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Pitt has five new American Academy of Arts and Sciences members
Among the University’s honorees are American Cancer Society researchers, an archaeologist and Chancellor Joan Gabel.
Norman Wolmark is honored by the American Surgical Association
The Pitt Medicine professor earned the Medallion for the Advancement of Surgical Care.
David Snoke is the new co-director of the Pittsburgh Quantum Institute
With decades of conducting groundbreaking experiments, he will help position the interdisciplinary collaboration as a leader in quantum research.
Pitt is launching an Office of Sustainability in the Health Sciences
The new office, led by Michael Boninger, aims to reduce Pitt’s impact in a field that accounts for 10% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Two Pitt Health Sciences researchers are 2023 AAAS fellows
Deborah Polk and Bennett Van Houten received the prestigious honor for their respective work in dental guidelines and DNA damage and repair.
What will it take to make physics more diverse?
A new Nature Physics paper by Pitt’s Chandralekha Singh provides a road map for creating equitable physics environments — including the roadblocks.
This Swanson School grad solved a California transportation conundrum
Alumnus David Shafer’s entrepreneurial mind developed an innovative shuttle service that makes getting to the airport cheaper, faster and oh-so-reLAXsan.
Pitt researchers are solving a mini mystery of cell division
Scientists have long thought the minuscule organisms were using a risky division process. Pitt physicists looked at molecular levels to set the record straight.
Some of Earth’s estuaries are warming, consistent with climate change
A rise in the surface temperature of nature’s nurseries could lead to cascading effects in estuarine ecosystems — but they aren’t all warming.
Take a closer look at this undergraduate researcher's pièce de résistance
To create a garment worthy of an 18th-century queen, Maya Jones set her sights on a Creative Arts Fellowship from Pitt's David C. Frederick Honors College.
Pitt-Bradford psychology researchers presented findings on how prejudice impacts students
A student and professor shared the results of their study at the Eastern Psychological Association annual meeting.
8 Pitt students were named to the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program
The prestigious program supports outstanding students pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 100 STEM fields.
Pitt researchers will travel to East Palestine to study the health effects of chemical exposures
Two National Institutes of Health grants will support studies on the train derailment that spilled hazardous materials into the Ohio community last February.
The first Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument results made the most precise measurement yet of our expanding universe
Using the DESI, researchers have made the largest 3D map of our universe and world-leading measurements of dark energy, the mysterious cause of its accelerating expansion.
2 Dietrich School faculty earned ACLS Fellowships
Dela Kuma and Kaliane Ung will conduct their research projects over the next year.
5 undergraduates will represent Pitt at the 2024 ACC Meeting of the Minds
The annual conference showcases diverse research across the member institutions.
Meet Pitt’s 2024 faculty Fulbright winners
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program offers faculty the opportunity to teach and conduct research abroad.
2 Pitt teams will compete in the Rice Business Plan Competition
The world’s most prestigious pitch competition begins April 4.
Sirry Alang earned a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The School of Education researcher, in partnership with Drexel University, will lead project designed to dismantle structural racism in health care.
A Dell Technologies gift will provide Pittsburgh medical researchers with expanded computational power
A new high-performance computer system in the Innovation Hub for Health Science Medical Research will help improve outcomes for patients.
