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The University of Pittsburgh's Aging Institute

Pitt Medicine researchers were published in Molecular Cell

The study, led by Aging Institute members Shiori Sekine and Yusuke Sekine, discovered a new way that cells monitor iron levels.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
The Cathedral of Learning

Ken Ho won the 2023 Kerry Stoner Award

The award honors a Pittsburgh person annually for their work with HIV.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
Margaret Rosenzweig

Margaret Rosenzweig is an Oncology Nursing Society scholar-in-residence

The distinguished service professor will collaborate on a research agenda for the organization.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Nursing
A bobcat statue on Pitt-Bradford's campus

Stephanie Eckstrom received an award from the AAUW Bradford branch

The Gateway to Equity Award honors the dedication of the School of Social Work regional program director to advance gender equity through research, education and advocacy.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • School of Social Work
People exit through glass doors at the Barco Law Building

Haider Ala Hamoudi was named to City & State PA's Law Power 100 List

The interim dean was recognized for his expertise in Middle Eastern and Islamic law.

  • Faculty
  • School of Law
Aman Mahajan

Aman Mahajan was awarded funding to develop cardiovascular monitoring technology

The anesthesiology researcher earned two grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
  • Swanson School of Engineering
A blue truck that says Pitt Going Green

3,900 pounds of supplies were diverted from landfills during Pitt’s Clean and Swap

Materials that weren’t resold or recycled went to local nonprofits.

  • Community Impact
  • Sustainability
Gabby Yearwood, Nicola Foote and Justin Hansford

Pitt people facilitated and presented at a UN side event

More than 130 delegates, scholars, community leaders and activists attended the session on reparations.

  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Center on Race and Social Problems
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Charles Guthrie was named executive director of Student Health Services

He comes to Pitt off a 23-year nursing career at UPMC.

  • University News
  • Students
  • Staff
  • Health and Wellness
Rory Cooper touches his device

Rory Cooper won a Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

The Human Engineering Research Laboratories director earned highest honor presented to people who reached the rank of Eagle Scout.

  • Community Impact
  • Faculty
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
The sun and the Cathedral of Learning show between tree branches

5 health science faculty members won 2023 Ascending Star Awards

Each of the highly productive and creative midcareer Pitt researchers will receive $25,000 in support and give a highly publicized lecture during the year.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
A portrait of Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili

Research from Pitt’s Center for Governance and Markets was shortlisted for the Elinor Ostrom Prize

The investigation into community policing on American Indian reservations was recognized as one of the year’s top articles in the Journal of Institutional Economics.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Faculty
  • Graduate and professional students
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Alison Linares Mendoza earned a Vertical Flight Foundation scholarship

She’s the first female engineer from Pitt to receive the honor.

  • Technology & Science
  • Students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Two quantum computer parts labeled "Hatlab"

Michael Hatridge earned $5.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Army

The associate professor in the Dietrich School will work with interdisciplinary experts to overcome challenges in quantum computing.

  • Technology & Science
The Public Health Building at the University of Pittsburgh

Alison Sanders received a grant to support an undergraduate student’s research

Pitt Public Health student Annika Spencer is studying climate change-related kidney toxicology in Sanders’ lab.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Undergraduate students
  • School of Public Health
Trees blossom around the Cathedral of Learning

Patrick McKelvey won a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities

The theatre arts assistant professor will write a book about the history of social services for disabled actors in the United States.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Erickson stands between his parents in an Army uniform. A U.S. flag and a yellow R.O.T.C. flag hang in the background.

Pitt-Bradford alumnus Nikolas Erickson was commissioned as a second lieutenant

The spring 2023 graduate has accepted a position as patrolman with the Allentown City Police.

  • Alumni
  • Pitt-Bradford
A panther statue surrounded by plants

Pitt's Humanities Center named its 2023-24 faculty and co-teaching fellows

Eight faculty members from across Pitt will lead colloquiums and develop courses while participating in the center’s activities.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Humanities Center
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt’s Humanities Center named 8 graduate student fellows

The scholars in rhetoric, musicology, theatre arts and more will receive $10,000 for their summer research projects.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Humanities Center
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Marci Lee Nilsen earned a Betty Irene Moore Fellowship

The assistant professor in Pitt’s School of Nursing is one of 16 innovators chosen for the University of California, Davis program.

  • Faculty
  • Innovation and Research
  • Health and Wellness
  • School of Nursing