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New National Science Foundation Center Aims to Produce Breakthrough Research

Case Western Reserve University and the University of Pittsburgh will launch a joint center this fall that uses cutting-edge data science and materials research to help companies make more reliable

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Andrew Mugler Earns Editors’ Suggestion Honor

Andrew Mugler, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has published a paper in Physical Review Letters that has been

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
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Michele Reid-Vazquez Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

Michele Reid-Vazquez, associate professor of Africana Studies, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Higher Education grant for her proposed institute,

  • Department of Africana Studies
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Student SciComm YouTube Channel Expands

A YouTube channel run by Pitt students, bioZone, has expanded, adding new members and content to the educational effort. Joining the crew are PhD students Marissa Di, Dante Poe, Roshni Bhatt and Mark

  • Technology & Science
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Students
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Jennifer A. Koget (SOC WK ’97G) Named National Director for Veteran’s Health Administration

Jennifer A. Koget (SOC WK ’97G) has been named national director of social work, Fisher House & Family hospitality and intimate partner violence assistance programs in care management and social work

  • Community Impact
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Waverly Duck Wins Charles Horton Cooley Book Award

University of Pittsburgh faculty member Waverly Duck has won the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction’s (SSSI) Charles Horton Cooley Book Award for “Tacit Racism.”

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Arts and Humanities
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Shelome Gooden Named Research Leader Fellow

Shelome Gooden, Pitt’s first-ever assistant vice chancellor for research in the humanities, arts, social sciences and related fields at the University of Pittsburgh, is one of eight new Research

  • Innovation and Research
  • Arts and Humanities

Researchers Get $100K Grant to Track Aneurysms and Predict Rupture

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is the 15th leading cause of death in the United States. It occurs when the aorta weakens and begins to irreversibly dilate, like a slowly inflating balloon. If left

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Erica Owen was named associate dean of Pitt's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

In her new position, the specialist in international political economy who has been on the school's faculty since 2018, will serve as its chief academic officer.

  • Faculty
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Rory Cooper to Serve on Paralympic Committee

Rory Cooper will serve on the International Paralympic Committee Science and Research Working Group and the VISTA 2021 Scientific Committee. Cooper is a distinguished professor, as well as the

  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Chance Wideman was named director of new student programs

Chance Wideman will assume the role of director of New Student Programs, effective Aug. 9.

  • University News
  • Students
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Jessica Ghilani won a grant to create free materials for public speaking Ccourse

The associate professor of communication at Pitt-Greensburg is among the recipients of Pennsylvania's Grants for Open and Affordable Learning award.

  • Faculty
  • Pitt-Greensburg
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Ryan McDermott received $300K from the National Endowment for the Humanities

The funding will support the associate professor of English's project on the origins of modernity.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Department of English
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

University Library System Releases New Journal Issue on Telehealth

If you visited a doctor by video chat during the pandemic, you had an experience with the field known as telehealth or telemedicine. Pitt’s University Library System (ULS) recently published a new