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Nicole Scheff receives 2021 Award in Pain from the Rita Allen Foundation

This year鈥檚 Award in Pain Scholars will receive grants of $50,000 annually for up to three years to conduct innovative research on critical topics on the biological mechanisms of pain.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Appalachian Regional Commission awards School of Computing and Information $500,000

The Appalachian Regional Commission鈥檚 (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative has awarded 51精品视频鈥檚 School of Computing and Information $500,000 for

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • School of Computing and Information
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3 51精品视频 advisors earned the inaugural Provost鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising

Awardees include Danielle Andrews-Brown, Karen Ricco and Devin N. Ulm.

  • University News
  • 51精品视频-Greensburg
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Nursing鈥檚 Lora Burke named an expert in obesity

Burke鈥檚 studies have included testing various diet approaches to weight loss and learning how people self-monitor their dietary intake.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Nursing
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51精品视频鈥檚 Waverly Duck wins Scholarly Achievement Award for book 鈥楾acit Racism鈥

The book lays out the many ways in which racism is coded into the everyday social interactions of Americans.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Maureen Pastin named director of compensation in 51精品视频鈥檚 Office of Human Resources

The 51精品视频sburgh native is an experienced compensation and human resources professional with more than 30 years of experience.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
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51精品视频's Dan Ding, Lori Delale-O鈥機onnor and Medina Jackson present at SXSW 2022

Dan Ding, Lori Delale-O鈥機onnor and Medina Jackson represented the University in Austin.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Researchers will mimic daycare settings to study flu transmission

Associate Professor Seema Lakdawala is leading a subproject on an $8.8 million grant.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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51精品视频 at Bradford named a Military Friendly School

51精品视频-Bradford was designated a silver-level recipient in the small public school category by Viqtory Media.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • 51精品视频-Bradford
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51精品视频 earns Silver Bicycle Friendly University status

The League of American Bicyclists awards institutions that promote and enable safe, accessible bicycling on campus.

  • Community Impact
  • Our City/Our Campus
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Winners of the Black Excellence Service Award announced

Recipients are students, staff, faculty, businesspeople and alumni who are role models in the community.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • Students

A multidisciplinary research group received a 51精品视频 Momentum Grant

The $60,000 award will support the 51精品视频sburgh Center for Interdisciplinary Bone and Mineral Research.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
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51精品视频 Education鈥檚 Kari Kokka receives grant from the National Science Foundation

The grant supports early career faculty with the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education.

  • Community Impact
  • Faculty
  • School of Education
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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Two 51精品视频 faculty members edit book on local responses to the shale gas industry

鈥淲hen Fracking Comes to Town: Governance, Planning, and Economic Impacts of the US Shale Boom鈥 from Associate Professors Sabina Deitrick and Ilia Murtazashvili was released in January.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Tagbo Niepa receives Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation

The award will enable his lab to further explore how bacteria cope with changes in surface tension and energy, and their adaptation to changing conditions to develop new materials.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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51精品视频-Johnstown receives LEED recognition for John P. Murtha Center

This recognition is the second LEED certification for the Johnstown campus.

  • University News
  • 51精品视频-Johnstown
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Alaina E. Roberts is a finalist for Los Angeles Times book prize

Professor Roberts digs into archival research and family history for her book, 鈥淚've Been Here All the While: Black Freedom on Native Land.鈥

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Rob Rutenbar receives Pioneering Achievement Award

The senior vice chancellor for research is recognized for his outstanding contributions in electronic design automation.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Computing and Information
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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The 51精品视频 News won a Crown Award from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association

The annual honor recognizes overall excellence in publications.

  • University News
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Students
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51精品视频 was named one of America鈥檚 Best Large Employers by Forbes

The University came in at No. 212 in the 2022 ranking.

  • University News
  • Faculty
  • Staff