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Pitt biologists found hundreds of plant viruses hitchhiking on pollen
The first-of-its-kind study points to honeybees as a potential “superspreader” of plant disease.
Pitt’s Boo Kyung Jung received a grant from the Academy of Korean Studies
The grant is in the amount of $21,000.
New scholarship agreement helps graduate students in the sciences
Pitt’s partnership with an all-women, all-volunteer philanthropic organization is getting deeper, stronger and planning for perpetuity.
These windows will outsmart the elements
The Pitt and Oxford researchers' design harnesses the sun’s energy in winter and reflects it in the summer.
How emotions fuel fake news on social media
Angry about that headline? Then you’ll probably share this story, Pitt researchers show.
Three Pitt researchers earned Charles E. Kaufman Foundation grants
The awards support critical research at Pennsylvania universities.
Pitt researchers receive grant to explore wireless technology for people with disabilities
The team hopes to improve accessibility and promote mainstream wireless inclusion through technology services with a $4.6 million grant.
Scott Morgenstern receives Fulbright Specialist Program award
Morgenstern will complete his project at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain.
Education's Tom Akiva publishes new book
His book examines how in-school and out-of-school learning systems can be improved to better support young people’s learning and development.
Jennifer E. Woodward joins Society of Research Administrators International board of directors
Woodward is serving as one of six At Large Board members with full voting rights and significant responsibility for the stewardship of the organization.
Why do some people get jet lag and others don’t?
A $6.2 million grant from the WoodNext Fund will help Pitt researchers find out — and potentially unlock other sleep mysteries in the process.
William ‘Buddy’ Clark and Steven R. Little are Pitt’s newest members of the National Academy of Inventors
It’s the highest professional distinction accorded to academic inventors.
Alumnus Joseph Kannarkat is Pitt’s newest Schwarzman Scholar
He has studied health care systems in the U.K. and Kenya, hoping to bring insights back to the U.S. His next stop, supported by the prestigious scholarship, is China.
Robots might be bad for men, but give women more bargaining power
A new study from Pitt economist Osea Giuntella found that men had lower wages and workforce participation in areas with more industrial robots, among other gendered effects.
This Pitt effort is relocating Afghan scholars to the U.S.
Meet Omar Sadr, a political scientist who fled Taliban violence and now leads the Afghanistan Project at Pitt.
A new Pitt pledge encourages health care providers to use opioid alternatives
The School of Dental Medicine was the first in the nation to implement opioid-free pain management for most procedures in its clinics. Now, the practice is spreading.
Pitt Black Faculty Development Initiative receives grant to tackle health disparities
The $250,000 from the Richard King Mellon Foundation will both support Black faculty at Pitt and address Black maternal and infant health in Western Pennsylvania and beyond.
One of Pitt’s oldest startups just got FDA approval for its artificial lung device
ALung was approved for emergency use during the pandemic. It’s now going to help asthma, cystic fibrosis and transplant patients, too.
Pitt researchers are part of an international team awarded $1 million Magee Prize
The team, led by Pamela Moalli, is working to develop materials to repair tissue loss in people with compromised vaginal structure and function.
Does Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill address America’s needs?
A Pitt professor in civil and environmental engineering weighs in.
