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Two honored with Pennsylvania Veterans Service Award

On May 6, leaders of the Pennsylvania National Guard awarded Pitt’s Rory Cooper and Garrett Grindle (ENGR ’04, ’07G) the Pennsylvania Veterans Service Award for their work protecting veterans and

Brent Doiron Joins NIH BRAIN Initiative as Theoretical Neuroscience Investigator

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Mathematics

Jennifer Russell Receives $1.4 Million Grant to Improve Schools

  • School of Education

Adriana Kovashka Receives Funding from Amazon Research Awards

  • School of Computing and Information
  • Department of Computer Science

Pitt Joins EPA’s Green Power Partnership

Healthy Lifestyle Institute Leaders to Give Keynote at Professional Summit

  • School of Education
  • Healthy Lifestyle Institute
  • Department of Health and Physical Activity

Pitt News Business Staff Wins Awards

Bioengineer Moni Datta Receives a $300K DoD Award to Design Biochemical Marker Technology

  • Department of Bioengineering
  • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Division of Oral Biology
  • School of Dental Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Jeannette South-Paul Honored by Pennsylvania Governor

  • School of Medicine
  • Department of Family Medicine

Michel Gobat Named Finalist for PROSE Award

Michel Gobat, associate professor in the Department of History, has been named a finalist for the 2019 PROSE Awards for his book, “Empire by Invitation: William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of History

Mohammed A. Bamyeh Elected President of Arab Council for the Social Sciences

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Sociology

Sociology Department Chair Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Sociology

Lab Safety Program Wins National Recognition

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Environmental Health and Safety
  • Department of Chemistry

Record-High Dollar Amount Given to Nationality Rooms Scholarships Winners

Researchers to Study Pittsburgh Lead Pipes

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Public Health
  • Department of Geology and Environmental Science
  • Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Pitt to Dedicate Philippine Nationality Room

Chair of Religious Studies Receives Grant from American Academy for Jewish Research

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Religious Studies
  • Department of History

Three Graduate Students Win Contest for Thesis Elevator Pitch

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Alumnus Wasi Mohamed Named Thomas Merton Center’s 2019 New Person of the Year

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Philosophy
  • Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Walid Gellad Receives Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

  • School of Medicine
  • Center for Pharmaceutical Policy and Prescribing