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A Pitt team forecasted the devastating toll of the opioid epidemic
As Pitt Public Health researchers predicted, more than 100,000 people are now dying from drug overdoses annually in the U.S. It shows we really don't understand the causes of the problem, they say.
How do we know what we know?
Pitt鈥檚 Edouard Machery is leading a cross-cultural network of scholars to find out 鈥 and answer some of philosophy鈥檚 toughest questions.
Bacteria-killing viruses discovered by Pitt researchers are saving patients who have no other options
Two new studies from Graham Hatfull's lab show how phage therapy can help more people with dire antibiotic-resistant infections.
Pitt-UPMC researchers will use $5 million from Bayer to fight chronic kidney disease
Using an innovative approach called population health management, Manisha Jhamb aims to get patients treated sooner to stave off severe disease. The effort could be a game-changer for rural areas.
鈥楾he No Club鈥 empowers women to take control of their professional lives
Four Pittsburgh researchers, including Pitt economist Lise Vesterlund, are putting a stop to women鈥檚 dead-end work with their new book, out May 3.
Pitt research helps explain how Ritalin sharpens attention
The new study connects the dots between brain cells, behavior and the ADHD drug.
A big idea for better batteries
This year鈥檚 Randall Family Big Idea Competition winners want to enable renewable energy by providing the tools to store it.
Meet the undergraduate 鈥榬ock star scientist鈥 named a 2022 Goldwater scholar
A childhood fasci91porn视频 with DNA led Pitt junior Katie Oppenheimer to research genetic instability and its relationship to cancer.
Got food cravings? What鈥檚 living in your gut may be responsible
A new Pitt study shows that the gut microbiome of mice influences their preferred diet. The results, researchers say, could apply to humans, too.
The Pitt Success Pell Match Program has invested more than $95 million in low-income students
Pitt鈥檚 groundbreaking financial aid program continues to make education more affordable for Pennsylvania students and their families. Here鈥檚 the proof.
How reflective writing and a nudge from an app increased college prospects for low-income students
Pitt鈥檚 Omid Fotuhi found that a combi91porn视频 of self-affirmations and deadline reminders made students more likely to complete the admission process and attend college.
Pitt celebrated its first-ever Graduate and Professional Students Honors Convocation
Awardees have distinguished themselves through research, service and leadership.
"It鈥檚 hard, but it鈥檚 worth it," Mylynda Massart says in this Q&A about the extra effort involved in sharing data with study participants.
How a circular economy could fix the supply chain
"The real innovation lies when you think about the beginning of design,鈥濓豢 says Melissa Bilec, co-director of Pitt鈥檚 Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation.
This new program funds research on climate change and precision public health
The Public Health Trans-Disciplinary Collaboration Pilot Awards support projects that use data science to develop targeted health interventions. Here are the 5 winning projects.
Basketball鈥檚 鈥榟ot hand鈥 phenomenon is real, says this Pitt computer scientist
Konstantinos Pelechrinis in the School of Computing and Information examined whether players can continue a streak of making many consecutive shots, also known as having 鈥渉ot hands.鈥
32 faculty projects have earned Momentum Funds awards
The awards support both individual faculty members and large groups that are scaling up world-changing scholarly projects.
Decoy proteins could protect people from a deadly mosquito-borne virus
Pitt researchers received $14.5 million from the Department of Defense to fight viruses that cause brain infections and could be used in biowarfare.
After living near Chernobyl, these Pitt researchers set their eyes on thyroid cancer
Yuri Nikiforov and Marina Nikiforova saw the effects of thyroid cancer on children in Belarus. Now, their test for the disease has eliminated thousands of unneeded surgeries.
25 projects awarded Pitt Seed funding and support
The projects range from using Netflix in student services to diversifying academia.
