Pitt Chronicle

Perlmutter: Work done by Pitt, Children’s Hospital collaboration will “challenge conventional wisdom”

In a pioneering effort, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have joined forces to launch a new institute designed to advance and strengthen the field of pediatric research.

The potential of this initiative has been recognized by the Richard King Mellon Foundation through a groundbreaking gift of $23 million. The gift will help establish the Richard King Mellon Foundation Institute for Pediatric Research, which will be physically located in research facilities now being constructed on the new campus of Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in Lawrenceville. Its faculty and programs will be a part of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Carnegie Mellon President Jared L. Cohon, left, and Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg, right, place a doctoral hood around the shoulders of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu during a service Thursday at Calvary Episcopal Church.

Three University of Pittsburgh faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for their contributions to advancing science and its applications.

The AAAS is the world’s largest society for general science and publisher of the journal Science. AAAS members nominated and elected 471 fellows this year.