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Pitt hosted the first regional HERS reception for women leaders
Nearly 60 women came together for the Higher Education Resource Services event this May.
Michael J. Becich named interim co-director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
N. John Cooper will also return to Pitt to lead research computing.
Four employees in the Office of Human Resources have accepted new roles
Jamie Wincovitch, Melissa Kluchurosky, Diane Chabal and Jared Lanza are taking on new positions.
Diane Litman and LRDC collaborators were awarded an NSF grant
They will study how to integrate natural language processing into writing feedback and revision.
Juleen Rodakowski is the new chair of the Department of Occupational Therapy
The committee selected Rodakowski for her bold vision and demonstration of exceptional abilities to lead the department.
Yael Schenker named an Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Fellow
She is a professor in the School of Medicine and director of the Palliative Research Center.
The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center received a five-year, $7.5 million National Science Foundation award
The project aims to break down barriers researchers face in getting access to national research resources.
Pitt’s director of undergraduate recruitment steps down
Lauren Wright, a three-time Pitt graduate, changed the way the University recruits low-income, minority students.
Pitt’s School of Medicine combined white coat and pinning ceremonies for the first ‘COVID class’
The Class of 2024, who missed the traditional rite of passage during the pandemic, had garnered national attention even before they started classes.
Valerian Kagan is the ‘cover scientist’ of an academic journal
The Pitt Public Health professor is being celebrated as a pioneer of redox biology.
Health disparities and social justice poster competition winners announced
The competition began in 2010 to share research related to health disparities and give students a chance to build their professional skillsets.
Vanitha Swaminathan named co-editor of the Journal of Marketing
Swaminathan, the Thomas Marshall Professor of Marketing in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, previously served as an associate editor.
Natalie Leland has been inducted into the Academy of Research in Occupational Therapy
Her research focuses on improving access and quality of care for older adults.
Heady math could resolve a breathy conundrum
Department of Mathematics Chair Jonathan Rubin and Postdoctoral Researcher Ryan Phillips in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences published the paper in April in the journal eLife.
Pitt Nursing student earns grant to research congenital heart defects in infants
Jessica Davis was honored with a $24,000 grant through the Rockefeller University Heilbrunn Family Center for Research Nursing Scholars.
Pitt historian Alaina E. Roberts won the Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize
The committee called her book on slavery, indigenous people and settler colonialism “a transformative work.”
Two Pitt-UPMC faculty were elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
Zachary Freyberg and Jason L. Sperry of Pitt’s School of Medicine joined one of the oldest and most esteemed honor societies of physician-scientists.
7 awards were presented at the 2022 Celebration of Innovation
The event recognized the achievements of Pitt faculty and student innovators who are seeking to improve people’s lives through the commercialization of their ideas and discoveries.
2022 Innovation in Education Award winners announced
Faculty were recognized for enhancing teaching at Pitt and fostering new instructional approaches that represent advances over existing methods.
Pitt team Hoth Intelligence takes second place in Rice Business Plan Competition
The student team is developing hardware and software to “see through and into” patients to assist clinicians.
