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3 PittGlobal centers earned a funding boost
Pitt’s Asian Studies Center, European Studies Center, and Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies received a more than $7 million from the U.S. Department of Education and others.
The University won an APLU Innovation and Economic Prosperity Innovation Award
Pitt and the Office of Economic Partnerships were praised for their work with the Brookings Institution and the Immune Transplant and Therapy Center.
Mary Rugh was inducted into the Electric League of Western Pennsylvania’s Hall of Honor
This lifetime achievement award recognizes those who have made significant contributions in furthering the high ideals and goals of the industry.
A Pitt alumna is the first female infantry officer in the PA Army National Guard
Caileigh Carei (A&S ’17) was commissioned into the Army after her December graduation.
Heather Tomko won the Dick Thornburgh Forum Disability Service Award
She is a master’s student studying health policy and management in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public Health.
Adrian Lee received a distinguished mentor award
Pitt’s Biomedical Graduate Student Association recognized the professor for his service to graduate students.
A Pitt researcher earned $1.4M to study social media’s impact on LGBTQ+ people
“The odds are that the impact of social media use on gay, lesbian and bisexual people is not so black-and-white,” said César G. Escobar-Viera.
Epidemiologist Jane Cauley won a prestigious service award
She's the 2018 recipient of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Shirley Hohl Service Award.
3 Pitt Public Health students were selected for the Milken Institute’s Future Leaders Program
Ashley Simenson, Jessica Salerno and Kaitlyn Saal-Ridpath are among a dozen fellows in the inaugural class.
Adam Lee and Rosta Farzan received an NSF award for their privacy research
The associate professors will combine hardware and software techniques to convey a sense of privacy to people who are impacted by sensors.
4 Pitt News staffers were nominated for Associated College Press awards
The student journalists are up for awards in the Story of the Year, Multimedia Story of the Year and Photo of the Year categories.
2 Pitt faculty members were recognized for research in computational social science
Diane Litman and Yu-ru Lin made SAGE journal’s list of 39 women doing amazing research.
Pitt's Humanity in Action Fellowship awardees work toward social justice at home and abroad
The fellowship highlights models of action in social justice and examines the social and political roots of discrimination on a global scale.
Mary Allias was named a distinguished fellow of American Academy of Physician Assistants
The assistant professor has been recognized for exemplary achievement in service to the profession and the advancement of health care.
Pitt-Bradford received $2M in state funding for new engineering and tech facilities
The campus plans to develop a building to house classrooms, engineering and computer labs and shops and other specialized spaces to support new programs to meet local education and workforce needs.
Pitt Med researchers’ potential IBD treatment moves toward clinical testing
The intellectual property derived from research funded by multiple VA awards and National Institutes of Health grants.
Kazuo Hara won the University Japan Council’s first-ever documentary award
The film, “Sennan Asbestos Disaster,” follows a group of former asbestos workers as they seek justice and recognition from an indifferent Japanese government.
3 physical therapy alumni were inducted as American Physical Therapy Association fellows
Kim Nixon-Cave, Mary Lou Galantino and Greg Hicks joined the highest membership class of the organization.
Technologies developed in Pitt's McGowan Lab were licensed for development
EsophaGel has been shown in preclinical studies to halt and possibly reverse the progression of esophageal cancer.
Elaine Vitone won an inaugural award from the National Association of Science Writers
Read her winning Pitt Med feature on psychiatrist Lisa Pan’s work to fight intractable depression.
