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Pitt Disinformation Lab launches
Its not just the federal government and social media platforms that have a role to play in combating disinformation, says Pitt Cyber founding director David Hickton of the new Pitt Disinformation
Learn about the new imaging techniques Pitt bioengineering researchers are using to study the diseases impact on the brain.
Whats out there?
As the U.S. government prepares to share an unclassified report on unidentified aerial phenomena, we asked Pitt experts to weigh in.
A Curie-ous connection to Pitt
A century ago, Pitt played host to the worlds foremost female scientist, Marie Curie. But Pitts connections to the two-time Nobel Prize winners work go far beyond the honorary doctoral degree she
The information steward
Meet Eleanor Nora Mattern, chair of the upcoming Year of Data and Society initiative.
A student belonging exercise is erasing achievement gaps in biology and physics courses
Simply acknowledging that college is challenging during introductory science courses has helped to close racial and gender achievement gaps.
Experts weigh in on Instagram hiding likes
Psychologist Sophia Choukas-Bradley and brand strategist Vanitha Swaminathan say Instagrams move this week to hide the number of likes on some posts in the U.S. could change how young adults feel
Father-son mathematics team tackles cryptocurrencies and stock market vulnerabilities
The most exciting professional collaboration in Gunduz Caginalps 34-year career at Pitt came in 2018, when he published a paper co-authored with his 24-year old son and Department of Mathematics
Student engineers will learn on the fly for the Red Bull 'Flugtag' contest in 窪蹋勛圖厙
On Aug. 5, the "Roc-ettes" team of engineers will put their skills to the test at Red Bull Flugtag, a flying-machine competition.
