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The Department of History and Philosophy of Science Earned Top Honors From The Philosophical Gourmet Report

The Dietrich School has some exciting news to share! The Department of History and Philosophy of Science at has been named a top program at Pitt for multiple categories in the 2024-2025 Philosophical Gourmet Report. The report ranked HAP at the top of the programs for General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Physics, Biology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, and Brain Sciences. These are the Department’s biggest areas, making it a clean sweep for the school.

Innovation in Education Awards Proposals Now Open

The request for proposals for the 2025-2026 Innovation in Education Awards is now open. The Provost’s Office is looking for proposals that support the Plan for Pitt and its continued goal of advancing academic excellence at the University of Pittsburgh. They invited proposals “for projects to enhance teaching by fostering new instructional approaches, techniques, or activities that represent advances over existing methods to promote and support student learning.”

Three Dietrich School Affiliates Earned Philosophy of Science Association Awards

This story was originally featured on PittWire.

Three University of Pittsburgh affiliates were recently honored by the Philosophy of Science Association (PSA).

Jim Woodward, emeritus professor of history and philosophy of science and former PSA president, won the association’s Hempel Award, which recognizes lifetime scholarly achievement in the philosophy of science.

Pitt Faculty Members Elected to the National Academy of Inventors

This story was written by Karen Woolstrum.

University of Pittsburgh faculty members Peter Wipf and Joel Greenberger have been elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors.

Wipf, a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Dietrich School, is one of Pitt’s most prolific and collaborative inventors. His 77 patents, and counting, are far and away the most of any active Pitt faculty member.

Dietrich School Student Awarded the 2024 Student Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Challenge

William Schuck (A&S ’26), an Environmental Science student in the Dietrich School, is part of a team that has been awarded the 2024 Student Award for Sustainability in Healthcare Challenge for their project “Eco-Engineering the Future: Sustainable Prosthetics for Sustainable Healthcare.” William and the resear

Justin Kitzes received funding from Google for his high-tech approach to ecology and conservation

Justin Kitzes, an associate professor of biological sciences in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, received $29,000 from Google as part of an effort by the company to support academic research.

A leader in bioacoustics research, Kitzes uses audio recordings to study ecology and conservation. Using large networks of audio recorders, Kitzes and his lab collect vast amounts of data in the wild.