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People Look to Their Neighbors on Climate Change Opinions, Study Finds

For every 1,000 solar panels installed in Australian neighborhoods, seven percent of the neighbors will switch from skepticism to belief in climate change, a recent study by Assistant Professor of

  • Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation
  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Economics

Anantha Shekhar Named Pitt’s Senior Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences and Medical School Dean

Anantha Shekhar has been named senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. His start date is set for

Alumna Sheds Light on Understudied Part of African American History

When Bridget Hunt-Tobey (MED ’19) took a course on human anatomy as part of Pitt’s Biomedical Master’s Program, she had no idea it would lead her to study bones of African American blast furnace

  • Department of Cell Biology
  • Alumni

Researchers Find More Effective Way to Administer Tuberculosis Vaccine

As part of the global push to prevent tuberculosis, Distinguished Professor JoAnne Flynn and a group of Pitt and National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered that intravenously injecting

  • Innovation and Research
  • Center for Vaccine Research
  • Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Podcast: Life Before Childhood Vaccines

In "Polio Pioneers," the latest episode of Pitt Medcast, the audience will hear from people who grew up in the shadow of a crippling disease—among them, schoolkids from the clinical trials of Jonas

  • Innovation and Research

Enjoy the Nationality Rooms’ Holiday Splendor

The Nationality Rooms in the Cathedral of Learning are decked out for the holiday season. Tours run through mid-January, or you can visit virtually in a gallery on Pitt's Facebook page.

Love and Marriage: ICU

When a seemingly healthy Erie man learned he was in heart failure, he was life-flighted to UPMC Presbyterian. There, a specialized care team of cardiothoracic doctors and nurses evaluated him for a

Pediatrics Researcher Introduces Wellness, Resilience Course to Undergraduates

Carla Chugani will be studying the effectiveness of her new course, which will incorporate skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help students manage negative emotions, cope with adversity and

What Will the 2020s Bring for AI?

Researchers from the Swanson School of Engineering and the Learning Research and Development Center discuss the promises and challenges that lie ahead for artificial intelligence.

  • Innovation and Research

Pitt-Bradford Student Wins National AIDS Memorial Scholarship

Applying for scholarships can be intimidating, but Pitt-Bradford biology and pre-med student Jariatu Stallone found a perfect opportunity, thanks to her background with HIV/AIDS work in Sierra Leone

  • Students

Business Professor Wins Aspen Institute ‘Ideas Worth Teaching Award’

Barry Mitnick’s undergraduate honors business history course, Market Manipulations: Crises, Bubbles, Robber Barons and Corporate Saints, has been recognized with the Aspen Institute’s 2019 Ideas Worth

  • Department of Economics
  • Department of Statistics

Trauma Care in a Rucksack

A multidisciplinary team led by Ron Poropatich is working on a specialized medical backpack for the U.S. Army that could help injured patients in the field survive until they reach a fully staffed

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Surgery
  • Department of Emergency Medicine
  • Department of Critical Care Medicine

First Responders’ Workplace Motivation Affected by Public Perception

Firefighters and police officers are often are motivated by a desire to help others and to make the world a better place. But when public perception of them turns negative, first responders who feel

  • Innovation and Research

Pitt, UPMC Selected to Open National Rehabilitation and Caregiving Training Center

The goal of the new center is to use the best in modern medical research to improve the care, health and quality of life of all persons with disabilities and the families and caregivers who support

  • Innovation and Research

‘Shocking’ New Therapy May Be Key to Weakening Antibiotic Resistance

Tagbo Niepa of the Swanson School of Engineering researched a process that would send a weak electrical current through an implant, such as a dental implant used in his study. The current does not

  • Innovation and Research

Augmented Reality for Stroke Rehabilitation

Imagine struggling to see, listen or make movements in half of your environment. For 29% of stroke survivors, rehabilitation means addressing a condition called unilateral spatial neglect. With a $1

  • Innovation and Research

Religious Studies Researcher Offers Tips on Self-reflection

Clark Chilson, an associate professor who studies Buddhism and self-reflection, is one of a handful of scholars outside Japan studying Naikan—a form of structured meditation for thinking about

  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Religious Studies

Hydroponics Club Grows Food For Those In Need, Teaches Methods to Local Kids

Students across the University are coming together at a hydroponics club to grow and share produce and gain hands-on experience with sustainable agriculture.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Department of Biological Sciences

Video: What Are You Thankful For?

See what Pitt students had to say, and share your answer with the University community on Facebook or Twitter.

‘Neighborhood’ Archives Bring Community Together

Dedicated archivists spent more than two decades collecting and cataloging papers, photos, promotional materials and more in the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Collection housed at Pitt.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion