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Karen Arndt was named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The Dietrich School professor is the 28th person from Pitt to join the distinguished group of leaders in academia, research, industry and more.
The next generation of wheelchairs can navigate curbs and hold beverages
HERL researchers debuted a prototype that integrates advanced robotics, sensing and embodied artificial intelligence to empower wheelchair users to navigate common daily challenges.
Sanghamitra Das won the 2026 Bluestone Rising Scholar Prize
The prestigious international prize for early-career scholars was awarded by CASTE: A Global Journal on Social Exclusion.
2 Pitt people were named 2026 American Council of Learned Societies fellows
Paula Kupfer and Michelle Granshaw are among 63 scholars nationwide to earn the fellowship, which supports outstanding scholarship in the humanities and social sciences.
His PhD thesis solved a mystery — and may help turn a lake blue again
Pitt graduate Eli Hall tracked down the source of algae blooms in the Allegheny Reservoir, which takes up a third of a Seneca reservation in New York.
This new role is helping Pitt put its own research into practice
Director of Action Research Leo Schumann is leading the charge to turn data and practitioner insight into concrete changes for students.
NASA recruited Pitt to track the Artemis II mission
Swanson School students merged ham radio and AI to search for the Orion spacecraft.
Paul Ohodnicki will lead a Pitt team supporting a new ARPA-E grant
The University will receive $600,000 in Department of Energy funding to develop transformers for a high-voltage DC power grid.
Mindy Coccari presented research at an American Heart Association event
The associate director of Pitt’s Ultrasound Research Laboratory presented a poster at the annual Epi/Lifestyle Scientific Sessions in Boston.
Fernando Tormos-Aponte earned an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant
The Pitt sociologist will study community-led energy resilience in Puerto Rico in partnership with researchers at the Universidad de Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.