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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

STEM Camp Sparks Pittsburgh Kids’ Curiosity

Students from Pittsburgh’s Hill District put their coding skills to the test to recreate the 1978 game Space Invaders, using a computer program provided by Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering and the School of Computing and Information. The coding exercise was part of a three-day STEM mini-camp hosted by Pitt’s Hill District Community Engagement Center.

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Bistra Iordanova Receives $25,000 to Research Gender in Alzheimer's Disease

Datta in a red plaid shirt in front of a blue background

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Bioengineer Moni Datta Receives a $300K DoD Award to Design Biochemical Marker Technology

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Undergrad Team Captures Silver Medal for ‘Molecular Movie Camera’

Madeline Guido and Kaylene Stocking headshots.

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Kaylene Stocking and Madeline Guido Win Top Undergraduate Student Awards at Honors Convocation

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Alumna Sossena Wood Featured on NBC

three students holding a purple check-sized poster than says Kids' Choice Award

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Student Team Wins Kids’ Choice Award at 24-hour Hackathon to Solve Pediatric Problems

Getting children to take their medicine in the right dose at the right time is tough. At a recent hackathon, three Pitt students came up with a prototype solution that won over kids themselves.

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Three Pitt Researchers Win NIH Director’s Awards

Friday, July 27, 2018

Engineering Team Designs Exoskeleton Technology to Help People Walk Again

It seems like something from a sci-fi movie: humans wearing bionic technology to move more easily. But Pitt researchers are turning fiction into a reality, aiming to help people with paraplegia.

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Swanson School of Engineering Names Joseph Samosky as Its 2018 Outstanding Educator

Researchers Work to Bring Precision Medicine to Patient Prescriptions, Primary Care

With the advent of direct-to-consumer genetic testing, patients are showing up at doctors’ offices with big questions about their genes. Physicians, however, aren’t usually trained to answer them. Enter Mylynda Massart and others at Pitt.

Pitt Professor Helped Humanity Make ‘One Small Step,’ Keeps Space Research Going

As a postdoctoral researcher, Bruce Hapke helped NASA determine the consistency of the moon’s soil, which helped engineers create the proper boots, rovers and wheeled equipment for the Apollo 11 landing, which happened 50 years ago this Saturday. Hapke and others at Pitt have helped build on a legacy of space research.

Dietitian Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Through partnerships with grocery stores and government entities, Judy Dodd, an assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics, has been educating students and consumers on healthier eating habits for decades. The Retail Dietitians Business Alliance recently honored her work.

STEM Camp Sparks Pittsburgh Kids’ Curiosity

Pitt Again Named Best Public University in Northeast, Best Public Value in State

The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance honored Pitt with top rankings, and 2017 brought important rankings from additional national organizations.

Wrestling Dental Student Visits ‘Parts Unknown’

Britt Baker has won several wrestling championships. But this spring, she expects to claim an even bigger title: doctor of dental medicine. See her interview on "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown" as the show explores eclectic corners of Pittsburgh, airing Oct. 22.

'Pitt Tonight' and Tomorrow: Emmy-nominated Student Production Makes a Lasting Mark

Jesse Irwin (A&S '17) wanted to start a late-night talk show at Pitt. With a student crew and film studies Assistant Professor Robert Clift's support, he made it happen in three months — and snagged an Emmy nod.