Jamie Hammond is the Pennsylvania Society of Physician Assistants Educator of the Year

Awardees are selected for making a difference in the lives of others and inspiring students to become well-trained physician assistants.

Yanshan Wang named chair-elect of the Natural Language Processing Working Group for the American Medical Informatics Association

His research interests focus on artificial intelligence, natural language processing and machine/deep learning methodologies and applications in health care.

Phone service will be briefly interrupted Nov. 30 at the Pittsburgh campus

From 9-11:30 a.m., incoming calls to Pittsburgh campus individual phone numbers may be unavailable for up to 15 minutes during the transition while the phone number is being moved to the new service provider. Outgoing calls placed from Pittsburgh campus phones will not be affected.

ICYMI: Holiday break extended for staff

Winter Recess will now run Dec. 20 through Jan. 3, 2022 for all full- and part-time Pitt employees.

Valerie Fulmer earns Educator of the Year Award

Fulmer is director of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's Standardized Patient Program.

Year of Data and Society funding will support projects on air quality, social justice and more

The first round of winning projects for the year’s theme have been announced. Submit your own application for the next round of funding by Dec. 1.

Robert K. Cunningham appointed interim executive director of the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition

The CNBC is a collaboration between Pitt and Carnegie Mellon University that advances research into the cognitive and neural mechanisms that give rise to behavior.

Todd Reeser will be a fellow at the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study

Reeser will spend next spring in residence at the university to work on a book project exploring trans representation and conceptions of French citizenship.

Take your first step toward a smoke-free life during the Nov. 18 Great American Smokeout

Participate in the American Cancer Society event and get support from Pitt at no cost.

Michael Meyer named Visiting Scholar at Oxford's Centre for Life-Writing

While in residence, Meyer is finishing research on a book recounting a scandalous 1877 trial in London.