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A new chemical process makes it easier to craft amino acids that don’t exist in nature
The research, published in Science by a team including Pitt chemists, could open the door to new protein-based therapies.
Pitt Cyber announced 2 new staff members
Jessica Kuntz and Yu-Ru Lin will lead policy and research for the institute, respectively.
The Pittsburgh Quantum Institute appointed Michael Hatridge as its new director
The physics professor will lead the collaboration between Pitt, Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne University.
The omission of women's contributions in 'Oppenheimer' is part of a harmful trend, Pitt experts say
Lack of representation can reinforce stereotypes about who belongs in the sciences, write Carl Kurlander and Chandralekha Singh.
Most high schools don’t teach cybersecurity. This Pitt program aims to change that.
Funded by the NSA and NSF, GenCyber@Pitt is training high school teachers in fundamental cyber concepts to include in their own classrooms.
How to protect yourself and Pitt from phishing scams
Forward suspicious emails as an attachment to Pitt IT.
You can now play a rare, unreleased video game from the 70s, thanks to a Pitt lab
Take a deep dive into the history of Ski Festival and the Magnavox Odyssey with Pitt’s Zachary Horton.
How a Twitter thread became a letter in Nature
Last year, a provocative paper overturned established wisdom about “silent” genetic mutations. Pitt's Craig Kaplan and a group of biologist colleagues weren’t convinced.
Alison Linares Mendoza earned a Vertical Flight Foundation scholarship
She’s the first female engineer from Pitt to receive the honor.
Michael Hatridge earned $5.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Army
The associate professor in the Dietrich School will work with interdisciplinary experts to overcome challenges in quantum computing.
Western Pa. is set to 'level up' its quantum capabilities with an $11.6 million investment from Pitt
The funding will establish the Western Pennsylvania Quantum Information Core, a cross-disciplinary effort that will position Pitt and its partners at the forefront of the field.
Students took a leading role in creating Pitt’s new Jonas Salk exhibit
Museum studies and public health students helped choose, clean and display the objects that make up the new exhibit in the School of Public Health building.
Pitt professors’ work was acknowledged by the FDA commissioner
Robert Califf praised their approach to educating pharmacists on over-the-counter hearing aids.
Meet Pitt’s newest Goldwater scholar
Grace Fleury fell in love with one of the most notorious fields in STEM — organic chemistry — and now she has received one of the most prestigious awards for students.
6 Pitt graduate students won NSF research fellowships
The students will receive an annual stipend and education allowance over three years.
3 Pitt-Greensburg student researchers won awards at a regional biology convention
The University’s TriBeta chapter also received an outstanding recognition.
Pitt researchers received a Foundational Integrity Research award from Meta Platforms
The School of Computing and Information associate professor will study how conspiratorial content spreads.
Salah Al-Zaiti earned a Fulbright Scholar Award
The Pitt Nursing vice chair of research will travel to Jordan to advance his research in cardiovascular disease, biomedical informatics and machine learning.
He’s going to predict your next favorite song
Pitt graduate student Hunter Osterhoudt is mixing his love of music with the power of algorithms as he pursues a master’s in computer science, thanks to Pitt2Pitt.
