Accolades & Honors

National Kidney Foundation Appoints Paul M. Palevsky President of its National Board

• School of Medicine
• Department of Medicine

Company Has ‘Largest IPO’ Out of Any Pitt Spinout

• School of Medicine
• Innovation Institute
• Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

University Library System Acquires Bing Crosby Archives

• Center for American Music

Acting Honors College Dean Audrey Murrell Interviewed on Food Insecurity

• David C. Frederick Honors College
• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
• Department of Psychology

New Initiative Offers Courses, Lectures, Community Outreach in Taiwan Studies

• Asian Studies Center

Alumnus Brett Murphy Named in Forbes' 30 Under 30 Class of 2021

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

LifeX Labs Enters Alliance for Industry Growth

Ashley Priore Wins Women in Toys Foundation Scholarship Program Grant

• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Department of Political Science
• Department of English

Paul Ohodnicki Receives $1 Million Grant to ‘Innervate’ Pipelines

• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
• Swanson School of Engineering

Pitt Commons Surpasses 10,000 Users

Teaching Center’s 2020 Advancing Educational Excellence Awardees Announced

Eben Witherspoon (EDUC '19G) Wins Outstanding Doctoral Research Award

• School of Education

Peggy Liu Receives Society of Consumer Psychology Early Career Award

• Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

School of Medicine Awards Cynthia Kenyon Highest Honor

• School of Medicine

2021 Sustainability Champions Named

• Swanson School of Engineering
• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Geology and Environmental Science
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Pitt to Host New Oncology Summer Internship for Medical Students

• School of Medicine

Pitt Cyber Announces New Affiliates

• School of Computing and Information
• Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security
• Department of Informatics and Networked Systems

Max Laun Named Director of New Online Graduate Law Program

• School of Law

Rory Cooper was the fastest American handbiker in the Berlin Marathon

He placed 49th out of 111 finishers with a time of 1:26:17.

• School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
• Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL)

Castilleja F. Olmsted Wins Graduate Student Policy Award

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