836 Pitt undergraduates contributed data for a new study on plants and pollution

The study originated from a lab course, Duckweed Survivor, that encourages students to see themselves as researchers.

This Pitt program is leveling up the gene therapy workforce in Pittsburgh

Leah Byrne’s Pittsburgh Gene Therapy Bootcamp teaches lab skills and connects grad students to biotech companies.

Pitt experts predict the changes that will shape their field before the next leap day

Leap ahead with leaders in immunology, neuroscience and public health.  

To find rare frogs and birds, Pitt researchers are using machine learning algorithms and hundreds of microphones

A new generation of conservation technologies is allowing researchers like Justin Kitzes to search more broadly and efficiently than ever before. 

Jamie Ducar and Khirsten L. Scott received prestigious community engagement awards

Campus Compact recognized the pair for their efforts in education equity, administration and ethical engagement.

Childhood trauma could lead to worse COVID-19 outcomes decades later

A Pitt study shows another way negative experiences in early in life can get “under the skin.”

President Biden gave the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Pitt’s Rory Cooper

The honor — the nation’s highest for technological achievement — is the latest and most significant recognition of Cooper’s decades of innovations in wheelchair technology.

The biggest barrier to getting fossil fuel workers green jobs isn’t skills — it’s location

Fossil fuel workers have the right skills to join the green revolution. They’re just not in the right places, according to a new study by Pitt researcher Morgan Frank.

A new chemical process makes it easier to craft amino acids that don’t exist in nature

The research, published in Science by a team including Pitt chemists, could open the door to new protein-based therapies.

Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research is already preparing for the next pandemic

Three years after the emergence of COVID-19, Pitt scientists are studying the families of viruses that might produce the next one.