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Karen Bursic Wins Grant Award for Best Paper in The Engineering Economist

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Department of Industrial Engineering

Pittsburgh Area Teen Entrepreneurs Shine at Pitch Competition

  • Small Business Development Center

Pitt Sustainability Efforts Recognized With Gold Rating

Sandra Murray Speaks at Annual African Summit in Morocco

  • School of Medicine
  • Department of Cell Biology

2021 John C. Mascaro Faculty Awards in Sustainability Announced

The Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation announced their 2021 John C. Mascaro Faculty Awards in Sustainability. The John C. Mascaro Faculty program is designed to enhance the University’s mission

  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Rory Cooper in a dark suit

Rory Cooper was the fastest American handbiker in the Berlin Marathon

He placed 49th out of 111 finishers with a time of 1:26:17.

  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL)

School of Education Distinguished Alumni Award Winners Announced

  • School of Education

Two Students Win Boren Awards

The National Security Education Program has recognized two University of Pittsburgh students with David L. Boren Awards. These study abroad awards enable recipients to further their studies of

  • School of Computing and Information
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Human Resources Names New Director

Greg Schuler Steps Down as Chief Investment Officer

Jennifer Russell Receives $1.4 Million Grant to Improve Schools

  • School of Education

Bioengineer Moni Datta Receives a $300K DoD Award to Design Biochemical Marker Technology

  • Department of Bioengineering
  • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
  • Division of Oral Biology
  • School of Dental Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Neuroscience’s Caroline Runyan Wins Searle Scholarship

  • Department of Neuroscience
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Engineering Team Receives NSF Funding to Study Brain in Rehabilitation Research

  • Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Alum Lia Winter Finalist in Innovation Competition

  • Swanson School of Engineering

Student Engineering Team Wins Award for ASL Translator Device

  • Swanson School of Engineering

Eight Receive Mascaro Faculty Program in Sustainability Awards

The University of Pittsburgh’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation named eight faculty awardees for the 2020 John C. Mascaro Faculty Program in Sustainability. The one-year awards, created to

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Pitt School of Dentistry First to Create Opioid Guidelines

  • School of Dental Medicine

SAFE Peer Educators Honored for Work Preventing Sexual Misconduct

Pitt, Duquesne Student-led Initiative Named Competition Winner

  • Swanson School of Engineering