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Velpandi Ayyavoo, faculty member in the Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, has been appointed associate dean for faculty affairs at the Graduate School of Public Health. The associate dean for faculty affairs oversees all faculty activities including appointments, promotions and the tenure process. Ayyavoo succeeds Todd Reinhart, who is leaving the University to become dean […]

The Mid-Atlantic chapter of Medical Library Association has honored two Health Sciences Library System reference librarians recently: • Andrea Ketchum was awarded the 2015 Award for Professional Excellence by a Health Sciences Librarian. • Melissa Ratajeski was awarded the 2015 Marguerite Abel Service Recognition Award, which recognizes exemplary service to the chapter during the past year. […]

In recognition of her dedication to social activism in southwestern Pennsylvania, a Pitt faculty member has been named a winner of the 2015 Iris Marion Young Award for Political Engagement. The award is named for the philosopher and activist for gender equity who served as a faculty member in the Graduate School of Public and […]

  The American Concrete Pavement Association has named Julie Vandenbossche, faculty member in civil and environmental engineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, as the winner of the 2015 Marlin J. Knutson Award for Technical Achievement. The award is presented annually to an individual or group who has made significant contributions to the development and […]

The Pitt-Bradford Alumni Association will give this year’s Teaching Excellence Award to Jean Truman, faculty member in nursing. Truman will be recognized at the PBAA alumni awards dinner and Athletic Hall of Fame induction at 5 p.m. Oct. 3. Truman is the coordinator of the associate of science in nursing program at Pitt-Bradford, where she […]

Martin Votruba, head of the Slovak studies program in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has won a Milan Hodza Award of Honor. Two Milan Hodza Awards, named after the last prime minister of Czechoslovakia before Nazi Germany’s influence, are presented annually. The awards recognize the […]

Head volleyball coach Dan Fisher returned to Pittsburgh with a gold medal after leading the U.S. women’s national volleyball team past Brazil, 3-0,  in the title match of the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto July 25. The United States finished the event 5-1 overall. In winning gold, Team USA won its first Pan American […]

Charles “Chip” Burke III was honored with the Excellence in Safety Award at the 2015 USA Hockey’s Annual Congress/Night of Tribute awards dinner. Burke was recognized for his contributions in improving safety and reducing injury in youth sports through his 20-year association with USA Hockey. Burke, a clinical associate professor at the School of Medicine  […]

The University Center for Social and Urban Research (UCSUR) presents the Steven D. Manners Faculty Development Awards annually to promising research projects in the social, behavioral and policy sciences on campus. The awards honor the memory of Manners, a sociologist who began working at the center in 1974 and served as its assistant director from […]

Provost Patricia E. Beeson has named George Huber as interim vice provost for research conduct and compliance and head of the reorganized Research Conduct and Compliance Office effective July 1. The office, which had reported to the Office of the Chancellor, now will report to the Office of the Provost. Huber is an associate dean […]