Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC)
Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal is the new director of Pitt’s Learning Research and Development Center
The Department of Psychology chair has extensively studied the impact of socioeconomic inequality on human development during her two decades at the University.
Angela Stewart earned $1.3 million from the National Science Foundation
Her project, funded by a Racial Equity in STEM Education award, will work to expand the range of perspectives and voices in AI technology.
Alex Silver earned an award for her doctoral dissertation research
The graduate student in Pitt’s Learning Research and Development Center is one of two to receive the honor from the Federation of Associations in Behavioral and Brain Sciences.
PhD candidate Lorraine Blatt won a fellowship from the National Academy of Education
As a Spencer Dissertation fellow, she's been identified one of education's most talented researchers.
One key to success in college? A sense of belonging, according to new research.
A Science study by a team including Pitt’s Omid Fotuhi shows students who go through an intervention to foster feelings of belonging are more likely to finish their first year.
1 in 2 Black adolescents faced online racial discrimination in 2020, a Pitt study found
That’s significantly higher than previously documented, say the Pitt researchers who studied more than 600 youth over an 8-month period.
Diane Litman and LRDC collaborators were awarded an NSF grant
They will study how to integrate natural language processing into writing feedback and revision.
Ace finals using these memory tricks
Pitt cognitive neuroscientist Marc Coutanche advises on caffeine intake, sleep and whether music helps you study.
How reflective writing and a nudge from an app increased college prospects for low-income students
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.

