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Congratulations to the all the School of Education faculty members who have recently been awarded grants. With $2.96 million in new projects, 27 principal investigators have now been awarded 41 new grants totaling $23,814,044 for fiscal year 2019, surpassing last year's total.  Principal Investigator: Shannon Wanless Department: Office of Child Development Project Title: PA LAUNCH Agency Name...

The grants office provides a monthly update of new grants and news, typically towards the middle of each month.

Congratulations to the following faculty members on their recent grants.  

Principal Investigator:  Colleen Young Department:  Office of Child Development Project Title:  Real Help, Real Time Agency Name:  Providence Connections Award Dates:  9/1/2018 - 6/30/2019...

Valerie Kinloch, the Renee and Richard Goldman Dean of the School of Education, has recently received a number of recognitions for her leadership and work in helping to shape the culture of education in not only the School, but in local communities and beyond. She most recently has received the following awards:

A pair of University of Pittsburgh School of Education doctoral students are among the 35 recipients of dissertation fellowships from the National Academy of Education for the 2018-19 academic year. Jamie Amemiya, a doctoral candidate in the Applied Developmental Psychology program, and Oscar E. Patrón, a PhD candidate in Administrative and Policy Studies, will each receive...

Victoria Netter, a participant in the STARTALK Summer Russian Language School, finishes painting an icon of St. Moses the Black during a class led by local iconographer Randi Sider-Rose. Netter is a student at The Noble Academy in Chicago.

Alumna Kristin Shymoniak, a graduate in the MEd early intervention program and the special education certification program, has received The School Superintendents Association (AASA) and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Women in School Leadership Award. She is the lead special education teacher at Bancroft Elementary School in Alexandria, Va. Shymoniak, who was been teaching around seven...