Technology & Science
Andrew Mugler Earns Editors’ Suggestion Honor
Andrew Mugler, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has published a paper in Physical Review Letters that has been recognized as an Editors’ Suggestion. About one letter in six is chosen for this recognition.
Signs of Life
As NASA’s Perseverance rover headed for Mars, a Pitt faculty member and an alumna had much more than a passing interest.
Docs try app to boost mental health in COVID-19 longhaulers
Even people with mild COVID-19 sometimes have lingering issues. The UPMC Post-COVID Recovery Clinic is using a new cognitive behavioral therapy app to help people with anxiety and depression.
New views on sickle cell
Learn about the new imaging techniques Pitt bioengineering researchers are using to study the disease’s impact on the brain.
Fodun Ologunde
From summa cum laude to Apple Inc. software engineer.
Pitt Disinformation Lab launches
“It’s not just the federal government and social media platforms that have a role to play in combating disinformation,” says Pitt Cyber founding director David Hickton of the new Pitt Disinformation Lab (PDL). “The animating vision of PDL is to build local resilience to disinformation right here, right now.”
What’s out there?
As the U.S. government prepares to share an unclassified report on “unidentified aerial phenomena,” we asked Pitt experts to weigh in.
The information steward
Meet Eleanor “Nora” Mattern, chair of the upcoming Year of Data and Society initiative.
A Curie-ous connection to Pitt
A century ago, Pitt played host to the world’s foremost female scientist, Marie Curie. But Pitt’s connections to the two-time Nobel Prize winner’s work go far beyond the honorary doctoral degree she received.
Pitt hits a green building milestone
More than 1 million square feet of the University is now certified green. See some of the buildings across the Pittsburgh campus designated Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

