Stories by
Patrick Monahan
5 free things to do in Pittsburgh this October
Watch giant pumpkins get destroyed, find the Cheshire Cat in a glass wonderland or watch a Halloween classic on the plaza.
A new Pittsburgh life sciences startup incubator will grow early stage companies
The Pitt incubator, located in Oakland, will provide a much-needed link in the regional life sciences ecosystem.
This Pitt team keeps the Cathedral of Learning in tip-top shape
Here’s how the University’s facilities management office ensures the academic skyscraper will be functional and beautiful for another hundred years.
High schoolers are doing research at Pitt, too
The Gene Team brings Pittsburgh-area teens to the University to do four weeks of biology research each summer, learning undergraduate-level skills and preparing them for college.
A Pitt-led team plans to automate quantum computing research with a Department of Energy grant
Part of the Genesis Mission, a national effort to harness AI for scientific discovery, the project could enable new chemistry and materials science.
Why is it so hard to find DNA in bird poop?
Led by Kevin Kohl, a team of dozens of bird microbiome experts published a paper asking a simple question with surprisingly broad repercussions for studying the lives of birds.
How Pitt helped this grad cross the finish line
A Finish Line Grant helped Jared Nunez reach graduation. Now he’s taking the next step to his future as a New York financial analyst.
This new chemical technique adds to a towering reputation
Discovered by Ashlyn Bohn and Benjamin Cipriano and named after the Cathedral of Learning, CAATHy may help chemists craft medicines inspired by nature.
How science can escape the nostalgia trap
A new paper by Lingfei Wu in Science shows that older researchers produce less disruptive work — though they offer strengths of their own, too.
His PhD thesis solved a mystery — and may help turn a lake blue again
Pitt graduate Eli Hall tracked down the source of algae blooms in the Allegheny Reservoir, which takes up a third of a Seneca reservation in New York.

