12 Students Win NSF Research Fellowship
Spanning disciplines in science and engineering, five undergraduate and seven graduate students received competitive awards to fund and support their research endeavors.
Pitt Honors College Research Crosses Virtual Boundaries
This year's University Honors College Spring Research Fair allowed students to highlight their work both virtually and in person, showcasing student research, done alongside faculty mentors, across 45 majors. Students were able to share their work with the Pitt community, family, alum, and even potential employers.
PSC to Lead New Generation of Democratized Computing
Begun in 2011 by the National Science Foundation (NSF), XSEDE (Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment) developed a central system for researchers to share computing resources – hardware, data, and the expertise vital for first-time users applying advanced computing to creative new research. Call XSEDE an on-ramp to advanced computing.
Pitt Researchers Work to Generate Hydrogen from Natural Gas
Two Pitt researchers from the Chemical and Engineering department were featured in a story on WESA radio about regional industry working to generate hydrogen from natural gas.Pitt Historian and Poet Recognized with Guggenheim Awards and More
Harvey is one of seven fellows selected in poetry. She draws on her writing while teaching in Pitt’s writing program, encouraging her students to embrace the complexity of the writing process, and allowing them to work through the discomfort and pressure of a messy first draft and revising. Similarly, her poetry and prose writing embark on topics that can bring discomfort – such as relationships between mothers and daughters and mental health – topics often not talked about.
Pitt Researchers Help Explain How Ritalin Sharpens Attention
Several news outlets covered research from University of Pittsburgh neuroscientists led by neuroscience professor Marlene Cohen, that takes a rare look at how Ritalin affects activity in the brains of animals, providing a deeper understanding of how groups of brain cells govern attention and pointing to new possible uses for the stimulant.Rory Cooper Featured in Autonomous Vehicle Article
Rory A. Cooper, assistant vice chancellor for Research for STEM-Health Sciences Collaborations, was featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article on autonomous vehicle technologies for the disabled, "Special Mission: Disabled Veteran Leads Pitt Program Developing Autonomous Vehicle for Others with Disabilities."Geography of Philosophy Reaches Across Cultures, Languages, Religions
Philosophy by its nature asks difficult questions, such as, “How do you know something is a fact?” or “What constitutes wisdom?” These are questions explored for millennia in the west. But how do non-western societies across the world answer those questions? Do people ask those same questions? How do the questions and answers vary across cultures, climates, economies and religions?
Pitt-Bradford Professor Receives Fulbright for Study in Burkina Faso
‘BioDun Ogundayo, associate professor of French and comparative literature at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, will teach and study oral tradition of Mossi people in the West African nation of Burkina Faso.Researcher Receives $2.98M NIH Grant to Improve Aphasia Treatment
Will Evans, assistant professor in the Department of Communication Science and Disorders at the University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences (SHRS), has received a five-year, $2.98 million National Institutes of Health R01 clinical trial grant to improve aphasia treatment.Two Pitt Faculty Named to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Two University of Pittsburgh faculty are the newest members among the 153 elected this month to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows, in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in medical and biological engineering.Malaria Drug to Combat Chemo-Resistant Head and Neck Cancers
A new study by University of Pittsburgh and UPMC scientists suggests that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine inhibits pathways that drive resistance to the chemotherapy agent cisplatin in head and neck cancers and restores tumor-killing effects of cisplatin in animal models.SVC Rutenbar Wins ACM Award
Senior Vice Chancellor for Research Rob A. Rutenbar has been named the 2021 recipient of the SIGDA Pioneering Achievement Award by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM SIGDA) “for his pioneering work and extraordinary leadership in analog design automation and general EDA education.”SHREC Tech Installed on International Space Station
On Dec. 21, 2021, a system of innovative new computers and sensors developed by the NSF Center for Space, High-performance, and Resilient Computing (SHREC) at the University of Pittsburgh was sent to the International Space Station.