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2 Pitt Medicine faculty earned Society of General Internal Medicine honors
Timothy Anderson and Jennifer Corbelli receive national awards for mentorship and scholarship in medical education, respectively.
Dev Hayostek is among the 2024 Bright Young People recognized by a Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ organization
He’s overseen Prevention at Pitt outreach programs that have engaged nearly 14,000 people.
Jason Togyer won two awards from Press Club of Western Pennsylvania
The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion communications manager was honored for reporting and service to journalism.
9 undergraduates earned public service fellowships from the Frederick Honors College
The awards cover cost-of-living and other associated expenses for students participating in congressional or public service internships.
Tiana Wilson earned an Organization of American Historians dissertation award
The assistant professor in Pitt's Department of Africana Studies won the 2024 Lerner-Scott Prize.
16 Pitt students will research electrical grid sustainability through SHURE-Grid
The summer program is a collaborative partnership between the David C. Frederick Honors College, Swanson School of Engineering, Pitt’s Office of Research and the Idaho National Laboratory.
Lina Insana will study Italian American experiences through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant
The Heinz History Center and West Virginia University are co-partners on the Italian Diaspora Resource Map project.
Pitt biologists are part of a $12.5M NSF grant to study a widespread genetic phenomenon
Tia-Lynn Ashman and Martin Turcotte will use the pond plant duckweed to learn about organisms with more than two copies of their chromosomes.
5 Pitt students were named Community Research fellows
The Frederick Honors College will fund their summer work on a long-term sustainable project.
5 Pitt honors students earned summer Creative Arts Fellowships
The undergraduates will produce a piece of creative work under the mentorship of a faculty member or subject-matter expert.
15 Pitt students were named Health Science Research fellows
The Frederick Honors College program supports students as they conduct full-time independent research over the summer.
Tera Levin will study pathogenesis through a Burroughs Wellcome Fund program
The PATH program funds assistant professors studying points where human and infectious agent systems connect.
15 Pitt students completed the Physician Assistants Advancing Diversity program
The free weeklong program is open to current students on any campus.
Pitt improved in a number of Center for World University Rankings
Nationally, the University rose to No. 41 overall and to No. 20 among public schools.
Pitt-Greensburg students were honored at a Student Pennsylvania State Education Association conference
The campus chapter earned its fifth consecutive APEX award for holding activities that align with SPSEA pillars.
Clutter for a Cause diverted a record 22K pounds of material from landfills
The event saved tons of electronics, food products and more from residence halls during move-out week.
Pitt-Greensburg student researchers won top prizes at the Tri-Beta district convention
Their chapter was also honored with the Northeast 3 Outstanding District Chapter Award.
9 PhD students were named 2024 Humanities Engage fellows
They will receive funding for immersive summer projects and innovative dissertation research.
Laura Levitt received the inaugural Fine Fellowship
Through a partnership with Pitt’s Jewish Studies Program and the Heinz History Center, the Temple University professor will work with materials from the Tree of Life attack and its aftermath.
Louis Deemer won a NAFSA Rising Star Young Leader Award
He is an immigration specialist in the Office of International Services, a Pitt Commons mentor, and an instructor to students, faculty and staff.
