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Applied Physiology Lab researchers conduct a spaceflight hibernation study on a volunteer.

A NASA-funded Pitt team is exploring the benefits of sleeping in space

Kate Flickinger’s research on lower metabolic rates could help astronauts safely undergo long-duration spaceflights one day. It could also help ICU patients here on Earth.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • School of Medicine
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3 Pitt researchers presented at a local Sips of Science event

Marco Capogrosso, Morgan DiLeo and Catherine Palmer shared their work in spinal cord stimulation, ophthalmology and audiology on Nov. 12.

  • Technology & Science
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • School of Medicine
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The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center won 3 HPCwire Awards

PSC was honored at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis for work with its flagship Bridges-2 computer.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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9 projects earned funding from the Dietrich Innovation Initiative

The new program will provide resources for faculty and staff to explore ambitious, collaborative projects.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Innovation Institute
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
Silhouette of a SCI speaker during a conference.

Hear from computing and information experts at upcoming SCI talks

Attend the Dean’s Spotlight Series on Oct. 29 and Dec. 5.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Cultivate student success
  • School of Computing and Information
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Michelle Ward was honored for encouraging women in the chemical sciences

The American Chemical Society Pittsburgh also recognized Pitt’s student chapter with a sustainability award.

  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Be welcoming and engaged
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Jahanian, Robbins and Gabel clap as Shapiro holds up the signed document

Pitt and Carnegie Mellon are collaborating with NVIDIA to launch its inaugural AI Tech Community

The University will lead a center focused on computational opportunities in the health and learning sciences, including applications of AI in clinical medicine, biomanufacturing and K-12 education.

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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You can access national, regional and global newspapers with your Pitt login

Here’s your guide to navigating the University Library System’s databases.

  • Technology & Science
  • Students
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Promote accountability and trust
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How Pitt is helping the commonwealth thrive in an increasingly digital world

The University joined a Greater Pittsburgh Digital Inclusion Alliance project to increase access to internet in 11 rural Pennsylvania counties.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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A new Pitt class is taking engineering to greater heights

Space engineering is just the first Swanson School course in a new effort to train students for the growing demand in aerospace and other industries.

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  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Alan George gives a presentation about Pitt Space

Pitt Space is bringing researchers together at the start of a new space race

The new initiative will focus on research and workforce development in space engineering, biomedicine and science.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
A cheetah-patterned robot outdoors with a test dummy in background

Researchers built an autonomous system to help detect the most urgent victims in mass casualty events

The Pitt and Carnegie Mellon team will keep testing and readying its robots for real-world missions as part of a three-year DARPA Triage Challenge.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • School of Medicine
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
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Samuel Woolley won a book award from the Association of Internet Researchers

An AoIR committee recognized “Manufacturing Consensus: Understanding Propaganda in the Era of Automation and Anonymity” with the Nancy Baym Book Annual Award.

  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A room full of people looking at a PowerPoint Slide about cyber-informed engineering

Experts are worried about cyber threats to infrastructure. This Pitt program is raising awareness.

The SHURE-Grid program brought together students from a variety of majors to create educational tools about designing with cybersecurity in mind.

  • Technology & Science
  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center earned an NSF award to enhance its AI research capacity

The $4.9 million grant will fund an upgrade to the center’s flagship Bridges-2 supercomputer.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center earned an NIH grant to fund a third-generation Anton supercomputer

The five-year award will allow noncommercial biomedical researchers to use the system at no cost.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Propel scholarship, creativity and innovation
  • It's Possible at Pitt
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Jessica Ghilani presented to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

The Pitt-Greensburg professor is a well-regarded expert on misinformation and disinformation.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Pitt-Greensburg
Ryan Tate poses with an apparatus of glass tubing

If it’s glass, Ryan Tate can make it

Pitt’s scientific glassblower crafts and repairs the flasks, pipes and apparatuses that make University research labs function.

  • Technology & Science
  • Staff
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Red and blue nova

A rare stellar explosion will soon reveal a ‘new’ star. Here’s how to see it.

Visible with the naked eye, the nova will be the brightest one most people ever see, says Pitt astronomer Carlos Badenes.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Pitt’s CyberCamp was cited in a White House report

The Pitt Cyber program has pledged to train 500 high school students in cybersecurity basics by 2028.

  • Technology & Science
  • Community Impact
  • Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security