Pitt’s Office of Child Development developed a parenting guide of original research

“You and Your Child” is a series of 49 guides, broken down into categories of behavior, health and nutrition, parenting, development and safety. 

Walid Gellad received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

It’s the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers.

The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center received NSF funding to build new tech

The supercomputer, Bridges-2, will contain different types of state-of-the-art hardware and larger memory space for solving problems.

3 Pitt English affiliates earned Investing in Professional Artists Grants

Cameron Barnett, Adriana Ramirez and Anjali Sachdeva are among the 2019 recipients of the Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz Endowments program.

Pitt spinout Aruga Technologies won a business pitch competition

Alumnus Joseph Pugar’s 20-minute pitch on the company’s unique synthetic vascular graft implant technology won second prize among 12 competitors.

Stephen D. Meriney received a grant for neuromuscular disease research

The professor of neuroscience and psychiatry received more than $300,000 to support the development of a new therapeutic approach for Spinal Muscular Atrophy.

3 graduate students won a thesis elevator pitch contest

Swanson School of Engineering student Piyusha Gade took first place in the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Pitt Competition.

Caroline Runyan was named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences

The award for young investigators comes with four years of flexible funding to invest in exploratory research.

PhD student Zina Ward earned a Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship

The fellowship awards a $30,000 stipend and up to $8,000 in research funds and university fees in fellows’ final year of dissertation writing.

Giannis Mpourmpakis earned a prestigious Grecian award

The Bodossaki Award is given every two years to the most outstanding scientist of Greek descent below the age of 40.