Stories by

Patrick Monahan

The massive Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument project has already mapped millions of galaxies. It’s thanks to Jeff Newman that they know where to look.

Four faculty members are on teams that will point the James Webb Space Telescope at distant objects, galactic winds and exploding stars.

Pitt’s mascot turns 112 this week, but his species hasn’t been spotted in the commonwealth for more than a century. Could we reintroduce panthers to the region? Should we?

The most common service-related disability in U.S. veterans, tinnitus, has no available cure. Thanos Tzounopoulos is on the front lines of the effort to find one.

See what pups were wearing in the Cathedral’s most fur-raising night of the year. Plus, hear from students organizing to spread the puppy love.

Pitt Dental Medicine helped provide free care, from cleanings to root canals, for those who needed it most.

A new Pitt study shows how girls spent their pandemic free time — and drives home the everyday stress of being a 21st century teen.

New research led by a Pitt undergrad and psychology’s Jamie Hanson could inform interventions to help children who experience high levels of stress.

The proposed design, which uses tech borrowed from quantum computers, is so radical that it doesn’t even qualify as a laser.

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.