Pitt student won a poster award from the Mathematical Association of America
Pitt mathematics student Lark Song was recognized for his research poster at the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) MathFest in Indianapolis.
Academic Accolades
Coutanche elected as board secretary of the Federation of Associations in Brain and Behavior Sciences
Marc Coutanche, associate professor of psychology in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and research scientist in the Learning Research and Development Center, has been elected as board secretary to the Federation of Associations in Behavior and Brain Sciences.
Woolley won a book award from the Association of Internet Researchers
Samuel Woolley, Endowed Chair of Disinformation Studies in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, won the Association of Internet Researchers’ (AoIR) Nancy Baym Book Annual Award.
A Pitt student startup won the prestigious Hult Prize
Korion Health, a startup led by Pitt students, won $1 million in the competition, which challenges for-profit student entrepreneurs from around the world to create and launch businesses aimed at tackling the most pressing challenges they see in their communities.
Parkhitko will use a new National Institute on Aging grant to study the methionine cycle
Assistant Professor Andrey Parkhitko earned a new grant from the National Institute on Aging to investigate whether the methionine cycle — a process crucial to many cellular functions — plays a role in controlling multiple hallmarks of aging.
GSPIA student was named as an acting state bureau director
Jill Stemple, a graduate student in Pitt’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, has been named an acting bureau director within Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services.
Paterson works with UK team on 'More-than-human senses and sensations project
Mark Paterson, professor of sociology and distinguished visiting professor at the University of Bristol, worked on an interdisciplinary project and delivered a public lecture that explored the histories of scholarships considering senses beyond the human.
Bamyeh earned an Einstein Fellowship
Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences professor Mohammed Bamyeh was recently awarded the Einstein Fellowship.
Munin earned an American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine research award
The American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) will honor Pitt School of Medicine Professor Michael Munin with its 2024 Distinguished Researcher Award.
2 Pitt graduate students were named public health ambassadors
Jaia Gallegos and Prathiksha Sivakumar were selected for the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health’s (ASPPH) 2024-25 This Is Public Health Ambassador Cohort.