How did knowledge spread in the time between the invention of the printing press and the advent of mass media? “Footprints” is a collaboration that includes researchers at Columbia University, the Jewish Theological Seminary, and the University of Pennsylvania working with Adam Shear, associate professor and chair of the Dietrich School’s Department of Religious Studies.
The Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award annually recognizes outstanding scholarly accomplishments of members of Pitt’s faculty. Submit your nominations by Friday, October 13, 2023.
Over the past five years, our sponsored projects have been consistently on the rise, and this past fiscal year, Pitt surpassed $1 billion in research expenditures for external awards. That puts us 15th in an elite group of American universities. Our inaugural annual report highlights our research.
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The Senior Vice Chancellor for Research provides strategic vision, leadership, and partnership expertise that helps University of Pittsburgh faculty and students advance their world-class research, scholarship, and innovation. Pitt Research couples the research efforts of faculty and students to funding agencies, corporate sponsors, other institutions, and government entities, and assures integrity, compliance, and excellence.
Rob A. Rutenbar is responsible for advancing Pitt’s mission to expand the frontiers of knowledge and positively impact the world through collaborative and multidisciplinary approaches to research. He leads six offices focused on the full breadth of the research enterprise -- from pursuing and securing sponsorships and funding, through ensuring adherence to the highest standards to research conduct, and providing cutting-edge resources to researchers, to creative collaborations that lead to successful commercialization.
