Innovation and Research
This new Pitt service helps investigators do research that’s ethically sound
The interdisciplinary RECS team consults with researchers on ethical questions and connects them with philosophers and historians elsewhere in the University.
Pitt’s partnership with a Puerto Rican university was awarded a Sloan Foundation grant
The partnership with University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez will facilitate collaborative energy systems research.
7 Pitt students won a nationally competitive research fellowship
The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides five years of funding for the country’s top student researchers.
This senior and cerebral aneurysm researcher is staying at Pitt to earn his MD
Halfway through his studies, Robit Mantena has already received accolades for his innovative lab work.
This Pitt senior savors the challenge
From a sixth grade Texas classroom to a Pittsburgh trauma ward, Joao Barichello’s story is one of overcoming tough situations.
19 people were honored at Pitt’s Postdoctoral Research Symposium
Overall, Pitt researchers presented 115 posters at the April 14 event.
Pitt researchers presented several ongoing projects and their impact on PA
State Secretary Akbar Hossain met with University leaders, faculty and students during a campus visit on March 20.
Pitt-Greensburg’s new benchtop NMR device lets students study molecular structures
The undergraduate-friendly nuclear magnetic resonance instrument will ensure student researchers gain hands-on experience without having to leave campus.
Pitt ranked No. 20 for granted patents among US universities in 2024
The annual National Academy of Inventors list highlights academic institutions that are driving innovation nationwide.
Pitt researchers took the most detailed images ever of bacteria-killing viruses
The new images could help researchers engineer the phages to attack specific targets.

