New Faculty Onboarding Approach Emphasizes Long-Term Success, Support
The Dietrich School is starting the academic year with a fresh approach to faculty onboarding and a new just-in-time workshop series for Department Chairs.
Innovation
Dietrich School Faculty Member Part of Pioneering Panel on Adolescent Social Media Use
Sophia Choukas-Bradley, assistant professor in the Dietrich School's Department of Psychology, served on an American Psychological Association presidential panel that created the first advisory of its kind for adolescent social media use.
Dietrich School Faculty Member Helps Change the Landscape of the National Mall
For nearly three decades, Dietrich School Professor Kirk Savage has been quietly studying the impetus and impact of public monuments and memorials. Now he's part of the effort to create a more inclusive, equitable and representative commemorative landscape on the National Mall.
In Science Paper, Dietrich School Chemists Describe New Process for Creating "Unnatural" Amino Acids
https://www.pitt.edu/pittwire/features-articles/liu-chemistry-proteins-s...
Dietrich School Biologist Shows Phage Attacks in New Light
As antibacterial resistance continues to render obsolete the use of some antibiotics, some have turned to bacteria-killing viruses--bacteriophages, or phages, for short--to treat acute infections as well as some chronic illnesses. Graham Hatfull, the Eberly Family Professor of Biotechnology in the Dietrich School, has just discovered how a specific mutation in a bacterium results in phage resistance. The results were published February 23, in the journal Nature Microbiology.
Dietrich School Faculty Member Wins Renaissance Society of America Digital Innovation Award
https://www.pitt.edu/pittwire/accolades-honors/adam-shear-renaissance-so...
