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Pitt researchers are leading the way toward a Google Maps of cells
By using the city’s supercomputing superpowers, their goal is to develop a global atlas of healthy cells in the human body that any researchers can access.
9 essential apps for Pittsburgh campus students
Stay on top of your classwork, order food and keep yourself safe with these downloads.
Why do galaxies stop making stars? A huge collision in space provides new clues.
Merging galaxies might hurl away the gas that fuels new stars, according to a discovery by Pitt astronomers and their colleagues.
This new chip could lead to faster, more secure AI
Developed by a team including a Pitt engineering professor, the technology performs calculations locally instead of relying on the cloud.
Pitt is the only university in the U.S. with this giant 3D printer for metal
With the technology finally maturing and industry taking notice, Pitt engineers now have access to a machine that pushes the limits of additive manufacturing.
Pitt brings cybersecurity concepts to local high school students during 6th annual CyberCamp
Students learn a range of technical skills including introductory digital literacy, cyber ethics and systems security.
1 in 2 Black adolescents faced online racial discrimination in 2020, a Pitt study found
That’s significantly higher than previously documented, say the Pitt researchers who studied more than 600 youth over an 8-month period.
Pittsburgh’s Neighborhood 91 will be home to futuristic manufacturing
A recent event at the Neighborhood 91 campus brought together the regional defense manufacturing community and showed the promise of 3D printing for industry.
Robots are driving their US co-workers to substance abuse, a Pitt study found
Analysis of data from the U.S. and Germany found that automation reduces workplace injuries but has a negative effect on American workers’ mental health.
How do monarch butterflies know where to migrate?
Pitt engineers are developing a tiny tracking system to find out.
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.
12 Pitt students won a competitive NSF research fellowship
And University Honors College mentors want to help even more STEM students at Pitt win Graduate Research Fellowships next year.
A recent broadband symposium highlighted the growing digital divide
Presenters at the Pitt event warned about the opportunity gap between those with and without high-speed internet access.
Introducing this year’s Bellet Teaching awardees
Jennifer Laaser, Dana Och and Ellen Smith in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences were nominated for excellence inside and outside of the classroom. See what makes them special.
Redditors hail to Pitt on r/place
Alum Ryan Lynch and hundreds of other users defended the Pitt logo during a massive online collaborative art project.
A Pitt science historian shares stories of an overlooked woman scientist
For Women’s History Month, Marian Gilton explains her interest in Émilie du Châtelet, who only recently has begun to gain overdue recognition.
Behind the scenes at the Dietrich School’s machine shop
Meet the people who mill, drill and 3D print the tools that keep Pitt research on the cutting edge.
Learn how to get a NASA job in a new presentation series
Webinars offered through a Pitt-Bradford collaboration with NASA will provide students from all campuses and majors with detailed resume tips and other resources.
A new Pitt Cyber report shows how policymakers and the public can address bias in algorithms
Algorithms can reflect existing biases in data and our society and can accelerate and exacerbate harm, especially along racial and gender lines.
For tadpoles, what’s in their gut may be key to enduring climate change
A new Pitt study is the first to show a connection between heat tolerance and the microbiome in animals like amphibians.
