Innovation and Research

The new study connects the dots between brain cells, behavior and the ADHD drug.

This year’s Randall Family Big Idea Competition winners want to enable renewable energy by providing the tools to store it.

A childhood fascination with DNA led Pitt junior Katie Oppenheimer to research genetic instability and its relationship to cancer.

Pitt’s groundbreaking financial aid program continues to make education more affordable for Pennsylvania students and their families. Here’s the proof.

Pitt’s Omid Fotuhi found that a combination of self-affirmations and deadline reminders made students more likely to complete the admission process and attend college.

Awardees have distinguished themselves through research, service and leadership.

"It’s hard, but it’s worth it," Mylynda Massart says in this Q&A about the extra effort involved in sharing data with study participants. 

Marolda will conduct research and be a guest lecturer at the University of Bari as part of a project to study European migration policies and practices in the Central Mediterranean.

The award can support up to 20 junior faculty members who experienced undue caregiving responsibilities as a result of COVID-19.

A new Pitt study shows that the gut microbiome of mice influences their preferred diet. The results, researchers say, could apply to humans, too.