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7 Projects Granted Open Educational Resources Funding
The Office of the Provost recently awarded Open Educational Resources (OER) funding to seven projects during the spring 2021 term. OER funding supports faculty to adapt, adopt or create OER for an
Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the G.I. Bill, drafted by a Pitt Law graduate
June 22 marks the 75th anniversary of the original G.I. Bill, which has benefited 8 million veterans by providing education and training benefits. And it was made possible through the vision of Harry
Swanson School’s Piervincenzo Rizzo to Receive Durelli Award
The Society for Experimental Mechanics has selected Piervincenzo Rizzo, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering, to receive the
Bioengineering Researcher Gelsy Torres-Oviedo Awarded Grant to Study Stroke Patients
Gelsy Torres-Oviedo, assistant professor of bioengineering in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, recently received a $805,670 CAREER Award by the National Science Foundation to apply a novel
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
Lina Dostilio leads study on hyperlocal community engagement
The benchmarking report examined the hyperlocal practices of 22 CUMU institutions with a total of 26 engagements across 33 sites — including Pitt’s Community Engagement Center in Homewood.
This journalist alum brought home an Emmy
When Justin Carter (A&S ’12) started his journey to become a TV journalist, he promised his parents his first Emmy. It now sits on their mantle.
Valerie Kinloch and Eleanor Feingold were selected as American Council on Education Fellows
The Pitt leaders are among 52 in the longest-running cohort-based higher education leadership development program in the U.S.
Keisha Blain is awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study
She will be writing a new book on the history of Black women and the struggle for human rights.
Pitt Public Health's Anne Newman wins 2020 American Heart Association Clinical Research Prize
The award recognizes a current head of a clinical research program who is making outstanding contributions to the advancement of clinical science.
Valerie Kinloch spoke in a Library of Congress webinar on Rosa Parks' legacy
The Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the School of Education discusses how the activist's life could help them better understand the Black Lives Matter movement.
Jessica Ghilani was selected for a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Award
The associate professor of communication at Pitt-Greensburg won the 2020 Aviation Space Writers Foundation Award.
