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Basketball’s ‘hot hand’ phenomenon is real, says this Pitt computer scientist
Konstantinos Pelechrinis in the School of Computing and Information examined whether players can continue a streak of making many consecutive shots, also known as having “hot hands.”
32 faculty projects have earned Momentum Funds awards
The awards support both individual faculty members and large groups that are scaling up world-changing scholarly projects.
Decoy proteins could protect people from a deadly mosquito-borne virus
Pitt researchers received $14.5 million from the Department of Defense to fight viruses that cause brain infections and could be used in biowarfare.
After living near Chernobyl, these Pitt researchers set their eyes on thyroid cancer
Yuri Nikiforov and Marina Nikiforova saw the effects of thyroid cancer on children in Belarus. Now, their test for the disease has eliminated thousands of unneeded surgeries.
25 projects awarded Pitt Seed funding and support
The projects range from using Netflix in student services to diversifying academia.
3 Pitt professors were honored by the National Academy of Inventors
They were recently named senior members for their work on tissue engineering and therapies for fibrosis and heart diseases.
4 stories about Pitt’s vaccine legacy, 68 years after the first public polio shots
Arsenal Elementary School students in Pittsburgh 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 Valentine’s Day, relationship expert Amanda Forest shares her research on how to be a supportive partner.
Latest greenhouse gas inventory shows Pitt's progress toward carbon neutrality
A report led by grad student Jessica Vaden shows a decrease in campus emissions by almost a third since 2008.
How fecal transplants could transform cancer care
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
Pitt’s partnership with an all-women, all-volunteer philanthropic organization is getting deeper, stronger and planning for perpetuity.
These windows will outsmart the elements
The Pitt and Oxford researchers' design harnesses the sun’s energy in winter and reflects it in the summer.
How emotions fuel fake news on social media
Angry about that headline? Then you’ll probably share this story, Pitt researchers show.
Why do some people get jet lag and others don’t?
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 Pitt’s 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 U.S.
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.
