Distinguished Public Service Award
Betty Braxter
Associate Professor; Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Health Promotion and Development; School of Nursing
Kent Harries
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering
Ray Jones
Clinical Professor of Business Administration; Mehta Family Faculty Fellow; Director, David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership; Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business; Coordinator, Certificate Program in Leadership and Ethics
Christi Kolarcik
Research Faculty, Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine
Jules Lobel
Professor and Bessie McKee Walthour Endowed Chair, School of Law
Distinguished Teaching Award
Salah Al-Zaiti
Associate Professor, Acute and Tertiary Care, School of Nursing
Jeff Aziz
Senior Lecturer, Department of English Literature Program, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Jennifer Cousins
Lecturer II, Department of Psychology, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
David Sanchez
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering
Carla Spagnoletti
Professor of Medicine; Director of Academic Clinician-Educator Scholars Fellowship in General Internal Medicine; Director of Masters and Certificate Programs in Medical Education, Institute for Clinical Research Education; School of Medicine
Distinguished Research Award
Senior Scholars
Daniel Buysse
UPMC Endowed Chair in Sleep Medicine, Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
Yvette Conley
Professor, Vice Chair for Research, School of Nursing
Yan Dong
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Junior Scholars
Maria Chikina
Assistant Professor, Computational and Systems Biology, School of Medicine
Jules Gill-Peterson
Assistant Professor, Children’s Literature Certificate Program, Department of English, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Peng Liu
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Chancellor’s Award for Staff
Administrative and Operational Efficiency: Brice Everett Lynn
Assistant Director, Study Abroad Office
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: Karen J. Steffey
Assistant to the Chair of the Department of Computer Science, School of Computing and Information
Community Engagement: Noelle C. Conover
Project Coordinator, School of Medicine
Early Career Achievement: Nazir Noori
Program Manager, Study Abroad Office
Excellent Mentor: Lauren O. Wallace
Director of Undergraduate Recruitment, Office of Admissions and Financial Aid
Outstanding Career Achievement: Denise Doswell
Former Executive Assistant, Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Business and Operations
Research Support: Peter G. Chambers
Director of Shared Research Support Services, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Service to the University Community: Maureen M. Conrad
Assistant to the Chief of Police, Pitt Police Department
Student Impact: Dana C. Romano
Associate Director of Career Management, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University Engagement: Stacey L. Czerniejewski
Executive Assistant, Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer
UPSIDE Awards
Swanson School of Engineering's PITT STRIVE
Innovation Commercialization Funds
Fibrokine
Cecelia Yates
Assistant Professor, Departments of Health Promotion and Development and Pathology
Timothy Corcoran
Associate Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering and Chemical Engineering
Zariel Johnson
Posdoctoral Associate, Department of Health Promotion and Development
Christopher Mahoney
PhD candidate, Department of Bioengineering
Threadrite IV
William (Buddy) Clark
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Cameron Dezfulian
Research Faculty and Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Ehsan Qaium
PhD candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Nicholas Krehel
PhD candidate, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Denny Wist
Business Mentor
Esophagel
Stephen Badylak
Professor, Department of Surgery
Juan Naranjo
Postdoctoral Fellow
Lindsey Saldin
Graduate student, Department of Bioengineering
Jenna Dziki
Graduate student, Department of Bioengineering
Steeltown Innovations
Jeffrey Vipperman
Professor, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering
Garth Elias, MD
Clinical Advisor, UPMC Mercy
Joe Marcanio
Entrepreneur in Residence, Innovation Institute
Chris Dumm
PhD candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Jack Bartley
Undergraduate student, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kevin Fleischmann
Undergraduate student, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Pitt Seed Projects
Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology
Faculty member Elizabeth Pitts | English
A School-Based Trauma Intervention to Build Social and Cognitive Resilience
Faculty member Brianna Lombardi | School of Social Work
Creating a Student Outreach Services Program at Bradford Campus
Faculty member Ken Wang | Pitt–Bradford
Creating Connections Through CREATES
Staff member Max Fedor | Otolaryngology
Development of the Broadening Equity in STEM Center (BE STEM Center)
Faculty member Alison Legg | Biological Sciences
Food Insecurity, Nutritional Literacy, and Heart Disease: A Novel Interdisciplinary University of Pittsburgh Initiative
Faculty member Jared Magnani | School of Medicine
Graduate Certificate in Regional Intergovernmental Organization Management
Faculty member George Dougherty | Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Inclusive Staff Mentoring in the Dietrich School
Staff member Michele Montag | Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Justice Scholars Expansion - Pitt Enhanced College Support
Faculty member Esohe Osai | School of Social Work
Leveraging Technology to Treat Anxiety Disorders in Community Pediatrics
Faculty member Jennifer Silk | Psychology
LRDC Undergraduate Summer Internship Program
Faculty member Natasha Tokowicz | Learning Research and Development Center
MilTeenChat App for the Military Community: Developing Gamification to Strengthen Teens’ Decision-Making Skills
Faculty member Kathryn Puskar | School of Nursing
Mobile Visual Feedback for Gait Training
Faculty member Goeran Fiedler | School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Obama Academy-Mathematics Assistance Center
Faculty member Angela Athanas | Mathematics
Pitt-Greensburg Military and Veterans Program (SITREP)
Staff member Lisa Reffner | Pitt–Greensburg
Pitt Participation in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program
Staff member Ravi Patel | School of Pharmacy
Pittsburgh Public Schools Partnership: Entertainment Technology
Staff member Kelly Hammonds | Athletics
Pitt Startup Incubator for Students and Recent Alumni
Staff member Babs Carryer | Innovation Institute
Raising GIRL: Gender Inequality Research Lab at Pitt
Faculty member Melanie Hughes | Sociology
ReligYinz: Mapping Religious Pittsburgh
Faculty member Benjamin Gordon | Religious Studies
Surveying Latin American Legislators
Faculty member Scott Morgenstern | Political Science
The Center for Applied Research (CFAR) at Pitt-Greensburg: Developing Infrastructure and Training to Grow Our Center
Faculty member Geoffrey Wood | Pitt–Greensburg
Vibrant Media Lab
Faculty member Zach Horton | English
Women in International Security Seed Project
Faculty member Julia Santucci | Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Pitt Seed Special Cycle Projects to Prevent Sexual Misconduct
Title IX/Green Dot Initiative for Pitt-Bradford and Pitt-Titusville
Staff member Christy Clark | Pitt-Bradford
Encouraging Faculty, Staff, and Student Participation in Primary Prevention
Staff member Sheila Confer | Pitt-Greensburg
Translating TGQN Campus Climate Findings into Practice
Faculty member Rachel Gartner | School of Social Work
Culturally Sensitive Sexual Misconduct Prevention Programming for International Graduate and Professional Students
Faculty member Holger Hoock | Dietrich School
LGBTQIA+ Empowerment Self-Defense
Staff member K. Briar Somerville | Office of Diversity and Inclusion
Exploring Black Undergraduate College Women’s Experiences with Sexual Misconduct: Knowledge of Resources, Barriers to Access, and Strategies to Improve Engagement and Outcomes
Staff member Lynissa Stokes | School of Medicine
We Hear You, Let’s Talk About It
Staff member Katie Stumpp | Department of Athletics