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2 Pitt students were elected to the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Student Advisory Board
Joe Chen and Shay Roth will serve a yearlong term advancing student interests’ within the association.
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A Pitt Law alumna won Allegheny County’s Amram Award
Magistrate Judge Lisa Lenihan was recognized for professional excellence.
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Pitt alumna Anette Nance will lead a governor’s advisory committee
As executive director of the Governor's Advisory Commissions on African American Affairs, she will work to ensure representation in the state government.
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Graham Hatfull earned a lifetime achievement award from the European Society of Mycobacteriology
The professor and researcher pioneered the use of bacteriophages to combat infections that are resistant to antibiotics.
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Pitt-Bradford was recognized for its culture of wellness
It’s the fourth year the regional campus has claimed a gold designation from Exercise is Medicine.
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Alex Silver earned an award for her doctoral dissertation research
The graduate student in Pitt’s Learning Research and Development Center is one of two to receive the honor from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
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Pitt hosted the Society for Philosophy and Psychology’s annual meeting
More than 200 gathered on the Pittsburgh campus to do cutting-edge work on the mind and brain.
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2 from Pitt’s children’s literature program earned a fellowship to work with social justice nonprofits
The recent PhD graduates will advocate for children and youth during the career-boosting postdoctoral program.
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PhD candidate Lorraine Blatt won a fellowship from the National Academy of Education
As a Spencer Dissertation fellow, she's been identified one of education's most talented researchers.
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Charles Kotuby was named visiting professor at the Kyiv School of Economics
The Pitt Law professor will help foster cooperation and move Ukraine to a post-war future.
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Pitt Medicine researchers were published in Molecular Cell
The study, led by Aging Institute members Shiori Sekine and Yusuke Sekine, discovered a new way that cells monitor iron levels.
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Pitt names 2023 Nordenberg Leadership Scholars
5 exceptional high school seniors in Pennsylvania will receive the full-tuition scholarship.
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Abimbola Adewumi is Pitt’s new chair of pediatric dentistry
The surgeon and researcher studied in London and Nigeria.
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Ken Ho won the 2023 Kerry Stoner Award
The award honors a Pittsburgh person annually for their work with HIV.
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Margaret Rosenzweig is an Oncology Nursing Society scholar-in-residence
The distinguished service professor will collaborate on a research agenda for the organization.
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Stephanie Eckstrom received an award from the AAUW Bradford branch
The Gateway to Equity Award honors the dedication of the School of Social Work regional program director to advance gender equity through research, education and advocacy.
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Haider Ala Hamoudi was named to City & State PA's Law Power 100 List
The interim dean was recognized for his expertise in Middle Eastern and Islamic law.
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Aman Mahajan was awarded funding to develop cardiovascular monitoring technology
The anesthesiology researcher earned two grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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3,900 pounds of supplies were diverted from landfills during Pitt’s Clean and Swap
Materials that weren’t resold or recycled went to local nonprofits.
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Pitt people facilitated and presented at a UN side event
More than 130 delegates, scholars, community leaders and activists attended the session on reparations.