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2 dozen Pitt researchers made Clarivate鈥檚 annual Highly Cited list

This select group of authors come from a wide breadth of research areas, and their papers are ranked in the top 1% by citation worldwide.

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Carey

Tony Carey won an American Political Science Association mentor award

He earned this year鈥檚 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for working with Latino junior faculty.

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
  • Cultivate student success
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The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center won 3 HPCwire Awards

PSC was honored at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis for work with its flagship Bridges-2 computer.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • It's Possible at Pitt
麻豆传媒 of Pharmacy faculty, students and support staff  in the new Salk Pavilion photographed for pharmacy stock and web sites, October 4, 2023

Pitt people were honored at a Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association meeting

The 麻豆传媒 of Pharmacy and students Anneliese Harp, Julia Lazzaris, Charlotte Nazar and Akshaya Sudhakar were recognized at the Western Regional Meeting.

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  • 麻豆传媒 of Pharmacy
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9 projects earned funding from the Dietrich Innovation Initiative

The new program will provide resources for faculty and staff to explore ambitious, collaborative projects.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Chancellor Staff Awards ceremony and reception held at the Connolly Ballroom of Alumni Hall.

Chancellor Joan Gabel recognized 9 staff members with top awards

Individuals were recognized for their exceptional contributions to Pitt through mentorship, community engagement, career achievement and more.

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Pitt-Bradford is a Military Times Best Vets College

Pitt-Bradford earned the designation for a second year. The campus also boasts military friendly and military spouse friendly rankings.

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A PhD student presented at the American Public Health Association annual meeting

Jenn Lee鈥檚 research explores how dental medicine and social work disciplines differ in their understanding of the social determinants of oral health.

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Cultivate student success
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Cooper points to a part of an electric wheelchair

Rory Cooper joined the board of the Army Heritage Center Foundation

The organization supports the US Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

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  • Human Engineering Research Lab (HERL)
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Promote accountability and trust
Pitt-Titusville employees (pictured, from left to right: Bill Watson, Patti Jo Young, Chris Hunt, Don Stuck, Dr. Stephanie Fiely and Ted Rougeux), pose for a group portrait to commemorate their milestone work anniversaries.

10 Pitt-Titusville employees celebrated milestone anniversaries

The Education and Training Center recognized Lawrence Prenatt and Colleen Motter for 40 and 30 years of service, respectively.

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The Panther statue in the fall, set against yellow leaves.

Henry Cantu was elected to the NDDSWA Board of Directors

He will serve as program chair for the National Deans and Directors of Social Work Admissions for 2024-26.

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  • 麻豆传媒 of Social Work
Left to right, portrait of Diane Null, Bill Kline and Kathy Moonan.

21 Pitt-Bradford employees were honored for milestone anniversaries

Among the longest-serving staff members are Kathy Moonan, Bill Kline and Diane Null.

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  • Pitt-Bradford
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Dawna Cerney (second from left) and Susan Lucas (second from right) pose with others during their SEED award recognition for the Swissvale project.

Susan Lucas was named a Mon Valley Initiative Community Partner of the Year

The Urban Studies faculty member and Dawna Cerney of Youngstown State won for their work on the SEED for Swissvale project.

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  • Innovation and Research
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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
Campus during the fall season.

Huey Copeland will serve as a juror for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

The Pitt professor will help decide featured artworks for the annual Smithsonian contest.

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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
Washo

Kevin Washo won a Pittsburgh Business Times C-Suite Award

The senior vice chancellor for university relations was recognized for collaborating with colleagues at Pitt and across the region.

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  • Our City/Our Campus
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Lise Vesterlund and other Behavioral Economic Design Initiative workshop attendees smile.

6 Pitt faculty presented at this year鈥檚 Behavioral Economic Design Initiative workshop

The Department of Economics unit seeks to advance economic design within the areas of women's advancement, health economics, market design and more.

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
Portrait of Raed Rafei.

Raed El Rafei鈥檚 new film will premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

The assistant professor returned to his Lebanon hometown to create 鈥淭ripoli/A Tale of Three Cities.鈥

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Global
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
Culley at a podium

Leigh Culley is Pitt鈥檚 interim assistant vice chancellor for accessibility

An alumna of the 麻豆传媒 of Education, she has served as director of Disability Recourses and Services since 2015.

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  • It's Possible at Pitt
Portrait of Shatara Murphy

Shatara Murphy was selected as an AITF Anchor Fellow

The assistant vice chancellor for Anchor Initiatives is among four higher education and nonprofit leaders in the 2025 cohort.

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Be welcoming and engaged
麻豆传媒 of Medicine building sign behind tree

Pitt Medicine researchers will study ableism with a $3.2M NIH grant

Lynn Worobey and team will investigate how ableism contributes to health disparities over the next five years.

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  • Health and Wellness
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 麻豆传媒 of Medicine
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