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Oscar Marroquin was named vice dean for clinical affairs

The cardiologist will also oversee more than 5,000 physicians and staff as president of UPMC’s Physician Services Division.

  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Christine McClure earned the State of Black Learning’s Lifetime Achievement Award

The School of Public Health researcher is being honored for making a difference in the lives of Black students.

  • Faculty
  • School of Public Health
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4 Pitt people won Sigma International Awards for Nursing Excellence

The prestigious honors recognize excellence in mentorship, service and leadership.

  • Faculty
  • School of Nursing
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Pitt Cyber announced 2 new staff members

Jessica Kuntz and Yu-Ru Lin will lead policy and research for the institute, respectively.

  • Technology & Science
  • Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security
  • Staff
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The Pittsburgh Quantum Institute appointed Michael Hatridge as its new director

The physics professor will lead the collaboration between Pitt, Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne University.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Pittsburgh Quantum Institute (PQI)
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Robert Weyant was appointed to the Lancet Commission on Global Oral Health

As a member, the Pitt professor is taking on policy neglect and system failure surrounding oral health disparity on a global scale.

  • Faculty
  • School of Dental Medicine
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Staff Council named 5 award winners

Each year, the organization acknowledges excellence in mentoring and provides support for Pitt staff and their students.

  • Undergraduate students
  • Staff
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Pitt Law student Laras Susanti earned a grant from the American Indonesian Cultural and Educational Foundation

The SJD candidate will travel to her home country to continue her research on family law in its constitutional court.

  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Law
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Alaina E. Roberts discusses the American West in a new docuseries

Her work on the topic also earned an honorable mention for the 2023 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Book Prize.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of History
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2 Pitt students were elected to the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association Student Advisory Board

Joe Chen and Shay Roth will serve a yearlong term advancing student interests’ within the association.

  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Pharmacy
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A Pitt Law alumna won Allegheny County’s Amram Award

Magistrate Judge Lisa Lenihan was recognized for professional excellence.

  • Alumni
  • School of Law
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Graham Hatfull earned a lifetime achievement award from the European Society of Mycobacteriology

The professor and researcher pioneered the use of bacteriophages to combat infections that are resistant to antibiotics.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt alumna Anette Nance will lead a governor’s advisory committee

As executive director of the Governor's Advisory Commissions on African American Affairs, she will work to ensure representation in the state government.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Social Work
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Pitt-Bradford was recognized for its culture of wellness

It’s the fourth year the regional campus has claimed a gold designation from Exercise is Medicine.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Pitt-Bradford
  • Students
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Alex Silver earned an award for her doctoral dissertation research

The graduate student in Pitt’s Learning Research and Development Center is one of two to receive the honor from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.

  • Graduate and professional students
  • Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC)
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt hosted the Society for Philosophy and Psychology’s annual meeting

More than 200 gathered on the Pittsburgh campus to do cutting-edge work on the mind and brain.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Pittsburgh Campus
  • Center for Philosophy of Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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2 from Pitt’s children’s literature program earned a fellowship to work with social justice nonprofits

The recent PhD graduates will advocate for children and youth during the career-boosting postdoctoral program.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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PhD candidate Lorraine Blatt won a fellowship from the National Academy of Education

As a Spencer Dissertation fellow, she's been identified one of education's most talented researchers.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC)
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Charles Kotuby was named visiting professor at the Kyiv School of Economics

The Pitt Law professor will help foster cooperation and move Ukraine to a post-war future.

  • Global
  • Faculty
  • School of Law
  • Ukraine
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Abimbola Adewumi is Pitt’s new chair of pediatric dentistry

The surgeon and researcher studied in London and Nigeria.

  • School of Dental Medicine
  • Faculty