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Melanoma research gets a financial boost
The Woiner Foundation of Pittsburgh recently donated $50,000 to the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center’s Melanoma and Skin Cancer Treatment Program.
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski was named an officer of the Medieval Academy of America
The Pitt distinguished professor studies French medieval literature and culture.
Dawn Lundy Martin was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
The co-director of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics is one of 36 literary professionals to earn the 2018 Creative Writing Fellowship.
Marlene Cohen received a National Academy of Sciences award
The associate professor of neuroscience earned the $75,000 grant for her research into how the brain encodes and processes visual information to make quick decisions.
Mervat Abdelhak was named to an information management organization's board
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences department chair will serve the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education.
Associate Dean Minking Chyu was presented with a distinguished service professor medallion
University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and Provost Patricia E. Beeson recently presented the Swanson School of Engineering's Minking Chyu with a medallion recognizing his appointment as
Pitt computer engineers won the Best Paper Award at an international big data conference
The paper describes how automated machine reading can be used to pore over volumes of research and use that information to create models for understanding biological processes.
University of Pittsburgh Press book receives a flutter of praise
“Butterflies of Pennsylvania: A Field Guide” was recognized with a 2017 National Outdoor Book Award.
The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine was honored for 25 years of accomplishments
The Pitt institute received a citation from the commonwealth and an Innovation Award from the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Gerald Holder will receive a Distinguished Service Award
Pitt's U.S. Steel Dean of Engineering and Distinguished Service Professor of Engineering is being honored by the Pittsburgh chapter of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers.
Diane Litman was named an Association for Computational Linguistics Fellow
The director of Pitt's Intelligent Systems Program is one of six recognized for contributions to the field.
2 Pitt Engineering faculty members were honored for early career research
James McKone and Christopher Wilmer are among 58 recognized for their nascent research in energy storage.
Here's who won the student pitch competitions at Blast Furnace Demo Day
Seventeen teams of student entrepreneurs vied for $4,000 in cash awards at the December competition.
H. Richard Milner IV was named to Education Week's annual scholar ranking
The Helen Faison Endowed Chair of Urban Education was included in the 2018 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
2 Pitt physical therapy professors won state association awards
David Wert received the Neurological Special Interest Group’s Award of Excellence, and Debora Miller earned the Carlin-Michels Achievement Award.
The School of Pharmacy recognized distinguished and early career alumni
The awards were presented at its annual RxTravaganza on Nov. 4.
Professor Emeritus Edward Gerjuoy published a paper on Julian Schwinger
Schwinger, who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of quantum electrodynamics, was a classmate of Gerjuoy's at City College of New York in the 1930s.
Melissa Ibañez was honored by a state financial aid organization
The director of financial aid at Pitt-Bradford earned the association's Distinguished Service Award.
Andrew Feranchack was named division chief of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
Andrew Feranchak, an internationally recognized expert in liver disease, has been appointed chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Children’s Hospital of
Alumnus Samir Lakhani was named a CNN Hero
His nonprofit project in Cambodia, called Eco-Soap Bank, recycles discarded bars of soap from hotels and distributes it to people in need.
