The Plan for Pitt: Advance Educational Excellence

January 29, 2020 - 12:03pm

Jamie Ducar Earns Second Micro-Credential in Community Engagement

Jamie Ducar, director of community engagement in the Office of Community and Governmental Relations, has earned a micro-...
Ravi Patel, lead innovation advisor in the School of Pharmacy; John Donehoo, clinical pharmacist at UPMC and program collaborator; David Vorp, associate dean for research and William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Bioengineering; and Kerry Empey, associate professor of pharmacy and therapeutics
January 29, 2020 - 11:21am

Pitt Seed Funding Helps Send Projects into Space

Two projects that were awarded Pitt Seed funding in 2019 will blast off to the International Space Station this spring to study microgravity’s effects on people and spacecrafts.
January 22, 2020 - 12:03pm

Pittsburgh Named One of the Best Places to Find a Job

Pittsburgh is one of the best places to find a job the U.S., according to WalletHub’s “2020’s Best Cities for Jobs” rankings....
January 22, 2020 - 12:00am

Pitt Law Signs Accelerated Admissions Agreement with Bloomsburg University

Pitt’s School of Law is once again offering qualified students from Bloomsburg University (BU) an Accelerated Law...
January 21, 2020 - 12:00am

Max Schuster Selected for Emerging Faculty Leader Academy

Max Schuster, assistant professor of practice in the School of Education, was selected for the 2019-2020 NAPSA Emerging Faculty...
January 9, 2020 - 12:00am

Education’s Tessa McCarthy Receives National Research Award

Tessa McCarthy, assistant professor in the School of Education, received the 2019 Alan J. Koenig Research in Literacy...
Anantha Shekhar
January 8, 2020 - 11:28am

Anantha Shekhar Named Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, Med School Dean

Anantha Shekhar joins Pitt from Indiana University and is expected to begin the role in June 2020.
December 20, 2019 - 12:00am

Pediatrics Researcher John V. Williams to be Presented Award for Scientific Contributions

John V. Williams was recently announced as the recipient of the 2020 Norman J. Siegel Outstanding Science Award by the American...
December 19, 2019 - 12:00am

Taryn Bayles Awarded for Excellence in Teaching

Taryn Bayles, vice chair for education and professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of...
December 18, 2019 - 12:00am

Katz MBA Rises in Poets & Quants Rankings

For the sixth year in a row, Pitt’s Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business MBA program is ranked among the top 20 in...