Accolades & Honors
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Pitt honors the 2018 Brackenridge Circle inductees
Their collective generosity includes gifts to support student scholarships, medical research, endowed professorships and more.
Holger Hoock was awarded an NEH grant to rethink humanities doctoral education
The J. Carroll Amundson Professor of British History's project aims to foster a transformation in how faculty, students and administrators envision the broader importance of doctorates in humanities.
Joseph Samosky is the Swanson School's Outstanding Educator 2018
The assistant professor of bioengineering is recognized for excellence in the teaching and development of the Art of Making program.
Cathedral of Learning Society inducts 19 new members
The recognition program honors donors who have made lifetime gifts of $1 million or more to the University.
Bethany Barone Gibbs earns NIH funding to study sitting and blood pressure
The Pitt Education and School of Medicine researchers will receive $3.4 million over five years for the project.
A collaborative program provides funding for high-need special education professionals
The professional training grant is funded by the federal Office of Special Education Programs for $1.1 million over the next five years.
Psychology and engineering researchers team up for a longitudinal look at brain aging disparities
They’re trying to understand what aspects of health and the social environment matter for brain aging among middle-aged people.
Undergraduate Aryana Nakhai receives a Society of Women Engineers scholarship
The Swanson School senior is studying electrical engineering with a concentration on power systems.
Rory Cooper earned the 2018 American Institute for Biomedical Engineering Advocacy Award
The founding director of Pitt's Human Engineering Research Laboratories was recognized for outstanding and lasting contributions to humanity and the field of bioengineering.
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announces the first Pitt Seed Project recipients
The 23 awardees were chosen after 125 faculty and staff members spent weeks reviewing the proposals.
Pitt's Innovation Institute is recognized at the Deshpande Symposium
The Deshpande Symposium Awards recognize outstanding accomplishments in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship on college campuses.
David Vorp is recognized as a Fellow of the American Heart Association
It signifies his innovative and sustained contributions to the fields of arteriosclerosis, thrombosis and vascular biology.
Pitt Education faculty are awarded federal funds for urban special education doctoral program
The grant, which totals more than $1 million, will operate the program as a collaboration between Pitt’s Special Education Program and the Center for Urban Education.
Steven Belle is named a Society for Clinical Trials fellow
The co-director of Pitt's Epidemiology Data Center was recognized for his outstanding leadership of data coordination for several multicenter studies.
Aurora Sharrard is appointed Pitt's first-ever director of sustainability
The University's newly established Office of Sustainability will coordinate its many sustainability initiatives, foster collaboration and monitor progress toward the bold goals outlined in the Pitt
8 Boren awardees set a new record for Pitt
The study abroad awards enable their recipients to further their studies of “languages and cultures most critical to our nation’s security.”
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education gives Pitt a STARS Silver rating
Pitt’s rating was based on its achievements in five overall areas: academics, engagement, operations, planning and administration and innovation and leadership.
Steven Little is honored with Controlled Release Society Young Investigator Award
The honor annually recognizes one individual in the world, 40 years of age or younger, for outstanding contributions in the science of controlled release.
2 Pitt researchers are awarded Provost’s Integrative Social-Science Research Initiative
Melanie Hughes and Müge Finkel co-direct Pitt's Gender Inequality Research Lab.
Catherine Palmer is named American Academy of Audiology president-elect
The associate professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences will serve a three-year term.
