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Russell Clark wins Dietrich School prize for excellence in advising
The senior lecturer advises all undergraduate physics and astronomy majors and is responsible for training graduate teaching assistants for lab courses.
Dietrich Stephan was named Life Sciences Pennsylvania's Thought Leader of the Year
He's a renowned human geneticist and entrepreneur, a Pitt professor and CEO of LifeX.
2 Dietrich School faculty were honored with a teaching award
Geoffrey Hutchison and Amy Murray Twyning are the 2018 recipients of Pitt's Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Awards.
Chief Financial Officer Arthur G. Ramicone to retire
The senior vice chancellor, who has worked at Pitt since 1988, will retire in August.
Pitt's MBA program is ranked as one of the best nationally for return on investment
The Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business is in good company.
Waverly Duck's research on racism earned a Scholarly Achievement Award
The associate professor of sociology was honored by the North Central Sociological Association.
Patricia Kroboth wins Outstanding Dean Award
Pitt's School of Pharmacy leader will be recognized by the American Pharmacists Association-Academy of Student Pharmacists.
New exhibits include works by a Pitt professor emeritus
Internationally acclaimed multimedia artist Paul Glabicki taught in the Department of Studio Arts for 40 years.
David Pettersen was inducted into French Order of the Academic Palms
The honor recognizes his efforts in establishing a faculty exchange between Pitt and the Université Lumière Lyon 2.
This Pitt duo won an award to research prosthetic improvements
Doug Weber and Lee Fisher are one of four Pitt teams to earn the National Institutes of Health award.
Pitt's Department of Occupational Therapy welcomes a new faculty member
Natalie Leland will serve as associate professor.
Peter Gianaros helped to create a new American Psychological Association health disparities report
The Pitt professor of psychology and psychiatry studies how the human brain influences and is influenced by physical health.
Announcing Pitt's 2018 Honors Convocation speaker
Dean Brian Primack will address students, faculty and guests at the Feb. 23 ceremony.
2 Pitt psychologists were awarded for early career achievement
Tristen Inagaki and Jamie Hanson have been named 2017 Rising Stars by the Association for Psychological Science.
Melanoma research gets a financial boost
The Woiner Foundation of Pittsburgh recently donated $50,000 to the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center’s Melanoma and Skin Cancer Treatment Program.
Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski was named an officer of the Medieval Academy of America
The Pitt distinguished professor studies French medieval literature and culture.
Marlene Cohen received a National Academy of Sciences award
The associate professor of neuroscience earned the $75,000 grant for her research into how the brain encodes and processes visual information to make quick decisions.
Dawn Lundy Martin was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts
The co-director of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics is one of 36 literary professionals to earn the 2018 Creative Writing Fellowship.
Associate Dean Minking Chyu was presented with a distinguished service professor medallion
University of Pittsburgh Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and Provost Patricia E. Beeson recently presented the Swanson School of Engineering's Minking Chyu with a medallion recognizing his appointment as
Mervat Abdelhak was named to an information management organization's board
The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences department chair will serve the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education.
