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Pitt alumna Aditi Sridhar premiered a short film at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival

The Frederick Honors College graduate directed, co-wrote and produced the romantic drama “Pivot.”

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Alumni
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Mittal

Pitt Med student Adi Mittal is a Collegiate Inventors Competition finalist

He will pitch his blood-based cerebral aneurysm test on Oct. 24.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Graduate and professional students
  • School of Medicine
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Undergraduate Alison Linares Mendoza received a Young Eagles engineering internship

The first Pitt student selected for the prestigious aeronautics program, she spent the summer working for Daher’s Aircraft Division in France.

  • Technology & Science
  • Undergraduate students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Melissa Catanese won a creative development award from The Heinz Endowments

The teaching associate professor of studio arts received $20,000 for her project based on Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery.”

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Capo

Rosemary Capo joined the AGU LANDInG Academy’s newest cohort

The associate professor will participate in a two-year professional development program for current and aspiring DEI leaders in the geosciences.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Murray-Krezan

Cristina Murray-Krezan will chair the PCORI Clinical Trials Advisory Panel

The associate professor of medicine and clinical and translational science at Pitt will advise researchers on patient-centered outcomes.

  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Leonora Anyango earned Harvard University’s Derek Bok Public Service Award

The Frederick Honors College faculty fellow was honored for working with refugees in Pittsburgh and supporting blind youth in Kenya.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Patricia Corby joins Pitt health sciences in new associate vice chancellor for clinical trials role

She was previously an assistant professor of dental public health in Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine.

  • University News
  • Faculty
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Edouard Machery was awarded $260,000 from the John Templeton Foundation

It’s the latest of several grants the Center for Philosophy of Science director has earned from the organization.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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2 Pitt people won National Endowment for the Humanities grants

Their projects center on teaching and discussing history among educators.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Staff
W Vincent Liu

W. Vincent Liu received $1.5 million from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research

The professor will use the funding to flesh out new theories in orbital physics.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Sahel

José-Alain Sahel won the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience

The Pitt ophthalmologist and his longtime collaborator Botond Roska were honored for their work on optogenetic therapy for blindness.

  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
Weisz

Ora Weisz will receive the 2023 Sandra K. Masur Senior Leadership Award

The American Society for Cell Biology will honor the professor for her scientific achievements and work mentoring underrepresented groups.

  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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The Petroleum History Institute named an award for a retired Pitt-Johnstown professor

William R. Brice was a professor of geology and planetary science at the regional campus for 34 years.

  • Faculty
  • Pitt-Johnstown
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Pitt hired two new student experience leaders

The Division of Student Affairs named Lorraine Craven as assistant dean for student experience and Jayne Pizzuto as director of new student programs.

  • Division of Student Affairs
  • Staff
Sharrard

Aurora Sharrard was named to City & State PA's Energy and Environment Power 100 list

The publication honored Pitt's executive director of sustainability for her contributions and influence in energy and environment maters within Pennsylvania.

  • Staff
  • Sustainability
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A Pitt Momentum Funds grant is supporting research on land stewardship in Maui

Two Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences professors’ studies of culture, history and climate change on the island are more relevant than ever after the fatal wildfire.

  • Sustainability
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Sophia Choukas-Bradley served on a panel that made recommendations for adolescent social media use

The guidelines from the American Psychological Association panel were endorsed by the surgeon general.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Faculty
A doctor takes a patient's blood pressure

The American Medical Association is funding blood pressure measurement education at Pitt

The Hub will also host screening and flu shot events in conjunction with the training this fall.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
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'Pitt to the Point' earned 3 Emmy Award nominations

An alumna was also nominated for her work with Pittsburgh’s CBS outlet.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Undergraduate students