Schikorra Receives Humboldt Research Fellowship
This highly selective fellowship is among Germany's most prestigious awards an international researcher can receive.
Academic Accolades
2 faculty are National Academy of Inventors Fellows
Innovations in gene therapy and vaccine development earned the pair a combined 45 patents—and now, one of the highest honors for academic inventors.
Vats named a 2022 Soros Equality Fellow
The Open Society Foundations has named Anjali Vats, associate professor of law at the University of Pittsburgh, a 2022 Soros Equality Fellows.
Pitt’s first Mitchell Scholar
Alex Firestine, a senior in the David C. Frederick Honors College and College of Business Administration, has been named a 2024 George J. Mitchell Scholar — the first in Pitt history.
Sowa elected to the National Academy of Medicine
The professor and chair of physical medicine and rehabilitation has earned one of the highest honors in health care.
Wipf honored for creative organic chemistry
Wipf won the 2023 Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from the American Chemical Society.
Two Pitt physicists honored by the American Physical Society
Chandralekha Singh received an award for removing barriers to marginalized groups in physics, and Vittorio Paolono was named an APS Fellow.
Schneider earns a Packard Fellowship for galaxy modeling
Assistant Professor Evan Schneider, whose research focuses on the digital modeling of galaxies, was among 20 early career professors nationwide to be named a Packard Fellow.
Ray named a National Institutes of Health MOSAIC Scholar
Mitali Ray, a postdoctoral associate doing research in Pitt's schools of Nursing and Public Health, has been named an NIH MOSAIC (Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and and Academic Independent Careers) Scholar.
Pitt scientists awarded $8 million for neurotechnology to restore arm and hand movements after strokes
Marco Capogrosso and colleagues will design and test a system stimulating the spinal cord with electrical signals.