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Junior Zachary Miller won the 2024 Dick Thornburgh Forum Disability Service Award

The junior bioengineering major won this year’s prize, granted to a student from any Pitt campus whose service has made a difference in the lives of people with disabilities.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Undergraduate students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Swaminathan

Vanitha Swaminathan was named an American Marketing Association Fellow

The Thomas Marshall Professor of Marketing and director of the Center for Branding at Pitt Business was recognized for academic achievements.

Belback

Pitt earned a federal Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development grant

April Belback in Pitt’s Office of the Provost spearheaded the process that earned the University $2.2M to develop supports for rural students over the next four years.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Kline

Bill Kline was recognized by his fellow Pitt-Bradford staffers

The director of computing, telecommunications and media services has worked at the regional campus for 40 years.

  • Staff
  • Pitt-Bradford
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Mark Shlomchik was elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the AAI

It’s among the highest honors bestowed by the professional immunology association.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Medicine
Rory Cooper touches his device

Rory Cooper was elected to the National Academy of Engineering

The appointment is among the highest professional distinctions that can be accorded to an engineer.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Pitt is on a team that was granted $1M for energy research

The award is part of the National Science Foundation Regional Innovation Engines program.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
Sharrard

Aurora Sharrard has been promoted to Pitt’s assistant vice chancellor for sustainability

She’s overseen the University’s sustainability strategy, implementation and partnerships since 2018.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
The Cathedral of Learning

Pitt Pharmacy researchers earned a grant to improve opioid use disorder treatment

The school’s Program Evaluation and Research Unit will receive $7.8 million from the National Institute on Drug Abuse over five years.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • School of Pharmacy
Kalimamukwento

Mubanga Kalimamukwento won the 2024 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, selected by Angie Cruz

Her collection, which will be published by University of Pittsburgh Press in October, explores Zambian womanhood.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
Abel

Taylor Abel has been named chief of pediatric neurosurgery at UPMC

The Pitt Medicine and Engineering professor was tapped after a national search.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering
The Fort Pitt Bridge leads into Downtown Pittsburgh

2 Pitt undergrads completed Pittsburgh Media Partnership internships

Read stories The Pitt News staffers James Paul and Betul Tuncer wrote throughout the fall semester.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
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A Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center system was selected for the National AI Research Resource Pilot Program

Neocortex is among six elite artificial intelligence computers that will participate in the U.S. program to support AI research and education.

  • Technology & Science
A snow-covered panther statue

14 Pitt people earned Year of Discourse and Dialogue funding

Units from around the University will pursue projects that foster open expression and productive conversation.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Lucas Berenbrok was elected as an American Pharmacists Association Fellow

The associate professor in Pitt’s Department of Pharmacy and Therapeutics is honored for exemplary achievements.

  • Faculty
  • School of Pharmacy
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Pitt has launched a research partnership with bioMérieux

The French biotech company’s analytical and sequencing team will collaborate with the University’s clinical microbiology and infectious diseases divisions.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Global
Magnani

Jared Magnani’s study on education and heart health was published in JAMA Cardiology

The associate professor of medicine’s research found lower education was associated with lifetime cardiovascular disease risk.

  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Medicine
A Pitt shield flag on a lamppost next to a path to the Cathedral of Learning on a snowy day

A Pitt study on substance use among cancer survivors was published in JAMA Oncology

Research by Katie Fitzgerald Jones and Jessica Merlin sheds light on subpopulations of adult cancer survivors who may benefit from efforts to integrate cancer and addiction care.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Faculty
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Lara Putnam was cited in the New Mexico Attorney General’s lawsuit against Meta

The professor of history’s article on online child sexual abuse and exploitation is part of demonstrating “flaws in Facebook’s design.”

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
The Cathedral of Learning behind red leaves

Jim Coleman’s book was honored by the American Association of Teachers of Italian

His exploration of Renaissance practices of improvisation and oral poetry, “A Sudden Frenzy,” won the organization’s First Book Prize.

  • Global
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities