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Innovation challenge winners tackle health disparities
Projects that address tooth decay in kids, parenting while Black and ventilator-associated pneumonia each took home $115,000 in this year’s Pitt Innovation Challenge.
Placebo-inspired project wins $12 million grant to help Parkinson’s patients
The research, led by Pitt neuroscientist Peter Strick, will examine a brain circuit that could restore motor function to those with the condition.
Pandemic shutdowns had some mental health benefits for teen girls
A new Pitt study shows how girls spent their pandemic free time — and drives home the everyday stress of being a 21st century teen.
Why some education reforms stick and others don't
A study by Eleanor Anderson in the School of Education shows what it takes to make educational reforms rise above the ‘churn.’
Brian Galla wants to help your teen kick their Instagram habit
Appealing to their sense of rebellion might be the key to helping teens cut back on social media use, the Pitt psychologist's research shows.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research
The secretary met with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, Center for Vaccine Research Director Paul Duprex and other leaders as part of his tour.
Honors College undergrads relaunch old journal with new tech
The Honors College celebrates the relaunch of the Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review — a student-led journal of scholarship and creative works — with a new open-access platform thanks to the library
How to save rare plants? Protect their pollinators.
Tia-Lynn Ashman and a team of Pitt biologists put a network of plants and pollinators under the microscope to tackle a tough question in ecology.
They're trying to detect the next pandemic
Seema Lakdawala’s lab is part of a new multi-institutional partnership that will assess the pandemic potential of new viruses.
Research sheds light on how children interpret ‘dark tourism’
Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Professor Mary Margaret Kerr shares insights on how to help children make meaning of tragic events.
Where the laws of matter break down, a quantum discovery crops up
Lasers, fiendishly complex calculations and some of the coldest temperatures on Earth led to physicist Vincent Liu’s recent superfluid discovery.
Research and IT foster strategic collaboration
Kim Wong and Adam Hobaugh, co-directors at Pitt’s Center for Research Computing, are on a mission to make advanced computing and data services accessible to all researchers.
Pitt virologists teach kids about vaccines
A recent hands-on, kid-friendly event at the Carnegie Science Center sought to make good information go viral.
Pitt's Big Idea Center names new director
Entrepreneur Rhonda Schuldt will be the next leader of the Big Idea Center, an on-campus innovation hub open to all students.
Vice chancellor to focus on interdisciplinary collaboration
As the new vice chancellor for research infrastructure, Robert K. Cunningham will focus on the effective operation, financial stability and future growth opportunities across Pitt research platforms.
Pitt report: K-12 schools need to change for success in a post-pandemic world
Improving access to broadband and technology and creating personalized learning environments were some of the top recommendations noted in the report from Pitt’s Institute of Politics.
Understanding antibodies in COVID-19
Ghady Haidar is learning more about vaccination efficacy in immunocompromised patients and beyond.
Mentorship starts student on the right foot
Rising senior Dalya Berkowitz credits her mentor, Pitt political scientist Burcu Savun, with the support and research experience needed to give her career in international relations a running start.
A Silver Bullet?
They’re on your toothbrush, in your clothes and mixed into your makeup: Silver nanoparticles have germ-killing properties, but could they be adding to antimicrobial resistance?
20 Projects Receive Pitt Seed Funding
The Pitt Seed Grant program, now in its fourth year, will provide funding to projects from 16 units, schools and divisions across the University and support the goals of Pitt’s strategic plan.
