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U.N. Forum Focuses on Pittsburgh as Leader in Advancing Sustainable Development Goals

Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor Ann E. Cudd participated in a forum with Mayor William Peduto and other regional leaders to share accomplishments and commitments to help improve our part of the

Willa Doswell Named 2019 Woman of Excellence by New Pittsburgh Courier

Willa Doswell, associate professor in the School of Nursing, has been named a 2019 Woman of Excellence by the New Pittsburgh Courier. The awards are given annually to 50 African American women who

Lawrence R. John Elected President of Pennsylvania Medical Society

  • School of Medicine

Paul Leu Receives Award to Lead Effort for Better Smartwatch and TV Screens

  • Department of Industrial Engineering
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Alex Toner Recognized as Western Pennsylvania Rising Star

Alex J. Toner (SCI ’11G), assistant director of community engagement in the Office of Community and Governmental Relations, was recognized as a 2019 Western PA Rising Star by Get Involved!, Inc., at

  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

Pitt Nursing Faculty Stand Out in Statewide Awards

  • School of Nursing
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Two Pitt Alumni Win Literary Achievement Awards

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Shelome Gooden Named First Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research for the Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Related Fields

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Linguistics

Pediatrics Researcher John V. Williams to be Presented Award for Scientific Contributions

  • School of Medicine
  • Department of Pediatrics

Pittsburgh Named One of the World’s Smartest Cities

Marc Coutanche Named Rising Star by Association for Psychological Science

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Psychology

Aurora Sharrard to Serve on Sustainability Advisory Council

WPTS Radio Hosts 24-hour Winter Marathon

Pitt Biostatistics Students Win Distinguished Paper Award

  • School of Public Health
  • Department of Biostatistics

Jaime Booth Honored for Her Work with Teens

  • School of Social Work
  • School of Computing and Information
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of English

Dietrich School Faculty Recognized in Inaugural Mentorship Award

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of History of Art and Architecture
  • Department of English

Bharath Chandrasekaran Appointed to National Institutes of Health Study Section

Pitt Students to Host Graduate Symposium for American Chemical Society

  • Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Swanson Lab Repurposes Equipment to Produce Sanitizer for UPMC

When labs at the Swanson School of Engineering closed for research purposes, Götz Veser (pictured), the Nickolas DeCecco Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and associate director of the

  • Swanson School of Engineering

Pitt-Bradford Receives National Advertising Awards