Accolades & Honors

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

New Pitt Partnership Expands Research into Rechargeable Battery Systems

• Swanson School of Engineering

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the G.I. Bill, drafted by a Pitt Law graduate

June 22 marks the 75th anniversary of the original G.I. Bill, which has benefited 8 million veterans by providing education and training benefits. And it was made possible through the vision of Harry

• Alumni
• School of Law

New Director Named for Office of Veterans Services

• College of General Studies

Emily Boissonneault Named First Head Coach in Pitt Lacrosse

Pitt Men’s Study Renewed by NIH, Will Enter Fourth Decade of HIV Research

• School of Public Health
• Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology

LifeX Labs Receives Economic Development Administration Entrepreneurship Grant

Merritt Named Vice Chancellor for Alumni Relations

Nancy M.K. Merritt has joined the University of Pittsburgh as vice chancellor for alumni relations, bringing 17 years of experience to her new role along with plans to develop programs to help alumni

Professor Emerita Receives Award from Modern Language Association

Toi Derricotte, professor emerita in the Department of English within the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been recognized by the Modern Language Association (MLA) with its Phyllis

Pitt Innovation Challenge Awards $460,000 for Novel Health Care Solutions

$460,000 in prizes were awarded at the 2019 Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh) final event, where University of Pittsburgh research teams proposed creative solutions to a live audience and a panel of

African American Alumni Council to Honor Five During Homecoming 2019

• Swanson School of Engineering
• Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
• Department of Africana Studies
• College of General Studies