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Service Learning Course Establishes Environmental Science Lab in Puerto Rico
The long-term partnership between Pitt students and faculty and nonprofit Caras con Causa seeks to study urban wetlands, restore parts of the ecosystem damaged by Hurricane Maria and attract
Pitt unveiled the new Aaron Donald Football Performance Center, supported by a historic gift
The two-time reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year pledged a seven-figure donation to the program.
Aryanna Berringer was named director of the Office of Veterans Services
She is an Iraq War veteran and recipient of the Army Achievement Medal and National Defense Service Medal.
3 graduate students won a thesis elevator pitch contest
Swanson School of Engineering student Piyusha Gade took first place in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Pitt Competition.
Martica Hall received an outstanding educator award from the Sleep Research Society
Her research explores the effect of sleep on behavioral and physical health, and she has published more than 175 peer-reviewed articles on topics in this area.
Stephen D. Meriney received a grant for neuromuscular disease research
The professor of neuroscience and psychiatry received more than $300,000 to support the development of a new therapeutic approach for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Pitt Commemorates Law School Alumnus Who Authored First Draft of the GI Bill
Harry Colmery (LAW 1916) wrote the first draft of the GI Bill by hand, using up seven pens’ worth of ink. To celebrate the bill’s 75th anniversary, the dean of Pitt Law and the new director of the
Julian Gill-Peterson won a Lambda Literary Award
Their book, “Histories of the Transgender Child,” earned the transgender nonfiction Lammy.
Pittsburgh as a Human Performance City
Elite athletes and members of the military need to keep trucking in the most challenging of circumstances. Pitt scientists are looking to these super users of the human body in the search for ways to
Program Supports and Encourages Breastfeeding, One Text at a Time
A text messaging program called MILK developed in the School of Nursing educates and encourages new parents who breastfeed. The lead researcher, Jill Demirci (NURS ’05, ’10G, ’12G), focuses on
Pitt spinout Aruga Technologies won a business pitch competition
Alumnus Joseph Pugar’s 20-minute pitch on the company’s unique synthetic vascular graft implant technology won second prize among 12 competitors.
Oscar E. Swan received an award from the president of Poland
The Slavic Languages and Literatures professor was honored with the the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit.
A new Pitt partnership will expand research into rechargeable battery systems
The collaboration with Malvern Panalytical will enable Prashant Kumta’s lab to see the chemistry of what happens inside a battery while in use.
Keisha N. Blain won a book prize
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians honor is the second recent award for “Set the World on Fire.”
Pitt researchers push for a regional green infrastructure database
The Water Collaboratory paper proposes methods to comprehensively study stormwater management and green infrastructure projects underway throughout Allegheny County.
Anthony Delitto was appointed as a member of a national advisory council
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences dean will serve on the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health.
Pitt-Johnstown is Pennsylvania’s first campus audubon cooperative sanctuary
Supervisor of Campus Grounds Dave Finney, who led the effort to obtain sanctuary designation, was recognized by Audubon for his environmental stewardship.
PhD student Zina Ward earned a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
The fellowship awards a $30,000 stipend and up to $8,000 in research funds and university fees in fellows’ final year of dissertation writing.
Caroline Runyan was named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences
The award for young investigators comes with four years of flexible funding to invest in exploratory research.
Bee Friendly Pitt sets campus abuzz
After taking an environmental studies course focused on developing impactful sustainability projects in the community, a group of undergraduates installed seven bee houses across the Pittsburgh campus
