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Katz PhD candidate Theresa Kwon wins global competition for dissertation proposal
Theresa (Tess) Kwon, a PhD candidate in marketing at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, is one of two joint winners worldwide in a Society for Consumer Psychology competition. Kwon was
Pitt Public Health will lead data coordination for a trial on a deadly condition common in preterm infants
The $5.5 million NHLBI-supported trial will evaluate treatment options for patent ductus arteriosus.
Valerie Kinloch co-authored 'Where is the Justice: Engaged Pedagogies in Schools and Communities'
The book focuses on pedagogical practices that advance equity and encourage collaborations among stakeholders who are working to provide quality education within schools across the country.
Alejandro Hoberman earns the 2022 Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Award
Hoberman is the first person ever to receive this award from the Clinical Research Forum on two separate occasions.
Leigh Patel elected to National Academy of Education
Patel will serve on expert study panels and will be a mentor for professional development fellowship programs.
Rebecca Reed named 2022 Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science
Reed’s work focuses on biopsychosocial factors that contribute to healthy physical and cognitive aging.
Pitt chemistry professor earns 2021 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards
W. Seth Childers was part of two interdisciplinary teams that received the honor.
Terry Smith receives 2022 Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award
The award is presented to an individual who has been actively engaged in teaching art history for most of their career.
Nicole Scheff receives 2021 Award in Pain from the Rita Allen Foundation
This year’s Award in Pain Scholars will receive grants of $50,000 annually for up to three years to conduct innovative research on critical topics on the biological mechanisms of pain.
Appalachian Regional Commission awards School of Computing and Information $500,000
The Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative has awarded Pitt’s School of Computing and Information $500,000 for
Nursing’s Lora Burke named an expert in obesity
Burke’s studies have included testing various diet approaches to weight loss and learning how people self-monitor their dietary intake.
3 Pitt advisors earned the inaugural Provost’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising
Awardees include Danielle Andrews-Brown, Karen Ricco and Devin N. Ulm.
Pitt’s Waverly Duck wins Scholarly Achievement Award for book ‘Tacit Racism’
The book lays out the many ways in which racism is coded into the everyday social interactions of Americans.
Maureen Pastin named director of compensation in Pitt’s Office of Human Resources
The Pittsburgh native is an experienced compensation and human resources professional with more than 30 years of experience.
Researchers will mimic daycare settings to study flu transmission
Associate Professor Seema Lakdawala is leading a subproject on an $8.8 million grant.
Pitt's Dan Ding, Lori Delale-O’Connor and Medina Jackson present at SXSW 2022
Dan Ding, Lori Delale-O’Connor and Medina Jackson represented the University in Austin.
University of Pittsburgh at Bradford named a Military Friendly School
Pitt-Bradford was designated a silver-level recipient in the small public school category by Viqtory Media.
Pitt earns Silver Bicycle Friendly University status
The League of American Bicyclists awards institutions that promote and enable safe, accessible bicycling on campus.
A multidisciplinary research group received a Pitt Momentum Grant
The $60,000 award will support the Pittsburgh Center for Interdisciplinary Bone and Mineral Research.
Winners of the Black Excellence Service Award announced
Recipients are students, staff, faculty, businesspeople and alumni who are role models in the community.
