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Six School of Education Faculty Receive Pitt Momentum Funds
April 30, 2021
Faculty and Research
Six faculty members from the University of Pittsburgh School of Education were awarded 2020-2021 Pitt Momentum Funds awards to support their research.


Shannon Wanless to Lead AERA Special Interest Group
April 23, 2021
Faculty and Research
Shannon Wanless has been elected as the chair of the Social Emotional Learning Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research Association (AERA).


Leigh Patel and Andrea Zito named Extra Mile Award Winners
April 16, 2021
School News
The Council of Graduate Students in Education (CGSE) at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education named Leigh Patel and Andrea Zito the winners of the 2021 Extra Mile Award.


Higher Education Students Place Third in National Case Study Competition
April 13, 2021
School News
Students in the Master of Education in Higher Education program at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education won third place in the 20th annual Student Affairs.com Virtual Case Study Competition.
Social Justice Curriculum Fair Inspires Educators
April 9, 2021
School News
The Pitt School of Education hosted a Social Justice Curriculum Fair in April 2021. Nearly 200 K-12 educators, community partners, and School of Education students, faculty, and staff attended the virtual session


Pitt Education Named Top Education School
April 1, 2021
School News
The Pitt School of Education was ranked No. 23 in the country and No. 1 in Pennsylvania among public education schools in U.S. News & World Report's 2022 rankings of the best education schools.


Mackenzie Brown Awarded Fulbright Grant to Laos
March 22, 2021
Alumni Feature
Alumna Mackenzie Brown received a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to serve as an English Teaching Assistant in Laos. She is one of a record 15 students from Pitt to receive 2020 Fulbright awards.


Faculty Member Receives Publication Award from NASPA
March 18, 2021
Faculty and Research
University of Pittsburgh School of Education faculty member Darris Means has received the Outstanding Publication Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) for a co-edited 2020 book.


Lori Delale-O’Connor Receives Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
March 16, 2021
Faculty and Research
Lori Delale-O’Connor, an assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh Center for Urban Education and the Education Foundations, Organizations and Policy Department in the School of Education, has been honored with the 2021 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award. This university-wide award recognizes teaching excellence of the highest order.


Office of Child Development Hosts “What’s In a Book” Training for Teachers
March 12, 2021
School News
As part of the annual Books for Change initiative, the University of Pittsburgh School of Education’s Office of Child Development recently hosted a free training workshop for educators, “What’s In a Book,” focused on how educators and families can use picture books to have conversations with children about race.


Special Education Student Uses Exploration as a Learning Tool
March 12, 2021
Student Spotlight
Eleni Brown is a student in Pitt Education’s Special Education Teacher Preparation (SETP), in which she is earning a Master of Education and a Special Education 7-12 Teacher Certification.


Maximilian Schuster Receives NASPA Research Award for Campus Climate Study
March 11, 2021
Faculty and Research
Faculty member Maximilian Schuster was selected for the 2021 Excellence in Research Award by the NASPA. It recognizes his research paper about campus climate among the 2016 presidential election.


PhD Graduate Wins National Science Award for Dissertation
March 11, 2021
Alumni Feature
Eben Witherspoon (PhD '20) is the recipient of the 2021 NARST Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. He was recognized for his study of gender inequity in medical school.


Meet the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Winners
March 8, 2021
Alumni Feature
The Pitt School of Education has selected 13 noteworthy educators for its 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awards.


Dean Valerie Kinloch Selected for American Council on Education Fellowship
March 5, 2021
Faculty and Research
Dean Valerie Kinloch has been selected to join the 2021-22 class of the highly prestigious American Council on Education (ACE) Fellows Program.


Faculty Member Named Top 200 Scholar Nationally
March 1, 2021
Faculty and Research
Pitt School of Education faculty member Lindsay Page has been named to Education Week’s 2021 RHSU 200 Edu-Scholar Public Influence Ranking, which recognizes U.S. scholars who did the most to shape educational practice and policy in the last year.


Exercise Science Student Organization Demonstrates Collaboration in Remote Settings
February 24, 2021
Student Spotlight
During this academic year, the Exercise Science Club at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education continually found ways to keep its student members engaged through social activities and career/networking events that adhered to public health guidelines.


Faculty Member Receives Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum
February 19, 2021
Faculty and Research
Pitt School of Education faculty member Tom Akiva has received the 2021 University of Pittsburgh Provost’s Award for Diversity in the Curriculum in honor of his work to transform the Pitt School of Education Doctor of Education (EdD) program to center its coursework and experiences around anti-racism and equity.


Giving When It Counts the Most
February 15, 2021
Alumni Feature
Alumni Renée Goldman and Richard Goldman gave $3 million to establish an endowed dean's chair in the school. During the pandemic, they took the extraordinary step of paying off the cash portion of their gift early.


Early Childhood Education Student Seeks to Close Education Gap
February 12, 2021
Student Spotlight
Tiffany Tamika Karma Robinson, a student in the MEd in Early Childhood Education program, works as a head teacher in the two-year-old classroom at the University Childhood Development Center (UCDC). In this Q&A, she discusses the racial education gap, how she connects book knowledge to practical knowledge, and her favorite class at Pitt Education.


Black Lives Matter in Schools Virtual Event Series Spotlights Conversations on Racial Justice
February 11, 2021
Events
The University of Pittsburgh School of Education marked the beginning of Black History Month in February with the Black Lives Matter in Schools Virtual Event Series to spark conversations about racial justice.


Early Childhood Education Student Brings Joy of Music To Preschool Classroom
February 5, 2021
Student Spotlight
Abby Hughes, a first-year student in the MEd in Early Childhood Education program at Pitt Education, teaches preschool at Tender Care Learning Center in the Shadyside area of Pittsburgh.


Falk School Director to Step Down; Community Remembers His Impact
February 4, 2021
School News
After seven years, Jeff Suzik will step down as Director of the Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School. He leaves behind a legacy of building on the school's roots of progressive education.


Professor Wins Iris Marion Young Award for Political Engagement
January 26, 2021
Faculty and Research
Gina Garcia, an associate professor of higher education in the Pitt School of Education, will receive the University of Pittsburgh’s 2020-2021 Iris Marion Young Award for Political Engagement for Pitt Faculty in recognition of her work to promote justice.