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Alumna Diane Kirk was selected as the recipient of the 2022 Educational Excellence Award from the Pennsylvania Principals Association

EdD in Higher Education Alumnus, Michael Rizzi, published a new book that explores the history of Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States. 

Ayisha Morgan-Lee, a 2020 alumna of the Doctor of Education (EdD) in Out-of-School Learning Program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, was recently named to the Pittsburgh Magazine and PUMP’S 2022 40 under 40 list.

“The School-Prison Trust” asks important questions about the impact of colonial boarding school and juvenile prison models on Native and Indigenous populations.

Dylan Kapit (they/them), a student in the University of Pittsburgh School of Education's PhD in Special Education program, received LGBTQIA+ Endowed Research and Outreach funding.

Fourteen Pittsburgh Public Schools participated in a four-week experience that encouraged them to pursue education as a profession. 

This is the first article in the blog series "Advancing Equity through Ability to Benefit and College Promise Programs." The blog series is part of the grant project A2B4Equity: Advancing Adults’ Ability to Benefit Through Equitable College Promise Programs. 

The $540,000 grant will support an expansion of operational capacity that allows for deeper engagement with students as they transition from high school to college.

The Office of Child Development boasts two Fulbright Scholars in their Student Fellows program: Meghan Orman and Jennifer Ponce Cori.

Faculty member Xu Qin has been selected as a 2022 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow.

A desire to facilitate more school-based research at Falk led to the establishment of a research coordinator role at the school.