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This Pitt-supported free job training program is filling a dire need in research
A partnership with Manchester Bidwell Corporation is making sure the region’s clinical research studies have the talent they need to make groundbreaking discoveries.
Stimulating the spinal cord helps improve arm control in paralyzed macaques, a Pitt study found
The team’s new technology could help humans with limited arm function regain movement.
The Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory at Pitt will host a regional network to improve water quality
As new host of the Southwest Pennsylvania Water Network, the collaboratory aims to help build a stronger regional identity around the area’s rivers.
This Pitt researcher is using data to fight the opioid epidemic
Jeanine Buchanich’s work with the Pennsylvania Department of Health is pinpointing which public health interventions show the most benefit.
From the archives: Father-kid dynamic duos
For these Pitt dads, teaming up with their children was a highlight of their careers.
Group living means safety from predators but nastier diseases for guppies
A new Pitt study describes a hidden cost of being social that can likely be found across the animal kingdom — even in humans.
Pitt researchers led the largest-ever series of phage therapy case studies
In a dramatic scaling up of an experimental treatment for deadly bacterial infections, 11 out of 20 patients responded well to the therapy and none showed adverse effects.
Every knee replacement creates nearly 30 pounds of waste
A new study co-authored by the late Freddie Fu reviews the environmental costs of orthopedic surgeries and explores more sustainable options.
How Pitt’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence helps small businesses succeed
Robert Stein and his team help Western Pennsylvania entrepreneurs create, open and sustain businesses as diverse as the region — from trucking companies to Latin American restaurants.
A storied Pitt startup achieved its highest goal: acquisition by a global company
ALung’s acquisition by London-based LivaNova marks the end of the device’s startup phase and the beginning of full-scale commercialization and implementation.
The University of Pittsburgh will compete for $10 billion in military health contracts
Pitt will lead a group of universities and small businesses to conduct Defense Health Agency-funded research that benefits the health of the armed services.
A Pitt team forecasted the devastating toll of the opioid epidemic
As Pitt Public Health researchers predicted, more than 100,000 people are now dying from drug overdoses annually in the U.S. It shows we really don't understand the causes of the problem, they say.
How do we know what we know?
Pitt’s Edouard Machery is leading a cross-cultural network of scholars to find out — and answer some of philosophy’s toughest questions.
Pitt-UPMC researchers will use $5 million from Bayer to fight chronic kidney disease
Using an innovative approach called population health management, Manisha Jhamb aims to get patients treated sooner to stave off severe disease. The effort could be a game-changer for rural areas.
Bacteria-killing viruses discovered by Pitt researchers are saving patients who have no other options
Two new studies from Graham Hatfull's lab show how phage therapy can help more people with dire antibiotic-resistant infections.
‘The No Club’ empowers women to take control of their professional lives
Four Pittsburgh researchers, including Pitt economist Lise Vesterlund, are putting a stop to women’s dead-end work with their new book, out May 3.
Pitt research helps explain how Ritalin sharpens attention
The new study connects the dots between brain cells, behavior and the ADHD drug.
A big idea for better batteries
This year’s Randall Family Big Idea Competition winners want to enable renewable energy by providing the tools to store it.
Meet the undergraduate ‘rock star scientist’ named a 2022 Goldwater scholar
A childhood fascination with DNA led Pitt junior Katie Oppenheimer to research genetic instability and its relationship to cancer.
The Pitt Success Pell Match Program has invested more than $95 million in low-income students
Pitt’s groundbreaking financial aid program continues to make education more affordable for Pennsylvania students and their families. Here’s the proof.
