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Melony A. Sacopulos joins Pitt as associate vice chancellor for capital financial management

She will play a vital role in capital projects and real estate initiatives, working closely with the CFO’s Office to help advance the Campus Master Plan.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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The University Library System received a grant from the Recordings at Risk program

The $36,826 grant will allow ULS to digitize five Pittsburgh area oral history collections held by the Archives and Special Collections Department.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Pitt team takes third place at Emory University Global Health Case Competition

Forty teams participated, representing institutions from around the world.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Pharmacy
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2 Pitt professors rank among top marketing researchers

The professors contributed nine of the 57 publications from Pitt Business’ marketing faculty members between 2012 and 2021.

  • Faculty
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
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Pitt Law Professor Kevin Ashley receives CodeX Prize

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

  • Faculty
  • School of Law
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Alumnus Tate Allen Yawitz earns Erasmus Mundus award, a first for Pitt

It is the first time a Pitt alum has received the honor.

  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Nine Pitt people earn New Pittsburgh Courier’s 2022 FAB 40 Awards

The honor celebrates the leadership, achievements and community service of local African American young men and women.

  • University News
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Social Work
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2022 Provost’s Award for Excellence in Doctoral Mentoring winners announced

Each award consists of a $2,500 prize to the graduate faculty member to recognize excellence in mentoring.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Noble A-W Maseru earns Health Equity Champion award

He received the honor during the 2022 Pennsylvania Health Equity Summit.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Pitt Nursing alumna Theresa Brown publishes memoir about cancer

Caring for cancer patients didn’t prepare her for her own diagnosis, she wrote.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Alumni
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Pitt Police promote four officers

Brooke Riley and Michael Mock were promoted to lieutenants, and Jessica Urban and Scott Dubrosky were promoted to sergeants.

  • University News
  • Staff
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Pitt-Bradford professor earns Fulbright Award for study in West Africa

’BioDun Ogundayo, associate professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to study, teach and research in

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Pitt student Ashley Priore offers advice for girls in a new book

Priore talked about how chess strategies are useful in the work world.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Students
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Aurora Sharrard promoted to Pitt’s executive director of sustainability

Sharrard spearheads sustainability initiatives and green practices throughout the University.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
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Pitt earns 2021 Tree Campus Higher Education recognition

Tree Campus Higher Education honors colleges and universities for promoting healthy trees and engaging students and staff in the spirit of conservation.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Gemma Marolda receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar award to Italy

Marolda will conduct research and be a guest lecturer at the University of Bari as part of a project to study European migration policies and practices in the Central Mediterranean.

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

Veena Vasudevan’s new book explores care-based approaches to research

The book details methods for conducting research that improves the understanding of youth lives, cares for their wellbeing and works toward dismantling the systems that oppress them.

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Pitt received a $1 million grant to support limited-income, first-generation students

The Kessler Scholars Collaborative provides financial, academic, professional and personal support to undergraduates.

  • University News
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Department of Physical Therapy professor named a Gerontological Society of America fellow

It’s an acknowledgment of not only remarkable research, but also extraordinary dedication to the field of gerontology.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Faculty
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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School of Nursing’s DNP Nurse-Midwifery Program receives full accreditation

It’s the first midwifery program in western Pennsylvania and the only DNP Midwifery program in Pennsylvania.

  • Health and Wellness
  • University News
  • School of Nursing