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A 51精品视频 clinician is helping trans people match their voice to their gender

Not sounding like yourself is linked to depression, if not also gender dysphoria, according to Leah Helou, founder of the Transgender Voice and Communication Training Program.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
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51精品视频 scientists discovered a key genetic step in melanoma鈥檚 race to live forever

The findings, published in Science, could change how oncologists understand and treat the cancer.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Public Health
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51精品视频 physicists break down how cells communicate

For cells, the new research shows, there鈥檚 such a thing as too much communication. The results have implications for studying cancer and other diseases.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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This new report details the educational barriers Black students face in Greater 51精品视频sburgh

The yearslong effort between community groups and 51精品视频鈥檚 Center on Race and Social Problems outlines ways to better support Black families in the region.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • School of Social Work
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This professor uses scholar-activism to change common perceptions of what research at 51精品视频 looks like

Gina Garcia is a social scientist and expert on Hispanic Serving Institutions whose work champions equity for students nationwide.

  • School of Education
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Innovation and Research
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Looking at smiling faces extends the antidepressant effects of ketamine

51精品视频 psychiatrist Rebecca Price writes about her new study, which supports the idea that the drug opens a 鈥渨indow of opportunity鈥 for patients with depression to improve their self-worth.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
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How 51精品视频 biologists are making fieldwork more equitable

In a new publication, 51精品视频 researchers share how they crafted a guide that prioritizes safety for field researchers from marginalized groups.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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51精品视频鈥檚 Center for Governance and Markets won a $2.4 million grant to study how societies overcome deep differences

Funded by the John Templeton Foundation, Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili will co-lead the project, which will foster a global network of scholars to tackle polarization and social divisions.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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51精品视频 geologists mapped how metal pollutants have traveled across the city

A new study shows where industry and weather dropped metals like lead and cadmium in 51精品视频sburgh soils.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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One way to help college students get enough sleep 鈥 pay them to go to聽bed

When 51精品视频 economist Osea Giuntella offered students just $30 per week to sleep longer, they did 鈥 and the results persisted past the study period. Here鈥檚 what that could mean for other habits.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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The Big Idea Center is opening in the heart of Oakland

Students, alumni and friends are invited to a Sept. 16 grand opening ceremony to meet entrepreneurs in residence and learn about upcoming programs.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
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51精品视频 and UPMC Enterprises partner to accelerate research commercialization and build 51精品视频sburgh鈥檚 life sciences economy

51精品视频 investigators studying women鈥檚 health, autoimmune disease and rare neurological diseases can get up to $1 million per year for up to two years through a new partnership.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
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51精品视频sburgh鈥檚 鈥榥eighborly playground鈥 for neuroscience has new leadership

51精品视频鈥檚 Julie Fiez and Carnegie Mellon鈥檚 Lori Holt will lead the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition into its next era of collaboration and curiosity.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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51精品视频 and ElevateBio are partnering to bring cell and gene therapy manufacturing to 51精品视频sburgh

With a 30-year agreement, the biotech company will be the first tenant at 51精品视频 BioForge on Hazelwood Green.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
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How not to use brain scans in neuroscience

A Nature paper led by a 51精品视频 PhD student revealed a crucial flaw in studies that attempt to predict complex personality traits from one-off brain scans.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Spousal caregivers with disabilities face a wide range of adversities

The first report from 51精品视频鈥檚 National Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Family Supports highlights the many challenges of caring for loved ones.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Public Health
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This 51精品视频-led program will help underrepresented minorities in science and medicine move into leadership roles

The multi-institutional TRANSFORM program supports mid-career faculty during a pivotal time for growth.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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MLB, USA Softball and kids alike use a 51精品视频 inventor鈥檚 smart bats and balls

Diamond Kinetics, founded by a 51精品视频 professor and alumnus, creates sensors and other tech to help players analyze their game.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • College of Business Administration
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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The inaugural Dickson Prize Day brought groundbreaking scientists to 51精品视频

Here鈥檚 what they had to say during their on-campus remarks. Previous awardees have gone on to win the Nobel Prize.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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51精品视频 researchers pulled 700,000 years of glacial history from an Andean lakebed

It鈥檚 the longest-ever glacier record for the tropics, and it could help scientists better understand modern-day climate change.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global