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2 Pitt people were recognized as among the best in Pittsburgh tech
Paola Buitrago and Katrina Knight were on Technical.ly's RealLIST Engineers 2023 list.
Undergraduate Alison Linares Mendoza received a Young Eagles engineering internship
The first Pitt student selected for the prestigious aeronautics program, she spent the summer working for Daher’s Aircraft Division in France.
Pitt’s BioForge Manufacturing Center gets approval from Pittsburgh’s Planning Commission
Construction on the life sciences research hub is scheduled to begin this year.
3 Pitt alumni competed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
An engineer and two former Pitt wrestlers hit the world-famous track last week.
Survival of the fittest, AI style
Pitt engineer Amir Alavi built an algorithm that’s producing new materials with unique properties. Here’s how they could help build the future.
A new chemical process makes it easier to craft amino acids that don’t exist in nature
The research, published in Science by a team including Pitt chemists, could open the door to new protein-based therapies.
Pitt Cyber announced 2 new staff members
Jessica Kuntz and Yu-Ru Lin will lead policy and research for the institute, respectively.
The Pittsburgh Quantum Institute appointed Michael Hatridge as its new director
The physics professor will lead the collaboration between Pitt, Carnegie Mellon University and Duquesne University.
The omission of women's contributions in 'Oppenheimer' is part of a harmful trend, Pitt experts say
Lack of representation can reinforce stereotypes about who belongs in the sciences, write Carl Kurlander and Chandralekha Singh.
Most high schools don’t teach cybersecurity. This Pitt program aims to change that.
Funded by the NSA and NSF, GenCyber@Pitt is training high school teachers in fundamental cyber concepts to include in their own classrooms.
How to protect yourself and Pitt from phishing scams
Forward suspicious emails as an attachment to Pitt IT.
You can now play a rare, unreleased video game from the 70s, thanks to a Pitt lab
Take a deep dive into the history of Ski Festival and the Magnavox Odyssey with Pitt’s Zachary Horton.
How a Twitter thread became a letter in Nature
Last year, a provocative paper overturned established wisdom about “silent” genetic mutations. Pitt's Craig Kaplan and a group of biologist colleagues weren’t convinced.
Alison Linares Mendoza earned a Vertical Flight Foundation scholarship
She’s the first female engineer from Pitt to receive the honor.
Michael Hatridge earned $5.7 million in research funding from the U.S. Army
The associate professor in the Dietrich School will work with interdisciplinary experts to overcome challenges in quantum computing.
Western Pa. is set to 'level up' its quantum capabilities with an $11.6 million investment from Pitt
The funding will establish the Western Pennsylvania Quantum Information Core, a cross-disciplinary effort that will position Pitt and its partners at the forefront of the field.
Students took a leading role in creating Pitt’s new Jonas Salk exhibit
Museum studies and public health students helped choose, clean and display the objects that make up the new exhibit in the School of Public Health building.
Pitt professors’ work was acknowledged by the FDA commissioner
Robert Califf praised their approach to educating pharmacists on over-the-counter hearing aids.
Meet Pitt’s newest Goldwater scholar
Grace Fleury fell in love with one of the most notorious fields in STEM — organic chemistry — and now she has received one of the most prestigious awards for students.
