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Young Researcher Earns First-author Credit for Study on Equitable Energy Access
With support from an Honors College alumnus and political science professor, Meital Rosenberg (A&S ’17) recently earned first-author credit in Nature Sustainability for her undergraduate research on gender dynamics and electricity access in India.
Learn about the findings
Shaping the Future of Pitt
Workshops through January and February and an online survey are underway for everyone to provide input on the next Plan for Pitt. Read why students and others are seizing the opportunity to have their voices heard in mapping the University’s next five years.
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Track and Field Olympian Reflects on Time at Pitt, Plans for New Facilities
Alumnus Herb Douglas (EDUC ’48, ’50G), the oldest living African American Olympic medalist, says plans for new training spaces for athletes will bring recruiting and Pitt Athletics to new heights.
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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 Economics Andrea La Nauze found.
What could this mean for your neighborhood?
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 June 2020.
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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 workers in a first-ever internship program with the Smithsonian Institute.
Read about what she learned
Researchers Find More Effective Way to Administer Tuberculosis Vaccine
As part of the global push to prevent tuberculosis, Professor JoAnne Flynn and a group of Pitt researchers have discovered that intravenously injecting the standard tuberculosis vaccine could boost its power.
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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.
See their predictions
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 and a tip from a resident advisor. The Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship will support her future efforts to combat the disease.
Read more about her work
Business Professor Wins ‘Ideas Worth Teaching Award’
Pitt Business professor 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 Teaching Award—one of only 10 courses worldwide to be selected.
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