Innovation and Research
4 Pitt innovation teams receive Chancellor’s Gap Fund commercialization grants
The funds will accelerate their path from the lab to the market.
Proposals due March 1 for dB-SERC Course Transformation Awards
Several grants of up to $10,000 will be awarded to cover projects undertaken between May 1, 2022, and Aug. 31, 2023.
Latest greenhouse gas inventory shows Pitt's progress toward carbon neutrality
A report led by grad student Jessica Vaden shows a decrease in campus emissions by almost a third since 2008.
How fecal transplants could transform cancer care
Changing bacteria in the gut can cause remarkable effects in some melanoma patients, Pitt researchers proved.
Pitt biologists found hundreds of plant viruses hitchhiking on pollen
The first-of-its-kind study points to honeybees as a potential “superspreader” of plant disease.
Pitt’s Boo Kyung Jung received a grant from the Academy of Korean Studies
The grant is in the amount of $21,000.
New scholarship agreement helps graduate students in the sciences
Pitt’s partnership with an all-women, all-volunteer philanthropic organization is getting deeper, stronger and planning for perpetuity.
These windows will outsmart the elements
The Pitt and Oxford researchers' design harnesses the sun’s energy in winter and reflects it in the summer.
How emotions fuel fake news on social media
Angry about that headline? Then you’ll probably share this story, Pitt researchers show.
Scott Morgenstern receives Fulbright Specialist Program award
Morgenstern will complete his project at the Universidad de Salamanca in Spain.

