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Pitt researchers are part of an international team awarded $1 million Magee Prize

The Magee-Womens Research Institute awarded its $1 million Magee Prize to an international team led by Pamela Moalli, professor in Pitt’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences ...
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Submit comments for draft policies on Institutional Conflict of Interest and Tuition Exchange

The draft policies are currently under development, and comments and suggestions provided during this 28-day comment period will be taken into consideration during the University’s policy development ...
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Huey Copeland will serve as a juror for the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition

Huey Copeland, Andrew W. Mellon Chair and Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture, will serve as a juror for the Smithsonian’s Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. The ...
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A group of Pitt students were published in the Journal of Science Policy and Governance

Five environmental studies students at the University of Pittsburgh wrote a paper that has been published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Science Policy and Governance. The then ...
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Pitt was recognized for promoting high student voter participation

The University of Pittsburgh has been recognized as an ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting for its efforts in promoting student voting participation in the 2022 election. ALL IN, a ...
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Alumnus Yasir Aljohani won an abstract award at the 2023 American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association National Assembly

Yasir Aljohani, who earned a Master of Science in Prosthetics and Orthotics (MSPO) from Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, won the Lucille and Otto Becker Award at the 2023 American ...
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Pitt alumnus Tommie Shelby elected co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board

Pitt alumnus Tommie Shelby (A&S ’98G) has been elected co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize Board. The 19-member group of leading journalists, news executives from across the U.S., academics and artists ...
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University media honored at the Golden Quill Awards

Pitt communicators work hard to give you award-winning content. Every year, their work is recognized by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania’s Golden Quill Awards. Here are the 2021 winners and ...
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Engineering Researchers Awarded Grant for 2D Metal Study

The Nanoionics and Electronics Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering has received $557,000 in funding from the National Science Foundation for its work ...
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Health sciences faculty: Apply by April 18 for the Supporting Our Scientists program

University of Pittsburgh faculty members who experienced undue caregiving responsibilities as a result of COVID-19 that disrupted their research productivity and career trajectory can apply for the ...
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Two Pitt-UPMC faculty were elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation

Zachary Freyberg and Jason L. Sperry of Pitt’s School of Medicine are among 95 newly elected members of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI). ASCI, founded in 1908, is one of the ...
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Todd Reeser will be a fellow at the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study

Todd Reeser, professor and chair of French and Italian in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a 2021 fellow of the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced ...