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NIH Grant Helps Pitt Examine On The Move Program

With $3.1 million from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging, a new five-year study will examine the effectiveness of Pitt Physical Therapy’s On the Move (OTM) program in community settings.
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Smart Windows Could Help to Regulate your Home’s Temperature Automatically

Nathan Youngblood, an assistant professor in Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering, studies phase-change photonics.
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A Six-Year Search for a New Particle has Turned up Empty

Pitt physicists Vittorio Paolone, Donna Naples, professor emeritus Steve Dytman and graduate student Logan Rice were part of a team of researchers who discovered no hint of the long theorized existence of a “sterile neutrino,” an elementary particle affected only by gravity and no additional force.
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Higher Education Level Does Not Translate to Better Cardiovascular Health in Racial and Ethnic Groups

Amber Johnson, UPMC cardiologist and assistant professor of medicine at Pitt, was part of a Journal of the American Heart Association study published by researchers at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that found that the benefits of more education leading to better cardiovascular health (CVH) may not actually benefit those in non-white racial and ethnic groups.
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Five Ways Google can Benefit Small Business Owners

Join Penn State Digital Marketing Executive in Residence, Zack Duncan, as he discusses topics such as SEO, paid search and other Google tools that can help benefit your small business. This virtual event will be hosted by Pitt’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) on February 9, noon-1p.m.

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Center for Vaccine Research Director on 60 Minutes

Pitt’s Paul Duprex, director of Pitt’s Center for Vaccine Research, gave the nation some needed optimism about the COVID-19 pandemic on a recent episode of 60 Minutes on CBS.

Robert Cunningham Appointed Vice Chancellor for Research Infrastructure

Robert K. Cunningham and Rob A. Rutenbar

As seen in the Pitt Research August 2021 Newsletter