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Meet Rory Cooper, a Hall of Fame innovator who’s been harnessing tech to build better wheelchairs for three decades

With inventions benefiting disabled veterans and other wheelchair users, the HERL director is pushing technology and entrepreneurship toward new possibilities.

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Xing Chen won 3 grants for her research to better understand and restore sight

She’s working on bringing the implant, which could present a new way to restore patients’ sight, to market with startup Phosphoenix.

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Alum Alex Firestine is Pitt’s first Luce scholar

As part of the program, he will spend a year in Asia learning about language, culture and sustainable food systems.

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Fang Peng was elected to the National Academy of Engineering

The RK Mellon Endowed Chair Professor is recognized for contributing to the development of high-powered electronic technologies for advanced power grid and energy conversion.

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Angela Stewart is ensuring tech education is welcoming, creative and fun-filled

Her research, in collaboration with a local summer camp, ensures all students are recognized and their participation — whether overt, muted or cautious — is reinforced.

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A Pitt community partnership was honored for advancing sustainable growth solutions in Fayette County

The Appalachian Bridges to the Future project earned a Climate Luminary Honor for its work fostering economic development and fighting brain drain in the region.

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4 Pitt projects making life healthier — not just longer

From blocking inflammation to focusing on women’s health in mid-life, these researchers are working to enhance both the length and quality of life.

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Pitt’s growing research impact is on full display in the 2023-24 annual research report

Read stories of University researchers who have blended disciplines and put innovations into action, contributing to $1.2 billion in research expenditures over the last year.

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Pitt and the Smithsonian have teamed up to teach life sciences skills to local middle schoolers

The hands-on curriculum is introducing young students in Pittsburgh’s Greater Hazelwood neighborhood to real-world applications of biotechnology.

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5 teams took home prizes in Pitt’s Sustainability in Healthcare Challenge

Faculty members in the School of Medicine and Swanson School of Engineering earned $40,000 each to fund their winning projects.