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Clare Sierawski won a Distinguished Alumni Award from Pitt’s Department of Geology and Environmental Science
Hear from the USDA senior energy counselor at a Nov. 16 talk.
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30 Pitt-Bradford and Pitt-Titusville nursing graduates passed the licensing exam this year
The two campuses saw a 100% pass rate on the National Council Licensure Exam during 2023.
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A Pitt professor reflects on his grandfather's wisdom in a new memoir
Plus, three more books by alumni authors are out now.
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The Assembly was honored by the Society for College and University Planning
Pitt’s collaborative biomedical research facility earned the Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture for Building Additions, Renovations or Adaptive Reuse.
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Marco Capogrosso received the Society for Neuroscience's Young Investigator Award
The assistant professor was recognized for leading a first-in-human clinical trial for electrical stimulation in the upper spinal cord to treat patients with upper-body paralysis caused by stroke.
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3 Pitt Nursing people were recognized at the 2023 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania
Faculty members Elizabeth Schlenk and Marci Nelsen and PhD student Alice Cline were honored at the Oct. 27 gala.
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Adi Mittal won first place at the 2023 Collegiate Inventors Competition
The Pitt Medicine student took home $10,000 for his blood-based test that detects the formation of a cerebral aneurysm.
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Pitt-Bradford was featured in the 2024 Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges
It’s the second year the campus has been recognized as one of the nation’s most environmentally responsible colleges.
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Shaun Eack won the Gerard E. Hogarty Excellence in Schizophrenia Research Memorial Award
He will be presented with the honor, named for his late mentor, at a Nov. 17 conference.
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A group of Pitt students were published in the Journal of Science Policy and Governance
The undergraduates wrote about bycatch mitigation in Alaska during their Environmental Law and Policy class.
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The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory created an interactive water quality map for the city
After they noticed a lack of data, the Pitt researchers collected 100 samples from the tributaries that feed the Ohio, Monongahela and Allegheny rivers.
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Thomas Platt became a fellow of the Academy of Emergency Medical Services
The National Association of EMS Physicians recognition honors members for their contributions to the field.
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2 Pitt faculty received funding from the National Institute of Justice
School of Social Work Professors Jeff Shook and Sara Goodkind will evaluate a prearrest diversion initiative for youth in Allegheny County.
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5 Pitt researchers will be recognized for their contributions to health psychology
Hear from the former students of these retiring faculty at a daylong symposium on Oct. 27.
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Leah Jacobs earned a $1 million grant from the National Institute of Justice
The assistant professor in Pitt’s School of Social Work will study the effectiveness of youth interaction training for law enforcement.
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Cynthia Golden won the 2023 Educause Leadership Award
The former associate provost and executive director of the University Center for Teaching and Learning was recognized for her service to the higher education technology community.
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Pitt students brought Pharmacy Appreciation Week to Pittsburgh
The City of Pittsburgh issued a proclamation honoring the community caregivers, who were recognized at a School of Pharmacy celebration.
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Michael Giazzoni is an associate editor for the Concurrent Enrollment Review
The first edition of the independent journal dedicated to research in the field of dual/concurrent enrollment is out now.
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Pitt Medicine researchers’ findings on brain cells linked to protection against dementia were published in Cell
The results from Hansruedi Mathys’ study suggest there is a link between inhibitory neurons and resilience to Alzheimer’s disease pathology.
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Deborah Moon received a CDC new investigator award
The School of Social Work researchers will study the effects of a community-based maltreatment prevention program for parents.