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Academic Accolades

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October 20, 2022

Two Pitt physicists honored by the American Physical Society

Chandralekha Singh received an award for removing barriers to marginalized groups in physics, and Vittorio Paolono was named an APS Fellow.  

Evan Schneider

October 18, 2022

Schneider earns a Packard Fellowship for galaxy modeling

Assistant Professor Evan Schneider, whose research focuses on the digital modeling of galaxies, was among 20 early career professors nationwide to be named a Packard Fellow. 

Mitali Ray

October 12, 2022

Ray named a National Institutes of Health MOSAIC Scholar

Mitali Ray, a postdoctoral associate doing research in Pitt's schools of Nursing and Public Health, has been named an NIH MOSAIC (Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and and Academic Independent Careers) Scholar.

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October 11, 2022

Pitt scientists awarded $8 million for neurotechnology to restore arm and hand movements after strokes

Marco Capogrosso and colleagues will design and test a system stimulating the spinal cord with electrical signals.

Edouard Machery

October 11, 2022

Machery elected president of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology

His work tackles the philosophical issues raised by cognitive science.

Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

October 11, 2022

Brick Murtazashvili named IHS distinguished fellow

Professor  Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili has been named a Distinguished Fellow for work in Peace and International Cooperation at the Institute for Humane Studies.

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October 6, 2022

Two win NIH Director’s New Innovator Awards

Two Pitt faculty members received the prestigious award to support unconventional approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research.

George A. Klinzing

October 6, 2022

Klinzing receives Lifetime Achievement Award

George A. Klinzing received the World Congress on Particle Technology’s Lifetime Achievement Award recognizing his contributions to particle technology research.

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September 22, 2022

Pitt’s Center for Governance and Markets won a $2.4 million grant to study how societies overcome deep differences

Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, the project will convene a global network of scholars to tackle polarization and social divisions.

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September 21, 2022

4 Pitt students earned inaugural Voyager Scholarships

The Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service supports young leaders who can bridge divides and help solve the world’s biggest challenges. 

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September 9, 2022

Pitt-Greensburg’s Learning Resources Center celebrates 25 years

The center provides disability services and tutoring help to hundreds of students each year.

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September 9, 2022

Pitt psychiatry team earned a $16.2 million grant renewal from the NIMH

The ETUDES Center will use the funds to combat adolescent suicide with a focus on Black and Hispanic youth.

Caroline Runyan

September 6, 2022

New research from Caroline Runyan’s lab published

Her team found that the properties of a neuron subtype are specialized in different subregions of the cortex.

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August 30, 2022

3 Pitt-Greensburg faculty members receive NEH grant

Pilar Herr, associate professor of history at Pitt-Greensburg is the recipient, along with two PIs, of a Scholarly Editions and Scholarly Translations Planning Grant.

Carrie Leana

August 23, 2022

Leana wins a societal impact award

Carrie Leana, the George H. Love Professor of Organizations and Management at Pitt, has won the 2022 Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management Award for Societal Impact.

Tia-Lynn Ashman

August 4, 2022

Ashman Receives Humboldt Award

Biology professor Tia-Lynn Ashman receives Humboldt Award for pollen-driven research

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July 20, 2022

9 Pitt students and alumni named Fulbright scholars

Two Pitt doctoral students, one undergraduate student and six recent graduates were named Fulbright scholars this year. 

Yael Schenker

June 7, 2022

Schenker named ELAM Fellow

Yael Schenker was selected for the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine 2022-2023 class of fellows.

Diane Litman

June 7, 2022

Litman and LRDC collaborators awarded NSF grant

Diane Litman and collaborators won a National Science Foundation grant to study natural language processing and technologies that help students revise essays.

Natalie Leland

May 19, 2022

Leland inducted into Academy of Research in Occupational Therapy

Natalie Leland, an associate professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, was recognized for her exemplary, distinguished and sustained contributions toward the science of occupational therapy.

Asher Hancock

May 4, 2022

Asher Hancock: Pitt’s newest Churchill Scholar

Pitt’s newest Churchill Scholar, engineer Asher Hancock, wants to put autonomous vehicles in the sky.

Mary Beth Rauktis

April 29, 2022

Rauktis selected for Fulbright Specialist Program

Mary Beth Rauktis, School of Social Work research associate professor, was awarded a Fulbright Specialist Program grant to travel to Assam, India in August.

Keisha Blain

April 26, 2022

Pitt historian Keisha N. Blain is a 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

The award supports highly original research in the humanities and social sciences that has the potential for both impact in the scholar’s field and wide public appeal.  

Katie Oppenheimer

April 21, 2022

Katie Oppenheimer Named 2022 Goldwater scholar

Meet the undergraduate ‘rock star scientist’ named a 2022 Goldwater scholar.

Kevin Ashley

April 20, 2022

Pitt Law Professor Ashley receives CodeX Prize

The CodeX Prize is given to individuals for a noteworthy contribution to computational law.

Gemma Marolda

April 13, 2022

Marolda receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Italy

Gemma Marolda, teaching faculty in the Dietrich School, has earned a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Italy, the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced.

2022 Bellet Teaching Awardees Jennifer Laaser, Dana Och and Ellen Smith and 2020 awardee Erica McGreevy

April 8, 2022

This Year’s Bellet Teaching Awardees

Established in 1998 and named after alumnus David Bellet (A&S ’67) and his wife, the annual award recognizes outstanding and innovative teaching in undergraduate studies.

Keisha Blain

April 8, 2022

Blain, Harvey Named 2022 Guggenheim Fellows

On Thursday evening, the Board of Trustees of the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced the list of this year’s Guggenheim Fellows from a pool of 180 scientists, writers and artists across 51 fields.

Dr. Panos Chrysanthis

April 7, 2022

Chrysanthis chosen among inaugural IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Contributors

Dr. Panos Chrysanthis, professor of computer science and and a founder and director of the Advanced Data Management Technologies Laboratory, was selected as part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society's inaugural 2021 Class of Distinguished Contributors. 

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March 30, 2022

Professors Elected to AIMBE College of Fellows

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) elected faculty members Fabrisia Ambrosio and Ramakrishna Mukkamala to its College of Fellows.