Accolades & Honors

2021 Sustainability Champions Named

• Swanson School of Engineering
• Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Geology and Environmental Science
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Pitt to Host New Oncology Summer Internship for Medical Students

• School of Medicine

Pitt Cyber Announces New Affiliates

• School of Computing and Information
• Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security
• Department of Informatics and Networked Systems

Max Laun Named Director of New Online Graduate Law Program

• School of Law

Rory Cooper was the fastest American handbiker in the Berlin Marathon

He placed 49th out of 111 finishers with a time of 1:26:17.

• School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
• Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL)

Castilleja F. Olmsted Wins Graduate Student Policy Award

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

Pitt Team Reaches Regional Round of Cyber Defense Competition

The University of Pittsburgh Cyber Competitions team competed against collegiate teams across the nation in the regional final of the 2021 Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The team

• Swanson School of Engineering
• School of Computing and Information

Public Health Researchers Awarded $10.7M for Alzheimer’s Research

• School of Public Health
• Department of Human Genetics
• Department of Epidemiology

Gayle Rogers Elected to Association of Departments of English Leadership

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

Jennifer Russell Receives $1.4 Million Grant to Improve Schools

• School of Education

Bioengineer Moni Datta Receives a $300K DoD Award to Design Biochemical Marker Technology

• Department of Bioengineering
• Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
• Department of Defense
• Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
• Division of Oral Biology
• School of Dental Medicine
• Swanson School of Engineering

Neuroscience’s Caroline Runyan Wins Searle Scholarship

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

Engineering Team Receives NSF Funding to Study Brain in Rehabilitation Research

• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Swanson School of Engineering

Shelome Gooden Named Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research

Shelome Gooden was recently named as the University of Pittsburgh’s first-ever assistant vice chancellor for research for the humanities, arts, social sciences, and related fields, announced Senior

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