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Shyam Visweswaran was inducted as an International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics fellow

The honor society recognizes expertise in biomedical and health informatics internationally.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Â鶹´«Ã½ of Medicine
The Education and Training Center at Pitt-Titusville

12 medical assistant and phlebotomy students completed a Pitt-Titusville career training

The free, 10-month Brockway Center for Arts and Technology course prepares trainees for their national certification exams.

  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Titusville
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Alex Mowrey earned a young alumni award from Slippery Rock University

He documents and shares scenes around campus as a social media content strategist and Pitt Athletics photographer.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Staff
A blue flag with a Pitt shield in front of the Cathedral of Learning

4 Pitt staffers were honored with a professional development award

José Goyco-Blas, Valerie Kerr, Carolyn Mazzella and Allison Vorp received the annual Staff Council award.

  • University News
  • Staff
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2 Pitt Medicine faculty earned Society of General Internal Medicine honors

Timothy Anderson and Jennifer Corbelli receive national awards for mentorship and scholarship in medical education, respectively.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Â鶹´«Ã½ of Medicine
Hayostek

Dev Hayostek is among the 2024 Bright Young People recognized by a Pittsburgh LGBTQ+ organization

He’s overseen Prevention at Pitt outreach programs that have engaged nearly 14,000 people.

  • Community Impact
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Staff
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Jason Togyer won two awards from Press Club of Western Pennsylvania

The Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion communications manager was honored for reporting and service to journalism.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Staff
The Cathedral of Learning is seen over rooftops in a Pittsburgh neighborhood

9 undergraduates earned public service fellowships from the Frederick Honors College

The awards cover cost-of-living and other associated expenses for students participating in congressional or public service internships.

  • Community Impact
  • Undergraduate students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Tiana Wilson earned an Organization of American Historians dissertation award

The assistant professor in Pitt's Department of Africana Studies won the 2024 Lerner-Scott Prize.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Africana Studies
Insala

Lina Insana will study Italian American experiences through a National Endowment for the Humanities grant

The Heinz History Center and West Virginia University are co-partners on the Italian Diaspora Resource Map project.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
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16 Pitt students will research electrical grid sustainability through SHURE-Grid

The summer program is a collaborative partnership between the David C. Frederick Honors College, Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering, Pitt’s Office of Research and the Idaho National Laboratory.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Swanson Â鶹´«Ã½ of Engineering
A gloved hand holds a beaker full of the tiny pond plant duckweed

Pitt biologists are part of a $12.5M NSF grant to study a widespread genetic phenomenon

Tia-Lynn Ashman and Martin Turcotte will use the pond plant duckweed to learn about organisms with more than two copies of their chromosomes.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich Â鶹´«Ã½ of Arts and Sciences
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5 Pitt students were named Community Research fellows

The Frederick Honors College will fund their summer work on a long-term sustainable project.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Undergraduate students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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5 Pitt honors students earned summer Creative Arts Fellowships

The undergraduates will produce a piece of creative work under the mentorship of a faculty member or subject-matter expert.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Undergraduate students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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15 Pitt students were named Health Science Research fellows

The Frederick Honors College program supports students as they conduct full-time independent research over the summer.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
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Tera Levin will study pathogenesis through a Burroughs Wellcome Fund program

The PATH program funds assistant professors studying points where human and infectious agent systems connect.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich Â鶹´«Ã½ of Arts and Sciences
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15 Pitt students completed the Physician Assistants Advancing Diversity program

The free weeklong program is open to current students on any campus.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Students
  • Â鶹´«Ã½ of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
The sun and the Cathedral of Learning show between tree branches

Pitt improved in a number of Center for World University Rankings

Nationally, the University rose to No. 41 overall and to No. 20 among public schools.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
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Pitt-Greensburg students were honored at a Student Pennsylvania State Education Association conference

The campus chapter earned its fifth consecutive APEX award for holding activities that align with SPSEA pillars.

  • Community Impact
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Pitt-Greensburg
Volunteers stand behind a Clutter for a Cause sign

Clutter for a Cause diverted a record 22K pounds of material from landfills

The event saved tons of electronics, food products and more from residence halls during move-out week.

  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Sustainability
  • Students