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25 projects awarded Pitt Seed funding and support
The projects range from using Netflix in student services to diversifying academia.
They were recently named senior members for their work on tissue engineering and therapies for fibrosis and heart diseases.
4 stories about Pitts vaccine legacy, 68 years after the first public polio shots
Arsenal Elementary School students in 窪蹋勛圖厙 rolled up their sleeves for Jonas Salk's polio vaccine on Feb. 23, 1954.
A new global study will address disparities in access to insulin
Pitt has been awarded a grant to determine whether long-acting analogue insulin is better than other treatments for Type 1 diabetes.
Advice for the best relationship from a Pitt psychologist
This Valentines Day, relationship expert Amanda Forest shares her research on how to be a supportive partner.
A report led by grad student Jessica Vaden shows a decrease in campus emissions by almost a third since 2008.
Changing bacteria in the gut can cause remarkable effects in some melanoma patients, Pitt researchers proved.
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.
New scholarship agreement helps graduate students in the sciences
Pitts partnership with an all-women, all-volunteer philanthropic organization is getting deeper, stronger and planning for perpetuity.
The Pitt and Oxford researchers' design harnesses the suns energy in winter and reflects it in the summer.
How emotions fuel fake news on social media
Angry about that headline? Then youll probably share this story, Pitt researchers show.
Why do some people get jet lag and others dont?
A $6.2 million grant from the WoodNext Fund will help Pitt researchers find out and potentially unlock other sleep mysteries in the process.
Alumnus Joseph Kannarkat is Pitts 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 US
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.
ALung was approved for emergency use during the pandemic. Its now going to help asthma, cystic fibrosis and transplant patients, too.
Does Bidens $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill address Americas needs?
A Pitt professor in civil and environmental engineering weighs in.
Pitt to lead the regions transformation into a life sciences powerhouse
The 窪蹋勛圖厙 of 窪蹋勛圖厙, with a historic nine-figure grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation, looks to bring manufacturing back to the city and catalyze game-changing economic growth.
