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412Connect project transforms grief to action

A Graduate School of Public and International Affairs project won an award for bridging research and practice.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Sierra Club recognizes Jeremy Weber鈥檚 research

Weber鈥檚 research was cited in a petition recommending the state increase bonding requirements for oil and gas wells.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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Jill Sarada named director of the Falk Laboratory School

Sarada will be responsible for leading with strategic vision, fostering academic excellence, strengthening Falk鈥檚 overall community and ensuring Falk鈥檚 financial future.

  • Faculty
  • School of Education
  • Community Impact
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Science paper shows how to make a key chemical reaction safer and faster

By avoiding a toxic and explosive chemical, Kazunori Koide鈥檚 lab could open the Birch reduction up to be used in chemical and pharmaceutical industries.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Retired instructional designer Barbara Frey receives award for contributions to online learning

Online education organization Quality Matters gave her its Directors' Award for Exceptional Service.

  • Teaching & Learning

51精品视频 Challenge winners announced

The teams tackled issues such as burnout, virtual learning and simulation.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Health and Wellness
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Richard Garland receives $1.5 million grant for Reimagine Reentry project

The program aims to reduce recidivism in Allegheny County.

  • Faculty
  • Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences
  • School of Public Health
  • Community Impact
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Brad Nindl assumes command of 139th Medical Brigade

In this role, Nindl continues his 25-plus years' work in the U.S. Army that focuses on human performance optimization and injury prevention.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Neuromuscular Research Laboratory/Warrior Human Performance Research Center
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Public Health鈥檚 Tiffany Gary-Webb named special assistant to the provost

She will lead the Race & Health Collaboratory and work with John Wallace, vice provost for diversity and development.

  • University News
  • Faculty
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Two 51精品视频 physicists win American Physics Society awards

Vittorio Paolone and Andrew Mugler were recognized for their work detecting elusive particles and studying how cells behave.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Alumnus Johannes John-Langba appointed regional VP for Africa at the World Federation for Mental Health

John-Langba鈥檚 research area is on the psychosocial dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic among university students and its impact on carers of persons with mental and neurological disorders.

  • University News
  • Global
  • Alumni
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Jessica Jarvis awarded funding for work to assess racial equity in children鈥檚 rehabilitation therapy

The interdepartmental project focuses specifically on critical care among children with traumatic brain injury.

  • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
  • School of Medicine
  • Innovation and Research
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Valerie Kinloch will chair the National Council of Teachers of English's annual convention this November

Kinloch selected 鈥淓quity, Justice and Antiracist Teaching鈥 as the conference鈥檚 theme.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Education
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Say 鈥楬I鈥 to the updated Bachelor of Science in Health Informatics

While the curricula in the HIM Department is under constant evaluation and evolution to best prepare students to enter the field, it is now time for the name of the program to reflect industry changes

  • Teaching & Learning
  • Department of Health Information Management
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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Ruth Mostern publishes new book

Mostern traces China鈥檚 history from the Neolithic times to the present day, illustrating the long-term effects of interactions between humans and the natural landscape.

  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities
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51精品视频 team finishes third in NASA challenge

51精品视频's VULCAN prototype received recognition for the Most Innovative Concept and Lightest System Mass.

  • Technology & Science
  • Students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Space
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P.R.I.D.E reaches Philadelphia region

The program is designed to help Black children develop a positive racial identity.

  • Office of Child Development (OCD)
  • School of Education

Adam Alvarez (EDUC 鈥18G) receives research award

He received the 2021 Review of Research Award for his article, 鈥淪eeing Race in the Research on Youth Trauma and Education.鈥

  • Alumni
  • School of Education

Mathematician Piotr Haj艂asz wins Poland鈥檚 Sierpi艅ski Medal

The international award recognizes the research of outstanding contributors to the field.

  • Faculty
  • Department of Mathematics
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Engineering team studies new architecture for customized space computing

Students at 51精品视频鈥檚 NSF Center for Space, High-performance and Resilient Computing received the Best Paper Award for Research in Space Computing at the 2021 IEEE Space Computing Conference.

  • Technology & Science
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Space