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Here's who won the student pitch competitions at Blast Furnace Demo Day

Seventeen teams of student entrepreneurs vied for $4,000 in cash awards at the December competition.

  • Innovation and Research
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H. Richard Milner IV was named to Education Week's annual scholar ranking

The Helen Faison Endowed Chair of Urban Education was included in the 2018 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Community Impact
  • Center for Urban Education
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The School of Pharmacy recognized distinguished and early career alumni

The awards were presented at its annual RxTravaganza on Nov. 4.

  • School of Pharmacy
  • Alumni
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Professor Emeritus Edward Gerjuoy published a paper on Julian Schwinger

Schwinger, who shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of quantum electrodynamics, was a classmate of Gerjuoy's at City College of New York in the 1930s.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Melissa Ibañez was honored by a state financial aid organization

The director of financial aid at Pitt-Bradford earned the association's Distinguished Service Award.

  • Pitt-Bradford
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Andrew Feranchack was named division chief of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Andrew Feranchak, an internationally recognized expert in liver disease, has been appointed chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Children’s Hospital of

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Medicine
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Alumnus Samir Lakhani was named a CNN Hero

His nonprofit project in Cambodia, called Eco-Soap Bank, recycles discarded bars of soap from hotels and distributes it to people in need.

  • Alumni
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Mary Kay Stein and collaborators received a grant to study teacher learning

The $2.5 million award will fund research to expand our understanding of teachers as learners.

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Education
  • Teaching & Learning
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Pitt hosted a gathering of national and international macroeconomics experts

The Department of Economics welcomed 190 participants to the biannual Midwest Macroeconomics Meetings.

  • Global
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
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Rocky S. Tuan was named a National Academy of Inventors Fellow

The director of Pitt's Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering was recognized for his research in stem cell biology, musculoskeletal tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

  • School of Medicine
  • Innovation and Research
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Pitt aids mothers in Nicaragua with successful event

Volunteers from across the University teamed up to support quality health care and nutrition in the country.

  • Global
  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
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Here are the 2017 Iris Marion Young Award for Community Engagement winners

The award annually recognizes Pitt faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and staff members for their work to advance social causes in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
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2 Pitt graduate students were awarded Fulbright research grants

Emilie Rose Coakley is going to Indonesia, and Trevor Thomas Wilson will study in Russia.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Graduate and professional students
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Pitt Business broke into the top 15 in Poets & Quants' ranking of public universities

The College of Business Administration leaped 14 spots in the ranking.

  • College of Business Administration
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4 alumni were awarded 2017-18 Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grants

The Class of 2017 graduates are heading to Jordan, South Korea and Russia.

  • Global
  • Alumni
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4 Pitt alumni were named Fulbright English Teaching Assistants to Brazil

John McGovern, Daniel Snyder, Sophia Winston and Benjamin Zhu will head to Brazil in January 2018.

  • Global
  • Alumni
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Pitt alumnus Bryan S. Wright was nominated for a Grammy Award

The Pitt instructor is recognized for his liner notes accompanying "The Complete Piano Works of Scott Joplin."

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Alumni
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Kenyon Bonner was named one of the New Pittsburgh Courier's Men of Excellence

The University's vice provost and dean of students joins a group of more than 500 local African American men who have inspired and encouraged their communities to excel.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Division of Student Affairs
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Alison Slinskey Legg was awarded an NSF grant to help steer underrepresented groups toward STEM education

The senior lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences will collaborate with 10 investigators from five Pitt schools.

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Community Impact
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Joanna Rivero earned a scholarship from the Universities Space Research Association

The senior in the Swanson School of Engineering is one of six scholars nationwide to receive the annual award.

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Space
  • Technology & Science