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.

This Pitt junior won a Goldwater Scholarship for his brain imaging research

Satyaj Bhargava, a bioengineering major, earned the national honor for undergraduates in STEM fields.

Cristina Murray-Krezan lent her statistical expertise to a new JAMA Internal Medicine study

The associate professor of medicine led data coordination for the research, which links a hospital-based addiction treatment to improved outcomes for patients.

A Pitt professor is bringing her global perspective to this African medical research partnership

Tiffany Gary-Webb is collaborating with scientists in Senegal to better understand noncommunicable disease — and barriers to international research partnerships.

A Pitt course gave students the chance to learn firsthand from Iceland’s sustainable engineering practices

Over spring break, the Swanson School of Engineering class visited a geothermal power plant and learned how the country bakes climate resilience into everything it does.

2 Pitt English faculty won a Spencer Foundation grant

Jialei Jiang and Xiqiao Wang received $60,000 to conduct translingual research.

This Pitt researcher is using his own experience to help autistic students thrive on campus

After a decade of surveying and studying autistic college students, Brett Ranon Nachman has come away with some important, and surprising, insights.

Lise Vesterlund will receive an honorary doctorate from Copenhagen Business School

Pitt’s Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics will give a lecture on March 21 in celebration of the honor.

Pitt ranks among the top worldwide universities for granted patents

The list, published by the National Academy of Inventors, spotlights the role academia plays in U.S. innovation.