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LRDC Communications, News & Media

The LRDC Communications Department leads and coordinates strategic communications for the Center. We tell the Center's stories and successes to the university and the region. We work to raise the Center's global profile and promote its reputation as one of the worlds' leading cognitive research centers. We promote the Pitt Brand and provide website, design, video production, photography, media relations, social media, and executive communications support.

Contact
Elizabeth Rangel, PhD
Director of Communications
526 MURDC
412-624-7451
lrangel@pitt.edu

LRDC News & Media

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Accolades

Ming-Te Wang and James Huguley February 28, 2022
Ming-Te Wang, Psychology and Education, and James Huguley, School of Social Work, Receive $4 Million Grant from the U.S. Department of Education for Just Discipline Project »

National Science Foundation logo October 20, 2021
Brian Galla, Timothy Nokes-Malach, and Melanie Good were awarded a National Science Foundation grant for their project »

March 8, 2021
LRDC Senior Scientist and Professor Emerita Isabel Beck a School of Education Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient »

Ming-Te Wang March 5, 2021
Professor and Learning Research & Development Center (LRDC) Scientist Garners Two Research Excellence Awards »

March 4, 2021
Eben Witherspoon Wins Outstanding Doctoral Research Award »

Kevin Ashley and Diane Litman February 24, 2021
LRDC Professors Awarded National Science Foundation Grant for Project on Public Access to Justice »

February 2, 2021
Lindsay Page Named National Influential Scholar »

LRDC building January 29, 2021
Learning Research and Development Center Researchers to Evaluate New Pittsburgh Promise Coaching Initiative »

Erin Walker November 10, 2020
LRDC Scientists Receive $900,000 Grant to Study Robots in Math Classrooms »

Research News

February 17, 2022 Exercise Can Help Older Adults Retain Memories
February 2, 2022 Boosting College Prospects for Low-Income Students
January 28, 2022 Studying the Cognitive and Affective Predictors of Math Performance

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News & Awards

Kevin Ashley was featured in April 20 Pittwire Article ""Pitt Law Professor Kevin Ashley receives CodeX Prize." View

2022-04-25

Marc Coutanche was featured in April 18 Pittwire Article "Ace Finals Using these Memory Tricks." View

2022-04-25

Omif Fotuhi was featured in Pittwire Article " "How Reflective Writing and a Nudge from an App Increased College Prospects for Low-income Students." View

2022-04-25

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Institute For Learning

Bridges to Learning graphic Bridges to Learning: Research. Practice. Results. Bridges to Learning is the Institute for Learning (IFL) quarterly newsletter. Bridges connects educators with knowledge and research that shows that every student can learn when provided with cognitively challenging instructional opportunities and that learning environments can flourish when collaboration is valued, voice is honored, and agency is realized. Some of Bridges recent articles include "4 Effective Communication Strategies in Multilingual Classrooms," "Liberating your Summer Readers," and "Building Allyship Among Educators," among others.