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Robert Brandom earns a Fellowship of the British Academy
The distinguished professor of philosophy is one of 20 academics outside the UK elected.
Giannis Mpourmpakis is named an emerging investigator by the American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data named Giannis Mpourmpakis, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburgh
Vanitha Swaminathan will serve as president of the American Marketing Association’s Academic Council
The group represents the diversity of scholarly interests in managerial, behavioral, modeling and public policy perspective with attention to strategic marketing implications.
A School of Public Health graduate student is named Ms. Wheelchair USA
At the pageant, Heather Tomko also won the Invacare People’s Choice Award and the Dr. Georgi Hudson Smith Quest for Knowledge Award.
Alumna Monica Ruiz is lauded for work in Pittsburgh's Latino community
The two-time School of Social Work graduate organizes around immigrant rights, housing and legal issues.
Kar-Hai Chu is awarded an NIH grant to study technology and substance use
His project's ultimate goal is to optimize cancer prevention and control.
Art by PhD student Yasemin Başdoğan was featured in Chemical Science
She used tools and skills she learned in the Swanson School's Advanced Scientific Visual Communication course.
A team of Pitt Med students is a finalist in American Medical Association’s Global Health Challenge
The students are members of the Pitt Med Latino Medical Student Association and part of Students and Latinos United Against Disparities.
Waverly Duck was named a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh trustee
The director of urban studies will serve a three-year term.
The School Health and Rehabilitation Sciences has announced new leadership changes
Jonathan Pearlman and Tom Platt, both of the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, were promoted.
Introducing the recipients of the 18th annual Steven D. Manners Awards
The awards are presented to promising research projects in the social, behavioral and policy sciences.
Kirk Savage is set to appear in a PBS documentary
"10 Monuments That Changed America" airs nationally on July 17.
Pitt honors the 2018 Brackenridge Circle inductees
Their collective generosity includes gifts to support student scholarships, medical research, endowed professorships and more.
Holger Hoock was awarded an NEH grant to rethink humanities doctoral education
The J. Carroll Amundson Professor of British History's project aims to foster a transformation in how faculty, students and administrators envision the broader importance of doctorates in humanities.
Joseph Samosky is the Swanson School's Outstanding Educator 2018
The assistant professor of bioengineering is recognized for excellence in the teaching and development of the Art of Making program.
Cathedral of Learning Society inducts 19 new members
The recognition program honors donors who have made lifetime gifts of $1 million or more to the University.
Bethany Barone Gibbs earns NIH funding to study sitting and blood pressure
The Pitt Education and School of Medicine researchers will receive $3.4 million over five years for the project.
A collaborative program provides funding for high-need special education professionals
The professional training grant is funded by the federal Office of Special Education Programs for $1.1 million over the next five years.
Undergraduate Aryana Nakhai receives a Society of Women Engineers scholarship
The Swanson School senior is studying electrical engineering with a concentration on power systems.
Psychology and engineering researchers team up for a longitudinal look at brain aging disparities
They’re trying to understand what aspects of health and the social environment matter for brain aging among middle-aged people.
