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3 Pitt advisors earned the inaugural Provost’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising
Awardees include Danielle Andrews-Brown, Karen Ricco and Devin N. Ulm.
Pitt’s Waverly Duck wins Scholarly Achievement Award for book ‘Tacit Racism’
The book lays out the many ways in which racism is coded into the everyday social interactions of Americans.
Maureen Pastin named director of compensation in Pitt’s Office of Human Resources
The Pittsburgh native is an experienced compensation and human resources professional with more than 30 years of experience.
Researchers will mimic daycare settings to study flu transmission
Associate Professor Seema Lakdawala is leading a subproject on an $8.8 million grant.
Pitt's Dan Ding, Lori Delale-O’Connor and Medina Jackson present at SXSW 2022
Dan Ding, Lori Delale-O’Connor and Medina Jackson represented the University in Austin.
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford named a Military Friendly School
Pitt-Bradford was designated a silver-level recipient in the small public school category by Viqtory Media.
Pitt earns Silver Bicycle Friendly University status
The League of American Bicyclists awards institutions that promote and enable safe, accessible bicycling on campus.
A multidisciplinary research group received a Pitt Momentum Grant
The $60,000 award will support the Pittsburgh Center for Interdisciplinary Bone and Mineral Research.
Winners of the Black Excellence Service Award announced
Recipients are students, staff, faculty, businesspeople and alumni who are role models in the community.
Pitt Education’s Kari Kokka receives grant from the National Science Foundation
The grant supports early career faculty with the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.
Two Pitt faculty members edit book on local responses to the shale gas industry
“When Fracking Comes to Town: Governance, Planning, and Economic Impacts of the US Shale Boom” from Associate Professors Sabina Deitrick and Ilia Murtazashvili was released in January.
Tagbo Niepa receives Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation
The award will enable his lab to further explore how bacteria cope with changes in surface tension and energy, and their adaptation to changing conditions to develop new materials.
Alaina E. Roberts is a finalist for Los Angeles Times book prize
Professor Roberts digs into archival research and family history for her book, “I've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land.”
Pitt-Johnstown receives LEED recognition for John P. Murtha Center
This recognition is the second LEED certification for the Johnstown campus.
Pitt was named one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes
The University came in at No. 212 in the 2022 ranking.
Rob Rutenbar receives Pioneering Achievement Award
The senior vice chancellor for research is recognized for his outstanding contributions in electronic design automation.
The Pitt News won a Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
The annual honor recognizes overall excellence in publications.
Amber Johnson earns 2022 Escalator Award for Research
Johnson plans to explore neighborhood-level determinants of health for patients with hypertension.
4 Pitt innovation teams receive Chancellor’s Gap Fund commercialization grants
The funds will accelerate their path from the lab to the market.
School of Nursing professor praised by top doctors leading the fight against COVID-19
John Gallagher received special recognition from Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci for contributions to the National Institute of Health COVID-19 Guidelines Panel.
