Why some education reforms stick and others don't

A study by Eleanor Anderson in the School of Education shows what it takes to make educational reforms rise above the ‘churn.’

Brian Galla wants to help your teen kick their Instagram habit

Appealing to their sense of rebellion might be the key to helping teens cut back on social media use, the Pitt psychologist's research shows.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research

The secretary met with Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, Center for Vaccine Research Director Paul Duprex and other leaders as part of his tour.

Honors College undergrads relaunch old journal with new tech

The Honors College celebrates the relaunch of the Pittsburgh Undergraduate Review — a student-led journal of scholarship and creative works — with a new open-access platform thanks to the library system.

Yunxing Lu receives Geothermal Rising Marcelo Lippmann Graduate Award

The award is given to five graduate students based on academic record, student activities, geothermal industry experience and career goals.

Historian Keisha N. Blain named New America Fellow

New America is an organization committed to investing in thinkers who generate ideas that impact and spark new conversations about the most pressing issues of our day.

How to save rare plants? Protect their pollinators.

Tia-Lynn Ashman and a team of Pitt biologists put a network of plants and pollinators under the microscope to tackle a tough question in ecology.

They're trying to detect the next pandemic

Seema Lakdawala’s lab is part of a new multi-institutional partnership that will assess the pandemic potential of new viruses.

Research sheds light on how children interpret ‘dark tourism’

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Professor Mary Margaret Kerr shares insights on how to help children make meaning of tragic events.

Where the laws of matter break down, a quantum discovery crops up

Lasers, fiendishly complex calculations and some of the coldest temperatures on Earth led to physicist Vincent Liu’s recent superfluid discovery.