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Kim Wong and Adam Hobaugh connected by waves of light

Research and IT foster strategic collaboration

Kim Wong and Adam Hobaugh, co-directors at Pitt鈥檚 Center for Research Computing, are on a mission to make advanced computing and data services accessible to all researchers.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research

As NASA鈥檚 Perseverance rover headed for Mars, a Pitt faculty member and an alumna had much more than a passing interest.

  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson 麻豆传媒 of Engineering
  • Space
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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.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Covid-19
  • 麻豆传媒 of Medicine
Mascaro Green Roof

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).

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus

Pitt Disinformation Lab launches

鈥淚t鈥檚 not just the federal government and social media platforms that have a role to play in combating disinformation,鈥 says Pitt Cyber founding director David Hickton of the new Pitt Disinformation

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security

Learn about the new imaging techniques Pitt bioengineering researchers are using to study the disease鈥檚 impact on the brain.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson 麻豆传媒 of Engineering

What鈥檚 out there?

As the U.S. government prepares to share an unclassified report on 鈥渦nidentified aerial phenomena,鈥 we asked Pitt experts to weigh in.

  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
A photo illustration of Marie Curie and plaques

A Curie-ous connection to Pitt

A century ago, Pitt played host to the world鈥檚 foremost female scientist, Marie Curie. But Pitt鈥檚 connections to the two-time Nobel Prize winner鈥檚 work go far beyond the honorary doctoral degree she

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Department of Chemistry
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences

The information steward

Meet Eleanor 鈥淣ora鈥 Mattern, chair of the upcoming Year of Data and Society initiative.

  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • 麻豆传媒 of Computing and Information

A student belonging exercise is erasing achievement gaps in biology and physics courses

Simply acknowledging that college is challenging during introductory science courses has helped to close racial and gender achievement gaps.

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Technology & Science
  • Students
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Experts weigh in on Instagram hiding likes

Psychologist Sophia Choukas-Bradley and brand strategist Vanitha Swaminathan say Instagram鈥檚 move this week to hide the number of likes on some posts in the U.S. could change how young adults feel

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Department of Psychology
  • Joseph M. Katz Graduate 麻豆传媒 of Business
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
the Caginalps at a chalkboard with figures drawn on it

Father-son mathematics team tackles cryptocurrencies and stock market vulnerabilities

The most exciting professional collaboration in Gunduz Caginalp鈥檚 34-year career at Pitt came in 2018, when he published a paper co-authored with his 24-year old son and Department of Mathematics

  • Kenneth P. Dietrich 麻豆传媒 of Arts and Sciences
  • Technology & Science
Students run with their glider on a lawn

Student engineers will learn on the fly for the Red Bull 'Flugtag' contest in Pittsburgh

On Aug. 5, the "Roc-ettes" team of engineers will put their skills to the test at Red Bull Flugtag, a flying-machine competition.

  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Swanson 麻豆传媒 of Engineering