Innovation

Finding the Right Starting Place for Chemistry’s Most Difficult Molecules

New materials and catalysts have the potential to transform everything from food production and medicine to batteries and stainless steel. Computer simulations help scientists narrow down promising candidates before testing them in a lab, but those simulations can be unreliable, especially for molecules that contain multiple metals.  

Voices of Pitt: Narratives of Resilience now on display at the Hillman Library

In our ever-changing world of technology and social media, people are having more difficulty than ever connecting with those around them. Voices of Pitt: Narratives of Resilience is a new multimedia art project by Natasha Tokowicz and Robin Kear that shows the Pitt community that they are not alone and are more alike than they realize.

SCI and Dietrich School Student Build New Student Performance App

Through a mixture of their experiences and abilities, Elias Hadjipanayis (SCI ‘28) and Owen Levy (A&S ‘28) built Apex Student, an app aimed at helping all students stay organized and successful.  

Apex Student works to keep students on an efficient schedule. Users input class times, work, and other responsibilities which the app’s AI then uses to create a personalized schedule that is most efficient for a user’s habits.  

How social science can lead the way toward better disaster preparation and recovery

About two-thirds of Puerto Rico’s population had already lost power during Hurricane Irma when Hurricane Maria landed in September of 2017, shutting down power across the rest of the island.

Seeing the devastation caused by the storm and the conditions resulting from loss of electricity, Fernando Tormos-Aponte, an assistant professor of sociology in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, knew he had to act.

A Pitt-led team plans to automate quantum computing research with a Department of Energy grant

A new University of Pittsburgh-led research project aims to automate the scientific process, using a team of AI agents to harness a promising new type of quantum computing that could enable discoveries in chemistry and materials science. Led by School of Computing and Information Professor Youtao Zhang, the project is supported by the U.S.

Pitt ranks No. 24 among the nation’s public universities, says U.S. News & World Report

The University of Pittsburgh moved up to No. 24 among public universities nationally in U.S. News & World Report’s 2027 Best Colleges rankings, released Tuesday. Pitt sits at No. 59 among all national universities — a 10-spot jump from last year’s list, making the University the biggest mover among publics in the top 100.

Pitt’s resident Cathedral expert studies how the landmark shaped campus and the city

The curious architect stands at the base of the tower, looking up. Tall and magnificent, the structure looms above him, leaving him amazed and captivated. 

It is March 2005, his first visit to Pittsburgh. He is here to interview for a faculty post and to check off items on a very specific architectural bucket list.

He’s been downtown, standing before the more-than-a- century-old Allegheny County Courthouse, a masterwork of civic architecture. He’s traveled through Pennsylvania’s woods to Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic home suspended over a rushing stream.