Publishing in Nature is a crowning achievement for any researcher, marking the kind of work that can make a career. Peng Liu and his students managed it twice earlier this year — in the same month.
Sam Woolley, the William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Disinformation Studies and associate professor in the Department of Communication in the Dietrich School has been featured in several international publications recently.
Twenty-four University of Pittsburgh researchers have been named to this year’s Highly Cited Researchers list, an annual compilation of researchers whose work has made a significant impact across a broad range of disciplines.
Last year, 23 Pitt researchers were included.
Sam Woolley, the William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Disinformation Studies and associate professor in the Department of Communication in the Dietrich School was interviewed by SkyNews. The article centers around Trump’s allies and how “anti-wokeness” benefits them.
Lauren Bylsma, an associate professor in the Department of Psychology in the Dietrich school was recently interviewed for an article in the New York Times on crying. Everybody does it, but why?
Dela Kuma, an assistant professor in the Dietrich School’s Department of Anthology was interviewed for an article in Sapiens about her research into 19th-century Afro-European trade.
Daniel Williams, an assistant teaching professor in the Department of Geology and Science at the Dietrich School, was cited in a recent article for his research into using infrared technology to study volcanic activity. You can read the article here.
Nick Rogers, a teaching assistant professor in the Department of Sociology in the Dietrich School was interviewed for a New York Times article on how political ideology correlates with things like shopping, businesses, and leisure activities.
Lara Putnam, a professor in the Department of History at the Dietrich School was interviewed in TribLive about the history of how the GOP started to turn Pennsylvania red over the years.
