Accolades & Honors
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Ipsita Banerjee won the Swanson School’s Faculty Diversity Award
She is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.
Pitt was recognized as a Military Friendly School for an 8th consecutive year
The University’s Pittsburgh and Bradford campuses made the list.
Sam Dickerson received the Swanson School’s Outstanding Educator Award
The award includes a $2,000 grant, which will further enhance the assistant professor’s teaching.
A new Pitt award honored 5 outstanding community partnerships
The University’s first Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement’s Partnerships of Distinction Awards were presented as part of the Community Engaged Scholarship Forum.
The Nationality Rooms Scholarships awarded record funding this year
The scholarships will support the study abroad research endeavors of 54 students.
HERL Director Rory Cooper joined the Hall of Inventors
He is the 28th inventor and first Pitt professor to receive a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office trading card and portrait.
This Pitt lab safety program won a national recognition
Ericka Huston’s Safety in the Chemistry Laboratory course was key to earning the American Chemical Society honor.
Undergraduate Sam Ressin received an Udall Scholarship
The competitive national awards are presented for leadership, public service and commitment to issues related to Native American nations or to the environment.
Jamie Ducar earned a community partnership micro-credential
The director of community engagement demonstrated effective cultivation, facilitation and maintenance of high-quality partnerships with community organizations and representatives.
Diego Chaves-Gnecco was named Pennsylvania Pediatrician of the Year
The associate professor was presented with the award by the state chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
2 Swanson School faculty were honored with American Society for Engineering Education awards
ASEE will honor Jayant Rajgopal and Sylvanus Wosu in June.
Valerie Kinloch will speak at an event for the anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
Education, law and policy scholars will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that found public school segregation unconstitutional.
4 Pitt projects will be showcased at the ACCelerate Creativity and Innovation Festival
Meet the feature researchers from the World History Center, HERL, the Office of the Provost and the Department of Theatre Arts.
Pitt will dedicate a Philippine Nationality Room
The June 9 ceremony will be followed by a cultural festival with music, dancing and food.
SHRS students and researchers were recognized by the American Occupational Therapy Foundation
Among the honorees are Joan Rogers, Natalie Leland and Roxanna Bendixen.
Pitt Sociology Chair Suzanne Staggenborg won a lifetime achievement award
The University of Notre Dame Center for the Study of Social Movements will honor her for her work in the field.
Keisha N. Blain was awarded best book in African American women’s and gender history
“Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global Struggle for Freedom” won the 2019 Darlene Clark Hine Award.
Peg Smith won a National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Lifetime Achievement Award
She is a professor emerita of mathematics education and a senior scientist in the Learning Research and Development Center.
Daniel Balderson received a literary award
The Society for Textual Scholarship honored the Mellon Professor of Modern Languages for his book, “How Borges Wrote.”
4 Pitt students earned 2019 Goldwater Scholarships
All of the winners are seniors in the Dietrich School and residents of Pennsylvania.
