Frederico received an American Brain Tumor Association fellowship to study pediatric brain cancer
The award aims to motivate talented medical students to pursue careers in neuro-oncology research by supporting a three-month summer research experience.
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Abdus Wahed received funding to develop SMART patient-centered clinical trial methods
The trials allow for more than one treatment to be given to a patient, or for treatment to change midway through.
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3 faculty members at Pitt-Greensburg received a National Endowment for the Humanities grant
Pilar Herr, William Campbell and Elizabeth Contreras are co-PIs on the Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translations Planning Grant.
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Marnie Oakley will serve as interim dean of the School of Dental Medicine
Oakley (DEN ’92) has a long history of leadership at Pitt and beyond.
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Pitt’s College in High School program received accreditation
It’s one of just two programs to earn the designation in Pennsylvania. Participating students earn academic credit at the high school and college level.
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Pitt-Johnstown is now a certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary
The certification recognizes organizations that demonstrate leadership and commitment in areas such as environmental planning, wildlife and habitat management and resource management.
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Carrie Leana won a societal impact award for her work tackling poverty and inequality
The award committee described her interdisciplinary work as scientifically credible and useful to society.
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School of Education volunteers helped out at a summer day camp for children impacted by cancer
The day camp offers a place of connection for kids impacted by cancer.
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Lesley Rains joined the University of Pittsburgh Press as its publicity manager
She brings a wealth of academic and bookselling experience to the role.
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Pitt’s Hillside Area Development was recognized for its innovative design
The project is transforming a challenging hillside into a unifying connector on campus.
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Corina Bondi received the Rosalind Franklin Award from the National Neurotrauma Society
The award recognizes female researchers who make a notable scientific contribution to the field.
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Amy Lane received the Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists’ Lifetime Achievement Award
She has worked on projects related to the older driver.