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David Hickton is a senior advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Pitt Cyber founding director will provide his expertise to the think tank’s Strategic Technologies Program.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security
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Celiwe Jones joined Pitt’s CECs as workforce development career counselor

The School of Social Work alumna will work with both community engagement centers to discuss career journeys and share University employment opportunities.

  • Community Impact
  • School of Social Work
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Pitt Law alumnus Todd Clark is the new dean of Delaware Law School

The professor and expert in topics ranging from corporate governance to hip-hop law will lead the historic Widener University program.

  • Alumni
  • School of Law
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Three Pitt leaders were named to a higher education Power 100 list

City & State PA recognized Patrick Gallagher, Valerie Kinloch and Anantha Shekhar in its ranking of local leaders.

  • Faculty
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Education
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Yvette Conley was named associate dean for research and scholarship for Pitt Nursing

The nationally recognized molecular genetics researcher called the position her “dream role.”

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • School of Nursing
  • Innovation and Research
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Undergraduate student Vidya Surti joined the Allegheny Regional Asset District citizen advisory board

The junior in Pitt’s David C. Frederick Honors College will help inform spending for libraries, parks and more.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Pitt faculty will study circular economies with a $750,000 National Science Foundation grant

The Swanson School of Engineering researchers will analyze data in Pittsburgh and Atlanta in hopes of building a model for other U.S. cities.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Faculty
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Pitt’s Healthy Home Laboratory is an AARP AgeTech Collaborative testbed site

Researchers working in the demonstration home will help validate products and services from startups striving for longer, healthier lives.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Pitt alumni published an article about their student organization in OT Practice

Spencer Sutter and Ashley Thompson started TransformOTive Justice to dismantle oppressive systems in personal and professional settings.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Department of Occupational Therapy
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Pitt's School of Medicine earned research funding from the Jewish Healthcare Foundation

The Department of Biomedical Informatics will study how to reduce medication errors among patients who transition from hospital to skilled nursing facility.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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Adam Shear won a Renaissance Society of America Digital Innovation Award

The Department of Religious Studies chair is the second Pitt faculty to earn an RSA honor in as many years.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Religious Studies
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Pitt was recognized again as one of America’s Best Large Employers by Forbes

The University rose to No. 175 in the overall rankings and is the most preferred large employer in the Pittsburgh area.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Faculty
  • Staff
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Ruth Mostern won a book prize from the Association for Asian Studies

The professor in Pitt’s Department of History earned the 2023 Joseph Levenson Prize for her account of China’s Yellow River that spans 3,000 years.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt Law student Kaleigh Dryden is a 2023 Presidential Management Fellow

As a finalist in the government’s flagship leadership development program, she will seek an appointment at a federal agency.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • School of Law
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Amit Sethi earned an NIH grant to study improving hand function in stroke survivors

The $425,000 in funding will support work in Pitt’s Neuromotor Recovery and Rehabilitation Laboratory.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
A portrait of Jennifer Lingler

Jennifer Lingler earned $2.1 million to study patient reactions to Alzheimer’s diagnoses

The National Institute on Aging is funding the research, led by the School of Nursing professor, to help support patients and their families.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Nursing
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The University of Pittsburgh Press announced its literature and poetry prize winners

Kelly Sather won the Drue Heinz Literature Prize for her book of short stories; Ryler Dustin’s collection earned him the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize.

  • Arts and Humanities
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Amy Seybert was elected president of the ACPE board of directors

The dean of Pitt’s School of Pharmacy will lead the board of the national pharmacy education accreditation agency during 2023.

  • School of Pharmacy
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A Pitt podcast was nominated for an Ambie award

A series produced by Pitt's Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies is up for Best DIY Podcast at the Awards for Excellence in Audio.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • University Center for International Studies (UCIS)
  • Center for Russian and East European Studies
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Three Pitt leaders were named to the Pittsburgh Business Times Power 100 list

The 2023 list of influential people included Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, Evan Facher and Don Yealy.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Innovation Institute
  • School of Medicine