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Pitt Day of Giving Tops $9 Million in Donations to University Programs and Scholarships
The community of University of Pittsburgh alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends responded to this year’s Pitt Day of Giving by donating a record-setting $9,029,828.
A Pitt surgeon was named president of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
Associate Professor Suzan Obagi also directs the UPMC Cosmetic Surgery and Skin Health Center.
Valerie Kinloch won the Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award
The National Council of Teachers of English award recognizes a person of color who has made a significant contribution to NCTE and to the development of their professional community.
Raymond M. Davis and several Pitt Alumni are among Pittsburgh's philanthropy up-and-comers
The Incline's list recognized 17 individuals under age 40 who are making a difference in Pittsburgh.
Cynthia Sweet joins Pitt as associate vice chancellor for economic partnerships
In this newly created role, she will work to advance University initiatives that aim to foster economic growth on campus and across the region.
Russell Clark wins Dietrich School prize for excellence in advising
The senior lecturer advises all undergraduate physics and astronomy majors and is responsible for training graduate teaching assistants for lab courses.
Winning Rowing Club Builds on Its Legacy
Second-year math major Laurel Alpern didn't expect to follow in her family's footsteps to the Pitt Rowing Club, but once she met the team, she was hooked. As the new season approaches, the rowers look
Information Science, Law School Alumna Marks Supreme Achievement in New York State
After attending Pitt, Shawndya Simpson (SCI ’87, LAW ’90) made her way from assistant New York attorney general to bureau chief to civil court judge — then all the way to the Supreme Court of New York
Project Aims to Recycle the Unrecyclable
One solution to the crisis of plastic pollution in oceans is to prevent plastic from becoming waste to begin with — and researchers from the Swanson School of Engineering aim to do just that.
Dietrich Stephan was named Life Sciences Pennsylvania's Thought Leader of the Year
He's a renowned human geneticist and entrepreneur, a Pitt professor and CEO of LifeX.
Military Career Leads to Success in the Lab and Beyond for Sports Medicine Researcher
In addition to directing Pitt’s Neuromuscular Research Laboratory and working on a NASA-funded project, Professor Bradley Nindl recently took command of the Southeast Medical Area Readiness Support
2 Dietrich School faculty were honored with a teaching award
Geoffrey Hutchison and Amy Murray Twyning are the 2018 recipients of Pitt's Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Awards.
Studying Migration, Refugee Issues at Oxford University, Alumna Draws on Personal History
Bhavini Patel (A&S ’16) is combining her deep personal knowledge of immigrant communities with her research at the University of Oxford on extended refugee displacement.
Inaugural Kanders Churchill Scholarship honoree to study health care policy in UK
Pitt senior and economics and neuroscience major Joseph Kannarkat is headed to the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom on a new version of the prestigious Churchill Scholarship, which
Chief Financial Officer Arthur G. Ramicone to retire
The senior vice chancellor, who has worked at Pitt since 1988, will retire in August.
New Glass Could Be Future of Solar Energy
Swanson School of Engineering researchers have been studying and developing new glass technology that aims to increase the light absorbed by solar panels to give them an extra energy boost.
Pitt Among Top Fulbright Grant Producers
The University of Pittsburgh is among only 16 institutions to be named a top producer in both the Fulbright U.S. Student and Scholar programs. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship
Pitt's MBA program is ranked as one of the best nationally for return on investment
The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business is in good company.
Hillman Library Reinvented at 50
The stately Hillman Library turns 50 this year, and the University is celebrating by hosting events, showcasing new archival efforts and funding an extensive interior renovation.
Biologist who champions diversity in science wins recognition for career achievements
Professor Sandra Murray was recently named a lifetime fellow by the American Society for Cell Biology — the first African American woman to be honored with the recognition.
