The Plan for Pitt: Engage in Research of Impact

A depiction of the coronavirus superimposed on graphs and charts and numbers.
Sharing data and model results is crucial in the new research culture emerging during the COVID-19 outbreak, and Pitt is making that possible on a global scale.
Researchers from Pitt and Harvard offer their take on this week’s Super Tuesday results and describe how civic engagement is changing in light of the 2008 and 2016 presidential elections.
A depiction of DNA
Evolutionary biologists teamed up with rhetoric scholars to find a common understanding of what it means for a gene to be functional.
A person sits with hands on their lap, next to another person writing on a clipboard.
Pitt researcher Daniel Hall said as population ages, assessing risk is even more essential to ensure that surgery is offered to the right patients, consistent with their goals and values.
A depiction of nerves surrounding the eye.
Ian Sigal, founding director of the Laboratory of Ocular Biomechanics in the University of Pittsburgh Department of Ophthalmology, surveys the ever-changing landscape of the eye.
Senior Sam Ressin standing in front of an array of solar panels, with a glowing object in his hands.
The student-led Pitt Green Fund helped launch the campus thrift store and bicycle co-op, but its board also tackles efforts related to equity and social justice.