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Frances Hesselbein

Hesselbein Global Academy celebrated 10 years of nurturing the next generation of leaders

Over its history, student leaders from 72 countries have participated.

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • Division of Student Affairs
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Mostafa Bedewy was awarded a $330K National Science Foundation grant

The assistant professor will study how to better understand and control the internal structure of nanotube-based materials for emerging applications.

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Innovation and Research
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Pitt-Johnstown hosts 10th annual Older Youth Retreat

Over the last decade, the School of Social Work event has supported more than 1,000 young people.

  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Johnstown
  • School of Social Work
Mpourmpakis

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

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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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.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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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.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Public Health
Swaminathan

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.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
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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.

  • School of Social Work
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
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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.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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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.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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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.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Global
  • School of Medicine
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Waverly Duck was named a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh trustee

The director of urban studies will serve a three-year term.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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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.

  • University News
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Savage

Kirk Savage is set to appear in a PBS documentary

"10 Monuments That Changed America" airs nationally on July 17.

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

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
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Pitt honors the 2018 Brackenridge Circle inductees

Their collective generosity includes gifts to support student scholarships, medical research, endowed professorships and more.

  • University News
Hoock

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.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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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.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Department of Bioengineering
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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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.

  • University News
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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.

  • School of Education
  • School of Medicine
  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research