Brandon Barber wins Chancellor’s Award for Staff Excellence
This content was originally published in Pittwire (11/12/2024). Photography by Aimee Obidzinski.
Nine staff members have earned 2024 Chancellor’s Awards for Staff Excellence for their exceptional contributions to the University of Pittsburgh. Chancellor Joan Gabel and James W. Gallaher Jr., vice chancellor for human resources, presented the honorees with certificates at a reception on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
“The University of Pittsburgh is a special place and, as James noted, and as I have seen firsthand over the past year and a half, it’s the people who make it that way,” said Gabel.
Brandon Barber, bioengineering design, innovation, and outreach coordinator at the Swanson School of Engineering, was recognized for his notable student impact and “leading the Swanson School’s Makerspace in partnership with students” and “co-developing the Innovation and Design Engineering Accelerator (IDEA) Lab.”
Each honoree will also receive a $2,500 prize and see their name added to a plaque for recipients of the Chancellor’s Staff Awards that is on display in the William Pitt Union.