Accolades & Honors
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Justin Phillip Reed was named a Center for African American Poetry and Poetics fellow
A South Carolina native, the “Indecency” author won the 2018 National Book Award in Poetry and was a finalist for the 2019 Kate Tufts Discovery Award.
Robert Sweet was honored by the American College of Psychiatrists
The UPMC Endowed Professor in Psychiatric Neuroscience received the Award for Research in Geriatric Psychiatry.
Announcing the winners of this year’s Iris Marion Young Awards
Each year, the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program honors outstanding social justice efforts.
Margaret Larkins-Pettigrew received a Gateway Medical Society Lifetime Achievement Award
She is an adjunct professor an alumna of the School of Medicine.
Pitt’s retirement savings plan won a Plan Sponsor of the Year Award
The Office of Human Resources was recognized for its Write Your Own Financial Story communications campaign, its education initiative and overall plan updates.
Undergraduate John R. Starr won a Beinecke Scholarship
The $34,000 award will fund graduate studies for the Bachelor of Philosophy student.
Jeannette South-Paul was honored by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf
The Andrew W. Mathieson Professor and chair of the Department of Family Medicine served in the U.S. Army for 21 years.
WISER is celebrating 25 years
The internationally renowned simulation center focuses on health care education, improving patient safety and professional development.
The University retirement savings plan received an Eddy Award
Pitt was recognized for its implementation and communication efforts in updating the 2017-18 plan.
Food Recovery Heroes won a state Zero Waste Excellence Award
The Pennsylvania Resources Council recognized the Pitt student group for its environmental leadership.
3 Dietrich School faculty members were recognized for teaching excellence
Julie Beaulieu, Geoffrey Glover and Jeffrey Wheeler won the 2019 Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award.
The University Center for Teaching and Learning hosted the Pittsburgh Regional Faculty Symposium
The conference saw attendees from universities and colleges in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, New York, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Ontario.
The Pitt News business staff won 8 national college media awards
Rachel Buck earned second place in the Best Advertising Manager category; Kyle Guinness took home third for Best Sales Representative.
Jean Nachega was recognized by 2 African science institutions
He is an associate professor of epidemiology and infectious diseases and microbiology in the Graduate School of Public Health.
Gary Kohanbash was awarded major funding for his T-cell project
The director of the Pediatric Neurosurgery ImmunoOncology Laboratory will lead an interdisciplinary team with funding from the Brain Tumor Funders’ Collaborative.
Carla Ng received an NSF CAREER award
She will study forever chemicals known as PFAS with the five-year, $500,000 grant.
Engineering alumna Julie Shields was named National Co-op Student of the Year
She has completed three, four-month rotations with FedEx Supply Chain and joined the company in January.
Noble Maseru co-authored a March of Dimes consensus statement on birth equity
The recent statement aims to advance social determinants pathways for research, policy and practice.
Stephen Badylak was named the 2018 Marlin Mickle Outstanding Innovator
He is a professor of surgery at Pitt and deputy director of the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
A team of Pitt undergrads captured a silver medal for their ‘molecular movie camera’
More than 300 teams competed at the International Genetically Engineering Machine competition to solve an open research or societal problem.
