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SHRS’ Beth Skidmore Helps Address Rehabilitation Needs for Biden Transition Team

  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Department of Occupational Therapy

Learning Research and Development Center Researchers to Evaluate New Pittsburgh Promise Coaching Initiative

  • School of Education

Ollie Green Joins Pitt as Chief Information Security Officer

Alyson Stover Named President of American Occupational Therapy Association

  • Department of Occupational Therapy
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Donald Yealy Wins 2021 AACEM Distinguished Service Award

  • School of Medicine
  • Department of Medicine
  • Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Spring 2021 Pitt Cyber Accelerator Grant Recipients Announced

  • School of Medicine
  • School of Education
  • School of Computing and Information
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Computer Science
Holbrook on a city street

Kirk Holbrook to lead Pitt’s Hill District Community Engagement Center

Kirk Holbrook has been named director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Hill District Community Engagement Center (CEC). Pitt’s first CEC, directed by Daren Ellerbee, is set to open in Homewood in

  • Community Impact

Ming-Te Wang Garners Two Research Excellence Awards

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Devin DePamphilis Wins 2021 Taste Award for Photography

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Department of Studio Arts
  • Department of Economics

Nicole Sekel Joins American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Program

  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Darris Means Receives Outstanding Publication Award

  • School of Education

Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life Names Hall of Famers

The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life recently inducted the Eta Class of the Greek Hall of Fame at its Fraternity and Sorority Life Awards Ceremony. Vanetta Cheeks Reeder (NURS ’83) was the 34th

Alum, Staffer Releases Indie Horror Film

Matt Schultz (A&S ’10), manager of recruitment in the University Honors College, recently debuted “The Boonies,” a feature-length horror film shot primarily in Cambria, Somerset and Allegheny counties

  • David C. Frederick Honors College
Panther statue next to colorful flowers

Two honored with Pennsylvania Veterans Service Award

On May 6, leaders of the Pennsylvania National Guard awarded Pitt’s Rory Cooper and Garrett Grindle (ENGR ’04, ’07G) the Pennsylvania Veterans Service Award for their work protecting veterans and

SHRS’s Emily Murphy Earns ‘Educator of the Year’ Honor

  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences

Feng Xiong Receives NSF Grant to Develop Conversion Method for Heat Energy

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

Pitt–Bradford’s Tony Gaskew Appointed to NCAA Committee

Gina Garcia Appointed to Board of Directors of National Higher Education Organization

Gina Garcia, assistant professor in the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, has been elected to the board of directors of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE). With over

  • School of Education

Nicole Mitchell Named United States Artists Fellow

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

Pitt Programs Rise in National Rankings, Physical Therapy Program Remains in Top Spot

  • School of Nursing
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Department of Physical Therapy
  • Department of Occupational Therapy