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Larry Cunningham Jr. was appointed as chair of oral and maxillofacial surgery and associate dean of hospital affairs
He comes to Pitt from an 18-year career at the University of Kentucky, where he served as professor and chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Emily Boissonneault has been named Pitt lacrosse’s first head coach
Boissonneault has spent the past four seasons at James Madison helping guide the Dukes to three Colonial Athletic Association Conference Championships, four NCAA Tournament appearances and the 2018
Pitt Law launched a graduate program on human resources law
Students will learn key negotiating skills to help improve their ability to manage difficult workplace situations, such as employee contract negotiations, workplace accommodations requests and
3 Pitt English affiliates earned Investing in Professional Artists Grants
Cameron Barnett, Adriana Ramirez and Anjali Sachdeva are among the 2019 recipients of the Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments program.
An alumnus was named the Thomas Merton Center’s 2019 New Person of the Year
Wasi Mohamed was honored for working toward peace and justice in Pittsburgh.
Susan Meyer received a distinguished pharmacy educator award
At Pitt, Meyer is director of the Interprofessional Center for Health Careers and co-director of the Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education.
Pitt unveiled the new Aaron Donald Football Performance Center, supported by a historic gift
The two-time reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year pledged a seven-figure donation to the program.
Martica Hall received an outstanding educator award from the Sleep Research Society
Her research explores the effect of sleep on behavioral and physical health, and she has published more than 175 peer-reviewed articles on topics in this area.
Stephen D. Meriney received a grant for neuromuscular disease research
The professor of neuroscience and psychiatry received more than $300,000 to support the development of a new therapeutic approach for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
Aryanna Berringer was named director of the Office of Veterans Services
She is an Iraq War veteran and recipient of the Army Achievement Medal and National Defense Service Medal.
3 graduate students won a thesis elevator pitch contest
Swanson School of Engineering student Piyusha Gade took first place in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Pitt Competition.
Julian Gill-Peterson won a Lambda Literary Award
Their book, “Histories of the Transgender Child,” earned the transgender nonfiction Lammy.
Oscar E. Swan received an award from the president of Poland
The Slavic Languages and Literatures professor was honored with the the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit.
Pitt spinout Aruga Technologies won a business pitch competition
Alumnus Joseph Pugar’s 20-minute pitch on the company’s unique synthetic vascular graft implant technology won second prize among 12 competitors.
Keisha N. Blain won a book prize
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians honor is the second recent award for “Set the World on Fire.”
Pitt researchers push for a regional green infrastructure database
The Water Collaboratory paper proposes methods to comprehensively study stormwater management and green infrastructure projects underway throughout Allegheny County.
Anthony Delitto was appointed as a member of a national advisory council
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences dean will serve on the National Advisory Council for Complementary and Integrative Health.
Pitt-Johnstown is Pennsylvania’s first campus audubon cooperative sanctuary
Supervisor of Campus Grounds Dave Finney, who led the effort to obtain sanctuary designation, was recognized by Audubon for his environmental stewardship.
PhD student Zina Ward earned a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship
The fellowship awards a $30,000 stipend and up to $8,000 in research funds and university fees in fellows’ final year of dissertation writing.
A new Pitt partnership will expand research into rechargeable battery systems
The collaboration with Malvern Panalytical will enable Prashant Kumta’s lab to see the chemistry of what happens inside a battery while in use.
