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Redditors hail to Pitt on r/place
Alum Ryan Lynch and hundreds of other users defended the Pitt logo during a massive online collaborative art project.
Attend a spring open house at Pitt-Titusville’s Education and Training Hub
Prospective students and parents can meet with hub partners to discuss the wide array of programs available in 2022.
A Pitt science historian shares stories of an overlooked woman scientist
For Women’s History Month, Marian Gilton explains her interest in Émilie du Châtelet, who only recently has begun to gain overdue recognition.
Rebecca Reed named 2022 Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science
Reed’s work focuses on biopsychosocial factors that contribute to healthy physical and cognitive aging.
Behind the scenes at the Dietrich School’s machine shop
Meet the people who mill, drill and 3D print the tools that keep Pitt research on the cutting edge.
Pitt chemistry professor earns 2021 Scialog Collaborative Innovation Awards
W. Seth Childers was part of two interdisciplinary teams that received the honor.
Appalachian Regional Commission awards School of Computing and Information $500,000
The Appalachian Regional Commission’s (ARC) Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce Economic Revitalization (POWER) Initiative has awarded Pitt’s School of Computing and Information $500,000 for
Learn how to get a NASA job in a new presentation series
Webinars offered through a Pitt-Bradford collaboration with NASA will provide students from all campuses and majors with detailed resume tips and other resources.
A new Pitt Cyber report shows how policymakers and the public can address bias in algorithms
Algorithms can reflect existing biases in data and our society and can accelerate and exacerbate harm, especially along racial and gender lines.
For tadpoles, what’s in their gut may be key to enduring climate change
A new Pitt study is the first to show a connection between heat tolerance and the microbiome in animals like amphibians.
Tagbo Niepa receives Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation
The award will enable his lab to further explore how bacteria cope with changes in surface tension and energy, and their adaptation to changing conditions to develop new materials.
Pitt-Bradford’s new George B. Duke Engineering and Information Technologies Building named for Zippo owner
Pitt’s Board of Trustees on Friday announced the name of the building, which will feature multiple labs, a machine shop, a makerspace and more.
Go behind the scenes at Pitt's teaching greenhouse, where it's never winter
Perched atop Langley Hall, this space for biologists and botanists boasts all sorts of living treasures.
Meet one of Pitt's ‘hidden figures’
After becoming the first Black woman to graduate from the Swanson School of Engineering, Elayne Arrington made aerospace history, too.
The International Space Station got new Pitt-designed computers and sensors
The toaster oven-sized system can see cars, roads and trees from space.
Apply for $50,000 from the Virginia Kaufman Pain Research Challenge
The funding program aims to advance ideas and solutions addressing problems in the area of pain.
Pitt physicists built their very own quantum computer
While impressive for its size alone, the Lego-like computer’s real innovation is in how its components are connected.
This startup is helping the insurance industry understand autonomous vehicles
Self-driving cars need to be insured if they’re going to become part of our daily lives. Koop Technologies, formed by international students at Pitt-Bradford, is collecting the data to make it happen
How fecal transplants could transform cancer care
Changing bacteria in the gut can cause remarkable effects in some melanoma patients, Pitt researchers proved.
Pitt-Bradford receives funding for green building project
The $230,000 grant will support a rooftop solar array and educational dashboard.
