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Darris Means Receives Outstanding Publication Award

  • School of Education

13 Faculty Members Receive Discipline-based Science Education Research Center Leader Award

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy
  • Department of Geology and Environmental Science
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Department of Biological Sciences

Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Names Hall of Famers

The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life recently inducted the Eta Class of the Greek Hall of Fame at its Fraternity and Sorority Life Awards Ceremony. Vanetta Cheeks Reeder (NURS ’83) was the 34th

Alum, Staffer Releases Indie Horror Film

Matt Schultz (A&S ’10), manager of recruitment in the University Honors College, recently debuted “The Boonies,” a feature-length horror film shot primarily in Cambria, Somerset and Allegheny counties

  • David C. Frederick Honors College

Student Thomas Freitag Wins Top Scholarship for LGBT STEM Undergraduates

  • School of Social Work
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Psychology
  • Department of Neuroscience
  • Department of Chemistry
Panther statue next to colorful flowers

Two honored with Pennsylvania Veterans Service Award

On May 6, leaders of the Pennsylvania National Guard awarded Pitt’s Rory Cooper and Garrett Grindle (ENGR ’04, ’07G) the Pennsylvania Veterans Service Award for their work protecting veterans and

Brent Doiron Joins NIH BRAIN Initiative as Theoretical Neuroscience Investigator

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Mathematics

Jennifer Russell Receives $1.4 Million Grant to Improve Schools

  • School of Education

Adriana Kovashka Receives Funding from Amazon Research Awards

  • School of Computing and Information
  • Department of Computer Science

Pitt Joins EPA’s Green Power Partnership

Healthy Lifestyle Institute Leaders to Give Keynote at Professional Summit

  • School of Education
  • Healthy Lifestyle Institute
  • Department of Health and Physical Activity

Pitt News Business Staff Wins Awards

Bioengineer Moni Datta Receives a $300K DoD Award to Design Biochemical Marker Technology

  • Department of Bioengineering
  • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Division of Oral Biology
  • School of Dental Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Jeannette South-Paul Honored by Pennsylvania Governor

  • School of Medicine
  • Department of Family Medicine

Michel Gobat Named Finalist for PROSE Award

Michel Gobat, associate professor in the Department of History, has been named a finalist for the 2019 PROSE Awards for his book, “Empire by Invitation: William Walker and Manifest Destiny in Central

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of History

Mohammed A. Bamyeh Elected President of Arab Council for the Social Sciences

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Sociology

Diego Chaves-Gnecco Named 2019 Pediatrician of the Year

  • School of Medicine
  • Department of Pediatrics

Ipsita Banerjee Wins 2019 Faculty Diversity Award

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

7 Pitt Athletics Programs Post Highest Multiyear Academic Progress Report Scores

Pitt to Dedicate Philippine Nationality Room