Leibovich Named Dean of Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Adam K. Leibovich became the Bettye J. and Ralph E. Bailey Dean of the University of Pittsburgh’s Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and College of General Studies on July 1. A professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Leibovich most recently served as the school’s Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development.
Pitt Law Innovators Take on Greening of City’s Vacant Lots
As part of Pitt School of Law’s cross-disciplinary “Wicked Problem Innovation,” law professors Stephanie Dangel and Jacquelin Walker are examining “greening” options as models to deal with the city’s 27,000 vacant lots.Storytelling, TV Shows May Help Deter Vaping by Teens
Middle school students who participated in a study led by Beth Hoffman, assistant professor in Pitt’s Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences, didn't originally know about some of the dangers associated with vaping, including the lung disease EVALI.Research Equity and Community Health (REACH) Seminar
Thursday, July 20 | 11 AM (Virtual)
Hosted by the REACH collaborative, a research center within the School of Medicine, this monthly seminar is working to eliminate barriers to care for marginalized populations. Cesar Escobar-Viera, assistant professor of psychiatry, is the guest speaker and a 2022-23 Pitt Momentum Funds awardee to research loneliness and social media.
Four Teams Earn Funds for Drug Development
The Chancellor’s Gap Fund enables researchers to validate their innovations and stimulate the interest of potential external investors or industry partners.Illuminating Brain-Like Computing Architecture
A newly published study in Nature Photonics, led by Nathan Youngblood, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, explores a new class of optical device to combine high-bandwidth communication with local information processing.Pitt Joins MOSAIC Consortia, ‘Largest of Its Kind’
Pitt is the first U.S. institution to collaborate internationally with leading healthcare institutions in the European Union in utilizing Nature’s 2020 Method of the Year, spatially resolved molecular profiling, in precision medicine for cancer research.Space Collaborative Conference Considers Technology Translation and Innovation
Earlier this month, Pitt faculty and students participated in the Keystone Space Collaborative Conference, held in Pittsburgh, which has long been a home for important space missions, technology development and manufacturing, and space innovation.
Highlights included a creative panel discussion on technology translation, which asked government, academia and local industry partners what each would bring to a “Keystone Soup,” to establish a space ecosystem in our region. NASA, Touchstone Research Law, and three universities all offered necessary ingredients.
Pitt Invests $11.6M in Western Pennsylvania Quantum Information Core
For the past decade, Pitt has created space for faculty and collaborators in quantum computing to work together to advance science discoveries in the region.Honoring Hard Work in English Professor's Keynote
Michael Meyer, professor of English in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, was awarded an honorary doctorate from Franklin Cummings Tech and gave a keynote that referenced his book, Benjamin Franklin’s Last Bet on May 20 in Boston.Big Idea Center Alums Find Career Options, Confidence from Startup Journey
Sometimes careers can go in unexpected directions. For this Big Idea Center team, it all started in the Art of Making class, a part of the honors Swanson School of Engineering curriculum at Pitt. Ravi Gandhi, a freshman at the time, and his team were challenged to create a solution to a problem with a physical product. The team went on a class visit to the Parkinson’s Foundation Western Pennsylvania and interviewed staff and patients to learn about their pain points.
Pitt Innovators Making an Impact
There was a lot to applaud at the annual Celebration of Innovation in the Petersen Events Center Campus View Club, including awards for students and faculty and their work, as well as three businesses for their impact on the innovation ecosystem at Pitt.
IE Professor Becomes Dual-Fulbright Scholar
Bopaya Bidanda, professor in industrial engineering, has been named 2023-24 Fulbright Scholar and will be based in India.Adam Lowenstein Named a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow
Adam Lowenstein, professor of English in the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, is now a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow for Film, Video & New Media Studies.Pitt Clinical AI Drives Patient Safety Research in JHF Initiative
Medical errors kill more than 250,000 people annually in the United States, according to a 2016 report by the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. More recently, spikes in medical errors were reported in 2022.