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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
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Pitt honors the 2018 Brackenridge Circle inductees

Their collective generosity includes gifts to support student scholarships, medical research, endowed professorships and more.

  • University News
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Holger Hoock was awarded an NEH grant to rethink humanities doctoral education

The J. Carroll Amundson Professor of British History's project aims to foster a transformation in how faculty, students and administrators envision the broader importance of doctorates in humanities.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Joseph Samosky is the Swanson School's Outstanding Educator 2018

The assistant professor of bioengineering is recognized for excellence in the teaching and development of the Art of Making program.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Department of Bioengineering
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Cathedral of Learning Society inducts 19 new members

The recognition program honors donors who have made lifetime gifts of $1 million or more to the University.

  • University News
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Bethany Barone Gibbs earns NIH funding to study sitting and blood pressure

The Pitt Education and School of Medicine researchers will receive $3.4 million over five years for the project.

  • School of Education
  • School of Medicine
  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
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A collaborative program provides funding for high-need special education professionals

The professional training grant is funded by the federal Office of Special Education Programs for $1.1 million over the next five years.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • School of Education

Psychology and engineering researchers team up for a longitudinal look at brain aging disparities

They’re trying to understand what aspects of health and the social environment matter for brain aging among middle-aged people.

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Undergraduate Aryana Nakhai receives a Society of Women Engineers scholarship

The Swanson School senior is studying electrical engineering with a concentration on power systems.

  • Technology & Science
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Rory Cooper earned the 2018 American Institute for Biomedical Engineering Advocacy Award

The founding director of Pitt's Human Engineering Research Laboratories was recognized for outstanding and lasting contributions to humanity and the field of bioengineering.

  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL)
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Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announces the first Pitt Seed Project recipients

The 23 awardees were chosen after 125 faculty and staff members spent weeks reviewing the proposals.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
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Pitt's Innovation Institute is recognized at the Deshpande Symposium

The Deshpande Symposium Awards recognize outstanding accomplishments in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship on college campuses.

  • Innovation and Research
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David Vorp is recognized as a Fellow of the American Heart Association

It signifies his innovative and sustained contributions to the fields of arteriosclerosis, thrombosis and vascular biology.

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Innovation and Research
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Pitt Education faculty are awarded federal funds for urban special education doctoral program

The grant, which totals more than $1 million, will operate the program as a collaboration between Pitt’s Special Education Program and the Center for Urban Education.

  • Center for Urban Education
  • School of Education
  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Steven Belle is named a Society for Clinical Trials fellow

The co-director of Pitt's Epidemiology Data Center was recognized for his outstanding leadership of data coordination for several multicenter studies.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Public Health
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Aurora Sharrard is appointed Pitt's first-ever director of sustainability

The University's newly established Office of Sustainability will coordinate its many sustainability initiatives, foster collaboration and monitor progress toward the bold goals outlined in the Pitt

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • University News
  • Sustainability
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8 Boren awardees set a new record for Pitt

The study abroad awards enable their recipients to further their studies of “languages and cultures most critical to our nation’s security.”

  • Community Impact
  • Global
  • Students
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The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education gives Pitt a STARS Silver rating

Pitt’s rating was based on its achievements in five overall areas: academics, engagement, operations, planning and administration and innovation and leadership.

  • University News
  • Sustainability
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Steven Little is honored with Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award

The honor annually recognizes one individual in the world, 40 years of age or younger, for outstanding contributions in the science of controlled release.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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2 Pitt researchers are awarded Provost’s Integrative Social-Science Research Initiative

Melanie Hughes and Müge Finkel co-direct Pitt's Gender Inequality Research Lab.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs