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Bernard Rousseau was named chair of Pitt's Department of Communication Science and Disorders

He will officially assume his position on Sept. 1.

  • University News
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Pitt Cyber announces the first awardees of its Accelerator Grants Program

Honorees will receive funding for projects designed to advance the mission to investigate critical questions surrounding technology law, policy and security.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security
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Pitt physical therapy students won an annual donation challenge

They raised $50,552 for the Foundation for Physical Therapy.

  • Community Impact
  • Students
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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4 Pitt students and alumni were named 2018 Critical Language Scholars

They will study in India, China and Taiwan.

  • Global
  • Students
Vijay Cherupally, left, and Kami Olexik, right, pass out reusable shopping bags at the Student Activity Fair

Pitt's BYO[Bag] is featured in the 2018 Sustainable Campus Index

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education recognized the University's reusable shopping bag program.

  • Community Impact
  • Sustainability
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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Jennifer Pruskowski received a new clinical practitioner award

This annual American College of Clinical Pharmacy award recognizes a member who has made outstanding contributions to the practice and the health of patients.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Pharmacy
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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
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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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
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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