Through the generosity of faculty, staff and alumni, the School of Information Sciences is able to offer a number of scholarships and awards to students within SIS. These awards, designed to recognize exceptional students in the School, usually include monetary prizes and certificates of recognition. There are opportunities for students in each of the SIS degree programs: Information Science, Library and Information Science and Telecommunications. These awards are in addition to other forms of student support and financial aid offered by the School.

2006 William Z. Nasri Award
for Legal Issues in Information Handling
The Nasri award is made in recognition of Dr. Nasri’s more than 30 years of service to the School of Information Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh. Students in Information Science, Library and Information Science, and Telecommunications are encouraged to submit papers relating to legal issues involved in information handling. Students in Pitt’s School of Law are also eligible for the competition, which carries a $500 award. Application Deadline: February 17, 2006

2006 Catherine Ofiesh Orner Award
The Catherine Ofiesh Orner Award is presented annually by the School of Information Sciences to the student who prepares the best scholarly paper in Information Science suitable for publication. The Award, named for a distinguished alumna of the School, consists of a $500 cash prize and a certificate. Application Deadline: February 17, 2006

2006 Robert R. Korfhage Award
Established in 1998, the Korfhage Award honors the late Professor Emeritus in the Department of Information Science and Telecommunications. The Award, a $500 cash prize, encourages collaborative research between faculty and students through a paper addressing Information Science including information retrieval, user interfaces, and formal methods. Application Deadline: February 17, 2006

Margaret Mary “Peg” Corbett Award
The Corbett Award was established in honor of the late Margaret Mary Corbett, secretary to the Chair of the Department of Library and Information Sciences. The award honors the best dissertation proposal approved in the doctoral students program of the Department of Library and Information Science over the preceding year.

Harold Lancour Award
The Lancour Award is named in honor of the late Harold Lancour, founding dean of SIS. This $200 award is made possible by gifts from friends and former students of the Dean. The Award reflects the desire of the School and the University to recognize academic excellence in the international librarianship field in which Dr. Lancour was pre-eminent.

For more information about these and other student award opportunities, please contact Terrance Kizina, Director of Recruitment and Admissions, at 412-624-3988 or tkizina@mail.sis.pitt.edu.