The Plan for Pitt: Engage in Research of Impact

April 3, 2020 - 12:00am

Swanson Lab Repurposes Equipment to Produce Sanitizer for UPMC

When labs at the Swanson School of Engineering closed for research purposes, Götz Veser (pictured), the Nickolas DeCecco...
A lab worker uses a pipette
March 27, 2020 - 11:57am

CTSI Piloting Funding Grants and Coordinating COVID-19 Research

The Clinical and Translational Science Institute will be awarding up to $50,000 in grants to four projects that aim to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 23, 2020 - 12:00am

History Professor Advocates for the Humanities on Capitol Hill

Ruth Mostern, associate professor in the Department of History in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and...
March 11, 2020 - 11:43am

Funding for Jewish Studies: Apply Through March 23

Apply for funding to support research and travel involving Jewish topics for students and faculty. The deadline is March 23 for funds expended between May 1 and Dec. 31.
March 5, 2020 - 12:00am

School of Education Faculty Member Wins National Literacy Research Award

Jon-Philip “Jay” Imbrenda, faculty member in the School of Education, is the recipient of the 2019 Arthur Applebee Award...
The Cathedral of Learning against the downtown Oakland skyline.
March 4, 2020 - 1:00pm

Outstanding Faculty Receive Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards

Sixteen faculty from across the University have been honored with 2020 Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service, Research and Teaching awards.
March 4, 2020 - 12:50pm

Faculty and Staff Present at AAAS Conference

This year’s conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, held in Seattle, featured multiple presentations by Pitt faculty and staff.
March 4, 2020 - 12:49pm

Public Algorithms Task Force Hosts March 10 Meeting

The Pitt Cyber-convened Pittsburgh Task Force on Public Algorithms works to prevent bias in automated decision-making systems used by local agencies and governments.
March 3, 2020 - 12:00am

Solar Project Selected for U.S. Department of Energy Prize

A project developed at the University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School of Engineering has been selected for the American-...
March 3, 2020 - 12:00am

Pitt-led Study Leads to Method to Calculate Stress on Rails

A study led by Pitt researchers calculating stress on railways was recently published in the American Society of...