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Dawn Lundy Martin won the 2019 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award
She is a professor in the Writing Program and the co-founder of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics.
Juleen Rodakowski received more than $3M for an aging study
The National Institute on Aging will fund her research on strategy training on daily activities for older adults with mild cognitive impairment.
Kaylene Stocking and Madeline Guido won top undergraduate student awards at Honors Convocation
Nearly 3,700 students and 478 faculty members were recognized at the 43rd annual ceremony.
Marcus Rediker examined the historical context of a Spielberg film in a new essay
The distinguished professor compared “Amistad” to his own extensive research on the 19th-century rebellion.
Heather Lyke and James Conner were honored at the 2019 Dapper Dan Dinner
Lyke was named Sportswoman of the Year and Conner was named Sportsman of the Year at the awards dinner and auction.
Sophomore Hanna Ebel was awarded the first Joseph G. Jurcic Endowed Scholarship
The award supports students who are eligible to enroll in Honors College courses.
Pitt alumna Sossena Wood was featured on NBC
Learn more about her 3D printed phantom head for magnetic resonance research.
Healthy Lifestyle Institute leaders will speak at a professional summit
John Jakicic and Renee Rogers will jointly present on scientific evidence regarding the health benefits of physical activity.
Pitt saw a record-low employee injury rate in 2018
The University’s employee injury rate consistently has been below the national average since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began its current classification system in 2003.
John Wallace was named a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare
The Dave E. Epperson Chair and Professor of Social Work is recognized for his work advancing social good.
Arthur S. Levine will keynote Pitt’s 43rd Honors Convocation
The senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and the John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the School of Medicine is stepping down after 20 years of service.
Jonathan Woon was named associate editor of the American Journal of Political Science
The Pitt chair’s research focuses on political behavior, American politics, game theory and political economy.
Linda Wharton Boyd was named a top woman in public relations
The former president of Pitt’s African American Alumni Council is the director of communications, external affairs and strategic stakeholder engagement for the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority.
Oscar Swan translated a Holocaust-era diary written by a Warsaw ghetto survivor
Leokadia Schmidt’s son recently contacted the Pitt professor about publishing his translation from 1972.
Pitt joined the EPA’s Green Power Partnership
In accord with the goals of the 2018 Pitt Sustainability Plan, the University aims to produce or procure 50% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
Nathan Carnovale and Shamus O’Haire won awards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Both electrical and computer engineering seniors earned a Scholarship Plus Award from the institute's Power and Energy Society.
A new documentary based on a ULS initiative puts China’s cultural revolution in context
The film will highlight the CR/10 Project, which records, preserves and publishes interviews with Chinese citizens sharing their memories of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution.
Adriana Kovashka received funding from Amazon Research Awards
Her project will explain advertisements and explore how objects foreshadow film plots.
Pitt Cyber has announced 4 new affiliates
Rosta Farzan, Maria Kovacs and Ana Radovic were named affiliate scholars; Keith Mularski is an affiliate practice scholar.
Dean Bernard Costello began his tenure as president of a national medical association
The dean of Pitt's School of Dental Medicine will serve a yearlong term for the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association.
