Accolades & Honors

Physics and Astronomy’s Hrvoje Petek Publishes in Nature

Hrvoje Petek, R. K. Mellon Professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Physics and Astronomy is co-author of the article, "Plasmonic Topological Quasiparticle on

• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Department of Physics and Astronomy

Winners of Political Engagement Award Announced

• David C. Frederick Honors College
• School of Social Work
• School of Education
• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
• School of Public Health
• Department of Psychology

Zongqi Xia Named Fellow for Research Initiative

• School of Medicine
• Department of Neurology
• Department of Biomedical Informatics

Big Idea Advantage Fund Launched to Support Pitt Student Entrepreneurs

• Innovation Institute

Pitt Professors Awarded National Science Foundation Grant for Project on Public Access to Justice

• Department of Computer Science
• School of Computing and Information
• School of Law

Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis Earns Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship

• Department of Computational and Systems Biology
• School of Medicine

Page B. Pennell Named Chair of Neurology

• School of Medicine
• Department of Neurology

Kirk Holbrook to lead Pitt’s Hill District Community Engagement Center

Kirk Holbrook has been named director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Hill District Community Engagement Center (CEC). Pitt’s first CEC, directed by Daren Ellerbee, is set to open in Homewood in

• Community Impact

U.S. News & World Report Ranks Pitt's Doctor of Nursing Practice Program No. 6 in U.S.

• School of Nursing

Lisa Garland Recognized for Work by National Association of African Americans in Human Resources

2021 Doctoral Mentoring Awards Announced

• School of Nursing
• School of Computing and Information
• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Department of Philosophy
• Department of Informatics and Networked Systems
• Department of Health Promotion and Development
• Department of Biological Sciences

Mary Allias Named Distinguished Fellow of American Academy of Physician Assistants

• School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Christel N. Temple Wins College Language Association Book Award

• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Department of Africana Studies

4 Pitt News Staffers Nominated for National Awards

• Swanson School of Engineering

Princeton Review Names Pitt Among Best Schools for Making an Impact

Heather Tomko Wins Disability Service Award

• School of Public Health

Ashley Lynn Priore Joins Clinton Foundation’s Global Initiative University

• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Department of English

Pitt Researchers Honored for Senior Service Efforts

• School of Medicine
• School of Public Health
• Department of Psychiatry
• Department of Epidemiology

7 Projects Granted Open Educational Resources Funding

The Office of the Provost recently awarded Open Educational Resources (OER) funding to seven projects during the spring 2021 term. OER funding supports faculty to adapt, adopt or create OER for an

• School of Education
• School of Computing and Information
• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Department of Film and Media Studies
• Department of Biological Sciences

Steven Little Receives Pittsburgh Award

Steven Little, the William Kepler Whiteford Endowed Professor and chair of the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, was named the recipient of this

• Swanson School of Engineering