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.
An alumnus was named the Thomas Merton Center’s 2019 New Person of the Year
Wasi Mohamed was honored for working toward peace and justice in Pittsburgh.
Martica Hall received an outstanding educator award from the Sleep Research Society
Her research explores the effect of sleep on behavioral and physical health, and she has published more than 175 peer-reviewed articles on topics in this area.
Julian Gill-Peterson won a Lambda Literary Award
Their book, “Histories of the Transgender Child,” earned the transgender nonfiction Lammy.
Oscar E. Swan received an award from the president of Poland
The Slavic Languages and Literatures professor was honored with the the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit.
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.
Pitt researchers push for a regional green infrastructure database
The Water Collaboratory paper proposes methods to comprehensively study stormwater management and green infrastructure projects underway throughout Allegheny County.
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.
Adam Shear received a grant from the American Academy for Jewish Research
The chair of religious studies will undergo training as part of the Footprints research project and database, which tracks the movement of Jewish books since the inception of print.