Teaching & Learning
Victoria Hornyak was recognized as Geriatrics Teacher of the Year
She coordinates and serves as the primary instructor for courses related to patient management and geriatrics in Pitt’s Department of Physical Therapy.
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.
Ipsita Banerjee won the Swanson School’s Faculty Diversity Award
She is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering.
2 Swanson School faculty were honored with American Society for Engineering Education awards
ASEE will honor Jayant Rajgopal and Sylvanus Wosu in June.
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.
3 Dietrich School faculty members were recognized for teaching excellence
Julie Beaulieu, Geoffrey Glover and Jeffrey Wheeler won the 2019 Tina and David Bellet Teaching Excellence Award.
The University Center for Teaching and Learning hosted the Pittsburgh Regional Faculty Symposium
The conference saw attendees from universities and colleges in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, New York, Kentucky, Massachusetts and Ontario.
Urban Studies advisor Carolyn Carson was recognized for outstanding work
This year's Ampco-Pittsburgh Prize for Excellence in Advising has served at Pitt for more than two decades.
A Katz accounting professor earned a lifetime contribution award
John H. Evans III was honored for 40-plus years of research and teachings of key management accounting issues.
Pitt-Greensburg‘s nursing program was awarded $1.5M
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing is in its second year at the regional campus.