Programs in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, School of Education, School of Medicine and Swanson School of Engineering saw jumps in their 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings.

"The real innovation lies when you think about the beginning of design,” says Melissa Bilec, co-director of Pitt’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation.

The awards support both individual faculty members and large groups that are scaling up world-changing scholarly projects.

Awardees include Danielle Andrews-Brown, Karen Ricco and Devin N. Ulm.

Learn about the lives of just a few of the incredible Pitt women whose path-forging work changed our past — and is shaping our tomorrow.

The award will enable his lab to further explore how bacteria cope with changes in surface tension and energy, and their adaptation to changing conditions to develop new materials.

The senior vice chancellor for research is recognized for his outstanding contributions in electronic design automation.

After becoming the first Black woman to graduate from the Swanson School of Engineering, Elayne Arrington made aerospace history, too.

The toaster oven-sized system can see cars, roads and trees from space.

Anna Balazs is the first Swanson School faculty member to also have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.