Ipsita Banerjee wins Swanson School Faculty Diversity Award

Banerjee in a black top

Ipsita Banerjee, associate professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, is the recipient of the school’s 2019 Faculty Diversity Award. 

“It would be an understatement to say that Ipsita earnestly strives each year to improve the academic environment fostering the success of under-represented minority students at the graduate, undergraduate and high school levels,” says Steven Little, department chair of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the Swanson School.

The award committee citedBanerjee’s accomplishments as:

  • Commitment to community engagement through active participation in INVESTING NOW program, as well as collaboration the Carnegie Science Center and REU programs.

  • Leadership and mentorship for women in STEM, through participation in the Women in STEM Conferences and AlChE Women’s Initiative Committee.

  • Recognized excellence in mentorship, including the 2016 Summer Research Internship Faculty Mentor Award by PITT EXCEL program.

  • Service to the Swanson School in the recruitment and retention of underrepresented students through various internal and external programs.

Read more at the Swanson School’s website.