Academic Accolades

Jenny Ruiz

Ruiz named to the National Hispanic Medical Association 40 Under 40 list

Jenny Ruiz, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, was named to the 2024 National Hispanic Medical Association (NHMA) Top 40 Under 40 list.

Marie Norman

Norman awarded innovative education award from Association for Clinical and Translational Science

Marie Norman, Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science, was awarded the Rebecca Jackson Award for Outstanding Achievement in Education Innovation by the Association for Clinical and Translational Science.

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8 students named to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program

The GRFP is a prestigious program that supports outstanding graduate students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 100 NSF-supported STEM fields. 

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2 Dietrich School faculty earned ACLS Fellowships

Two University of Pittsburgh faculty members in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences received American Counsel of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships to conduct a full-time research project over the 2024-25 academic year: Dela Kuma and Kaliane Ung.

Michael Deem

Deem earned a fellowship to develop a new undergraduate course

Michael Deem, associate professor of human genetics at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, was recently awarded a Signature Course Fellowship by the University of Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Studies.

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5 undergraduates will represent Pitt at the 2024 ACC Meeting of the Minds

Five undergraduate students will represent the University of Pittsburgh at the 2024 ACC Meeting of the Minds: Michelle Chung, Connor Diaz, Priya Gupta, Neharika Murthy, and Alivia Pierce.

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Pitt senior named to the German Academic Exchange Service

Sydney Wilhelmy, a senior in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and the David C. Frederick Honors College, was named to the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), translated in English as the German Academic Exchange Service.

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Nine University of Pittsburgh women on the 2024 Women of Influence list

Amongst those honored by the Pittsburgh Business times is Vera Krekanova, an adjunct faculty member in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Raman Venkataramanan

Venkataramanan received the American College of Clinical Pharmacy Distinguished Investigator Award

Raman Venkataramanan, professor of pharmaceutical sciences and pathology at the University of Pittsburgh, earned the 2024 Distinguished Investigator Award from the American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP).

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2 Pitt faculty elected Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors

Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology Leah Byrne and Associate Professor of Immunology Greg M. Delgoffe have been elected as Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors.

Chloë Glover

Pitt PhD candidate earned a Mendenhall Research Fellowship

Chloë Glover, a PhD candidate in Pitt’s Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences, was awarded a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mendenhall Research Fellowship.

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2 Pitt students received 2024 Critical Language Scholarships

Two University of Pittsburgh students, Dannial Cardillo and Christina White, have been named 2024 Critical Language scholars.

Anthony Grace

Grace elected to the Schizophrenia International Research Society board

Anthony Grace, distinguished professor of neuroscience in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, was elected to serve a four-year term on the board of the Schizophrenia International Research Society.

Kayla Heffernan

Heffernan won a 2024 POGIL Early Achievement Award

Kayla Heffernan, associate professor of mathematics at the University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg, was named the postsecondary winner of the 2024 Early Achievement Award from the POGIL Project.

Jonathan Rubin

Rubin elected chair of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Activity Group on Dynamical Systems.

Jonathan Rubin, professor of mathematics, was elected as chair of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Activity Group on Dynamical Systems.

Peggy Liu

Liu honored by the Association for Psychological Science

Peggy Liu, the Ben L. Fryrear Chair in Marketing and an associate professor of business administration at the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, has been awarded the 2024 Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science.

Amy Williams

Williams will be honored by the American Academy of Arts and Letters

Amy Williams, professor in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Music, is among four composers to receive a 2024 award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Pitt undergraduate student earned a Lionel Pearson Fellowship

Alex-Jaden Peart, a student in the Department of Classics, is a recipient of a 2024-25 Lionel Pearson Fellowship, which supports American- and Canadian-trained classicists and will fund a year of Peart’s graduate studies at an English or Scottish university.

Pitt ranks in top 20 for patents granted to universities worldwide

The University of Pittsburgh has ranked No. 19 of the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023, according to a list published by the National Academy of Inventors.

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Pitt has been named a 2023-24 Fulbright Top Producer

The University of Pittsburgh has been named a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for U.S. Students for the 2023-24 academic year by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Vanitha Swaminathan

Swaminathan named an American Marketing Association Fellow

Vanitha Swaminathan, Thomas Marshall Professor of Marketing and director of the Center for Branding at Pitt Business, has been selected as a 2024 Fellow by the American Marketing Association.

Mark Shlomchik

Shlomchik elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the AAI

UPMC Endowed and Distinguished Professor Mark Shlomchik was elected as a 2024 Distinguished Fellow of the American Association of Immunologists (AAI).

Rory Cooper

Cooper elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Rory Cooper, a distinguished professor in Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, was among 114 new U.S. members elected to the National Academy of Engineering Class of 2024.

Maria Salazar

Graduate student honored with the 2023 Bernard D. Goldstein Student Award

Dual master’s student Maria Salazar has been announced as the 2023 winner of the Bernard D. Goldstein Student Award in Environmental Health Disparities and in Public Health Practice.

Lucas Berenbrok

Berenbrok elected as an American Pharmacists Association Fellow

Lucas Berenbrok, associate professor in the School of Pharmacy, was elected a fellow of the American Pharmacists Association by its Academy of Pharmacy Practice and Management.

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2 Pitt Law professors elected fellows of the American Bar Foundation

John Linarelli and Christian Powell Sundquist, professors in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, were elected as fellows of the American Bar Association.

Khirsten Scott

Scott received prestigious community engagement award

Khirsten L. Scott, an assistant professor in the School of Education, received the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, which highlights exemplary engaged teaching and research.

Anthony Grace

Grace awarded a continuation of his National Institutes of Health grant

Anthony Grace, a distinguished professor of neuroscience and professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, received a $634,831 grant as a continuation of his study titled “Gating of Information Flow Within the Nucleus Accumbens.”

Amir Alavi

Alavi received a National Institutes of Health Trailblazer R21 Award

Amir Alavi, an assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering, received a three-year Trailblazer R21 Award from the National Institutes of Health.

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5 Pitt faculty selected for the 2024 ACC Academic Leaders Network cohort

Five faculty from five schools across the University of Pittsburgh were chosen to participate in the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Leaders Network program.