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Pitt Cyber announces the first awardees of its Accelerator Grants Program
Honorees will receive funding for projects designed to advance the mission to investigate critical questions surrounding technology law, policy and security.
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Pitt physical therapy students won an annual donation challenge
They raised $50,552 for the Foundation for Physical Therapy.
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4 Pitt students and alumni were named 2018 Critical Language Scholars
They will study in India, China and Taiwan.
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Pitt's BYO[Bag] is featured in the 2018 Sustainable Campus Index
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education recognized the University's reusable shopping bag program.
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Hesselbein Global Academy celebrated 10 years of nurturing the next generation of leaders
Over its history, student leaders from 72 countries have participated.
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Jennifer Pruskowski received a new clinical practitioner award
This annual American College of Clinical Pharmacy award recognizes a member who has made outstanding contributions to the practice and the health of patients.
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Mostafa Bedewy was awarded a $330K National Science Foundation grant
The assistant professor will study how to better understand and control the internal structure of nanotube-based materials for emerging applications.
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Pitt-Johnstown hosts 10th annual Older Youth Retreat
Over the last decade, the School of Social Work event has supported more than 1,000 young people.
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Robert Brandom earns a Fellowship of the British Academy
The distinguished professor of philosophy is one of 20 academics outside the UK elected.
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Giannis Mpourmpakis is named an emerging investigator by the American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data named Giannis Mpourmpakis, assistant professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Pittsburgh
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A School of Public Health graduate student is named Ms. Wheelchair USA
At the pageant, Heather Tomko also won the Invacare People’s Choice Award and the Dr. Georgi Hudson Smith Quest for Knowledge Award.
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Vanitha Swaminathan will serve as president of the American Marketing Association’s Academic Council
The group represents the diversity of scholarly interests in managerial, behavioral, modeling and public policy perspective with attention to strategic marketing implications.
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Kar-Hai Chu is awarded an NIH grant to study technology and substance use
His project's ultimate goal is to optimize cancer prevention and control.
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Alumna Monica Ruiz is lauded for work in Pittsburgh's Latino community
The two-time School of Social Work graduate organizes around immigrant rights, housing and legal issues.
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Art by PhD student Yasemin Başdoğan was featured in Chemical Science
She used tools and skills she learned in the Swanson School's Advanced Scientific Visual Communication course.
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A team of Pitt Med students is a finalist in American Medical Association’s Global Health Challenge
The students are members of the Pitt Med Latino Medical Student Association and part of Students and Latinos United Against Disparities.
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Waverly Duck was named a Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh trustee
The director of urban studies will serve a three-year term.
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The School Health and Rehabilitation Sciences has announced new leadership changes
Jonathan Pearlman and Tom Platt, both of the Department of Rehabilitation Science and Technology, were promoted.
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Introducing the recipients of the 18th annual Steven D. Manners Awards
The awards are presented to promising research projects in the social, behavioral and policy sciences.
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Kirk Savage is set to appear in a PBS documentary
"10 Monuments That Changed America" airs nationally on July 17.