Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and Provost Anne E. Cudd led Pitt’s Faculty Honors Convocation April 1, recognizing faculty achievements in research, teaching, academic achievement, and contributing to human welfare. Senior Vice Chancellor for Research Rob A. Rutenbar helped present the Distinguished Research Awards and spoke about the impact of the assembled faculty on Pitt’s research enterprise. At left, Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis, assistant professor in the Department of Computational and Systems Biology, is presented with a Distinguished Research Award by Rutenbar (left) and Gallagher.
Philosophy asks difficult questions such as, “How do you know something is a fact?” or “What constitutes wisdom?” These are questions explored for millennia in the west. How do non-western societies answer those questions? Do people ask those same questions? How do the questions and answers vary across cultures, climates, economies and religions? The Geography of Philosophy Project worked with collaborators in Eastern Europe, Ecuador, India, Japan, Morocco, Peru, South Africa and South Korea to ask fundamental philosophical questions of people around the world. Read more.
Pitt is renowned for working on some of the most pressing problems in society. To help our researchers and scholars work as collaboratively as possible, we again are “fueling the future” by supporting 32 Seeding, Teaming and Scaling projects through the Pitt Momentum Funds.
This year’s winners are brimming with innovative ideas, team-building energy, and bold vision for research and scholarship. We will celebrate all our Momentum Fund projects in person in early September at the Fueling the Future Funding Showcase. Congratulations to all of this year's awardees.
Any enterprise needs financial support at the early stage. The National Science Foundation (NSF) offers just that kind of support through its CAREER Awards, provided to early-career researchers for work that produces lasting value. Call it venture capital for science. Pitt researchers have been successful in securing CAREER grants, with expanding support from Pitt Research. Read more about recent awardees at "NSF CAREER Awards: Venture Capital for Science."
At left, recent winner Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis from Computational and Systems Biology.
Pitt research teams have an impressive record in securing grants for scientific instruments from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Pitt Research talked to researchers who have been successfully funded about planning and applying, and how the Office of the Senior Vice Chancellor for Research (OSVCR) provides vital support.
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.
