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Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research is already preparing for the next pandemic

Three years after the emergence of COVID-19, Pitt scientists are studying the families of viruses that might produce the next one.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Center for Vaccine Research
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Public Health
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A $1 million grant will fund aging research at Pitt

These latest awards, which will fund four faculty projects, follow $750,000 in grants also made by the Richard King Mellon Foundation in fall 2022.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • School of Medicine
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Breast milk contains unique antibodies, Pitt researchers found

A new study from Pitt Med researchers might explain why some babies develop life-threatening gut diseases and others don’t.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
Cassaro holds an antique music book in front of a shelf of boxes of archives

What did silent films sound like?

A newly digitized collection of silent film music at Pitt is already getting attention from historians recreating an important era of cinema.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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The Innovation Institute is rolling out a new portal for disclosing inventions

Starting July 17, it will be easier than ever for Pitt innovators to let the University know about their next big invention.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
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Here’s the latest on Pitt’s BioForge Biomanufacturing Center

Construction is approved, the community is engaged and biotech partner ElevateBio is on a roll.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
Benjamin Leslie wears a white coat in a lab

Hockey led this Pitt student-researcher to study heart valves

Forward Benjamin Leslie wants to make sure kids with congenital heart defects can play sports.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Undergraduate students
  • Athletics
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One key to success in college? A sense of belonging, according to new research.

A Science study by a team including Pitt’s Omid Fotuhi shows students who go through an intervention to foster feelings of belonging are more likely to finish their first year.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC)
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Pitt is supporting these 35 undergrads in their summer research

Brackenridge fellows get $4,000 stipends and weekly interdisciplinary networking to back their scholarly projects. 2023 winners hail from the Greensburg and Pittsburgh campuses.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Undergraduate students
  • Pitt-Greensburg
  • College of General Studies
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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NFL Hall of Famer Jerome Bettis pledges donation to Pitt’s new National Sports Brain Bank

The long-term study will help researchers better understand head trauma in former athletes of all levels.

  • University News
  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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Don’t miss these 5 things in Pitt’s new Jonas Salk exhibit

An iron lung, an award from Disneyland and an iconic desk are among the objects on display from the polio pioneer’s archives.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Public Health
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9 Pitt projects won $210,000 to support sustainable innovation

The seed grants from the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation fund teams focused on finding solutions to the world’s toughest problems.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • Faculty
  • Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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This Pitt program trains members of Black churches to provide bereavement counseling

Thanks to the Pitt Innovation Challenge, the TRIBUTE program is increasing mental health support in communities of color. You can fund your bold idea, too.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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4 Pitt students earned Boren Awards to study language abroad

The recipients will travel to Croatia, Latvia, Montenegro and Tajikistan.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Undergraduate students
  • College of General Studies
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Your questions about doing research at Pitt, answered

The new Pitt Research Navigator is designed to connect Pitt researchers to resources with personalized customer service on grants, data management and more.

  • University News
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Students
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She’s Pitt’s first-ever recipient of a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans

Anna Li will receive $90,000 over two years as she completes her MD/PhD. If that wasn’t enough, she’s an inventor tackling health disparities as well.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Graduate and professional students
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • School of Medicine
A person in a blue shirt and a person in a checkered shirt stand in front of a yellow and blue panther banner

9 tips for better sleep, from the people who keep Pitt athletes well rested

Whether you’re a volleyball star or prepping for finals, here’s what you can do to boost your performance with rest.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Students
  • Athletics
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
  • School of Medicine
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Pitt’s Adam Lowenstein is a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow

The professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is known for his research on horror films and helping to bring George A. Romero’s archives to Pitt.

  • Arts and Humanities
  • Innovation and Research
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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The 2023 Vanscoy Winter Academy focused on demystifying the brain

Presentations during the Naples, Florida, event covered novel imaging for the eyes, ketamine treatment for depression and stroke interventions.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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14 Pitt faculty members won 2023 Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards

Honor thought leaders, educators and innovators from across the University at a March 16 ceremony.

  • University News
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Faculty