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Alumnus Willie Kinard III published his debut poetry collection
Their book, “Orders of Service,” won the 2022 Alice James Award.
The University grounds team is making campus cleanup quieter and more sustainable
The facilities management and sustainability offices collaborated to implement battery-powered equipment that helps mitigate carbon emissions and noise pollution.
Pitt joined Europa University Viadrina in leading a global research and education network on EU foreign policy
Scholars from 18 countries will conduct research to better understand the EU’s future role in global governance.
Jessica Merlin published a perspective piece on methadone and cancer treatment in the New England Journal of Medicine
The director of Pitt’s Challenges in Managing and Preventing Pain clinical research center highlighted systemic flaws with a patient case study.
Shyam Visweswaran was appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee
The professor in Pitt’s Department of Biomedical Informatics will work to assess how researchers use racialized groups and ethnic categories.
Pitt is on Time magazine’s first Best Colleges for Future Leaders list
The University is among 100 schools ranked based on an analysis of the 2,000 top leaders in the U.S. and where they were educated.
3 student founders of a Pitt health care startup were listed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Their company, HEARTio, is developing an algorithm to help doctors more quickly identify coronary artery disease.
Kay Brummond published an editorial on Organic Syntheses’ century of service
The Department of Chemistry professor has served on the journal’s board of editors and board of directors.
23 Pitt researchers are included on Clarivate’s annual Highly Cited list
Faculty from departments across the University rank in the top 1% by citations for their field over the past decade.
Todd Reeser and Angie Bedford-Jack will chair Pitt’s new LGBTQIA+ Steering Committee
They will organize an advisory board to improve the climate and culture at Pitt.
Anne Marie Lennon is the next chair of Pitt’s Department of Medicine
The accomplished physician-scientist whose research has advanced early cancer detection will join the School of Medicine in March.
This recent graduate is following in her father's footsteps all the way to Ecuador
And, Mollie Foladare was among the first to serve with the Peace Corps post-pandemic.
Chancellor Joan Gabel was elected as chair of the APLU Council of Presidents
Gabel will lead the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities' council of chief executives of member colleges and universities and systems.
Clare Sierawski won a Distinguished Alumni Award from Pitt’s Department of Geology and Environmental Science
Hear from the USDA senior energy counselor at a Nov. 16 talk.
30 Pitt-Bradford and Pitt-Titusville nursing graduates passed the licensing exam this year
The two campuses saw a 100% pass rate on the National Council Licensure Exam during 2023.
A Pitt professor reflects on his grandfather's wisdom in a new memoir
Plus, three more books by alumni authors are out now.
The Assembly was honored by the Society for College and University Planning
Pitt’s collaborative biomedical research facility earned the Honor Award for Excellence in Architecture for Building Additions, Renovations or Adaptive Reuse.
Marco Capogrosso received the Society for Neuroscience's Young Investigator Award
The assistant professor was recognized for leading a first-in-human clinical trial for electrical stimulation in the upper spinal cord to treat patients with upper-body paralysis caused by stroke.
3 Pitt Nursing people were recognized at the 2023 Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania
Faculty members Elizabeth Schlenk and Marci Nelsen and PhD student Alice Cline were honored at the Oct. 27 gala.
Shaun Eack won the Gerard E. Hogarty Excellence in Schizophrenia Research Memorial Award
He will be presented with the honor, named for his late mentor, at a Nov. 17 conference.
