Khirsten L. Scott, an assistant professor in the School of Education, received the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, which highlights exemplary engaged teaching and research.
Anthony Grace, a distinguished professor of neuroscience and professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, received a $634,831 grant as a continuation of his study titled “Gating of Information Flow Within the Nucleus Accumbens.”
Amir Alavi, an assistant professor in the Swanson School of Engineering, received a three-year Trailblazer R21 Award from the National Institutes of Health.
Five faculty from five schools across the University of Pittsburgh were chosen to participate in the 2024 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Leaders Network program.
Jayme Tocci, a student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, earned a Peggy Browning Fellowship for the summer of 2024.
Kaden Kashner, a sophomore in the David C. Frederick Honors College, was included on the short list for the 2023 Harvey Chute Book Awards.
Thomas J. Songer, assistant professor in the School of Public Health, was awarded the Abraham Lilienfeld Award, the most prestigious award presented by the American College of Epidemiology.
The U.S. State Department has named 15 University of Pittsburgh students as winners of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which supports undergraduate students receiving Federal Pell Grants with up to $5,000 while they pursue study abroad opportunities.
Shyam Visweswaran, a biomedical informatics professor and vice chair of clinical informatics in the School of Medicine, was recently appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine committee.
Adam Butchy, Utkars Jain and Michael Leasure cofounded HEARTio, which is developing an algorithm called ECGio to help doctors detect coronary artery disease faster.
