Apply for $5,000 AWS Cloud Credits for Your Research Projects from CRC
In collaboration with Pitt Information Technology and Amazon Web Services (AWS), Pitt’s Center for Research Computing (CRC) offers up to $5,000 in seed funding and consultative services to Pitt faculty, as well as postdocs and graduate students with approval from their supervisor.
Cloud computing offers great benefits for researchers – virtually unlimited resources, no queues, cutting-edge applications, no hardware to buy or manage and the freedom to compute from any device, anywhere.
Community Engaged Scholarship Forum
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Engaging with the community is second nature at Pitt with a long history of finding and uncovering insights that propel all of us toward a better, safer world. Problems being tackled include climate change, social justice and education.
What Makes Your Research Trustworthy? Threats and Opportunities
Wednesday, March 1, 2023 - 10:00am to 4:00pm
Annual Research Ethics Day Conference
This year’s conference will focus on the importance of optimizing and signaling the trustworthiness of research. Trustworthiness is necessary in order to maintain the trust of colleagues, participants, those who apply our research, and the wider public. National leaders will discuss the expectations of all these collaborators and audiences, including research funders, partners, participants, trainees, and journals.
James Barr von Oehsen Named PSC Director
James Barr von Oehsen has been selected the director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC), a joint research center of Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh, and concurrently, the vice chancellor for research computing at Pitt effective May 1, 2023. He will also hold appointments on the research faculty of Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Pitt’s Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Informatics.
Kaufman Foundation Awards Pitt Teams in Quantum Computing and Genetics
Two teams of faculty were each awarded $300,000 grants from the Charles E.
Two School of Pharmacy Faculty Named 2022 AAAS Fellows
Donna Huryn and Wen Xie, both professors of pharmaceutical sciences, are among 506 scientists, engineers and innovators recognized in 2022 for their contributions to science and society. They join 212 fellows from Pitt since its inception in 1874.Evan Facher Named to PGH POWER 100 for Business Leaders
In its fourth year, Pittsburgh Business Times’ PGH POWER 100 listed Evan Facher, vice chancellor for innovation and entrepreneurship, as one of “the region’s most influential” leaders in business.World History Gazetteer Awarded Digital Humanities Advancement Grant
Pitt’s World Historical Gazetteer (WHG) – a two-way platform for scholarly communication – has been awarded a $350,000 Digital Humanities Advancement Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.Pitt-Greensburg Unveils New Life Sciences Building
Last month, Pitt-Greensburg celebrated the long-awaited grand opening of the new Life Sciences Building, which features lab and technology upgrades.Rory Cooper Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame
The 50th class of National Inventors Hall of Fame was announced on January 9 at CES®.Dean Valerie Kinloch A Top 200 Education Scholar
Valerie Kinloch, Renée and Richard Goldman Endowed Dean and professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education, was recognized as one of the nation’s most impactful education scholars in the newly released 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.10 Ways Pitt Researchers Tackle the World’s Biggest Problems
In our inaugural annual report, published in November 2022, ten researchers shared how they’ve used their research to improve the world around us. From credit scores and sustainability to virology and STEM education, the discoveries are tangible and useful findings to not only lead their respective fields, but to also elevate the profession.
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Political Scientist Michael Colaresi now Associate VP for Data Science
Michael Colaresi, the William S. Dietrich II Professor of Political Science and research and academic director for the Institute for Cyber Law, Policy, and Security, has been named associate vice provost for data science. His work applies computational tools like machine learning to examine issues of national security, political violence, human rights and disinformation.
Bill Yates Explains Why Avatar Can Cause Motion Sickness
With attendees of Avatar 2 reporting headaches or illness, media lit-up with theories and information that made it a trending topic over the holiday season.