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This 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-supported free job training program is filling a dire need in research

A partnership with Manchester Bidwell Corporation is making sure the region’s clinical research studies have the talent they need to make groundbreaking discoveries.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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Stimulating the spinal cord helps improve arm control in paralyzed macaques, a 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ study found

The team’s new technology could help humans with limited arm function regain movement.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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The 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh Water Collaboratory at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ will host a regional network to improve water quality

As new host of the Southwest Pennsylvania Water Network, the collaboratory aims to help build a stronger regional identity around the area’s rivers.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research
  • Sustainability
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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This 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ researcher is using data to fight the opioid epidemic

Jeanine Buchanich’s work with the Pennsylvania Department of Health is pinpointing which public health interventions show the most benefit.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Public Health
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From the archives: Father-kid dynamic duos

For these 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ dads, teaming up with their children was a highlight of their careers.

  • Innovation and Research
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Group living means safety from predators but nastier diseases for guppies

A new 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ study describes a hidden cost of being social that can likely be found across the animal kingdom — even in humans.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ researchers led the largest-ever series of phage therapy case studies

In a dramatic scaling up of an experimental treatment for deadly bacterial infections, 11 out of 20 patients responded well to the therapy and none showed adverse effects.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

A new study co-authored by the late Freddie Fu reviews the environmental costs of orthopedic surgeries and explores more sustainable options.

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Sustainability
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine

Robert Stein and his team help Western Pennsylvania entrepreneurs create, open and sustain businesses as diverse as the region — from trucking companies to Latin American restaurants.

  • Community Impact
  • Innovation and Research

ALung’s acquisition by London-based LivaNova marks the end of the device’s startup phase and the beginning of full-scale commercialization and implementation.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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The 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ will compete for $10 billion in military health contracts

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ will lead a group of universities and small businesses to conduct Defense Health Agency-funded research that benefits the health of the armed services.

  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Pharmacy
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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A 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ team forecasted the devastating toll of the opioid epidemic

As 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ 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.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Public Health
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How do we know what we know?

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s Edouard Machery is leading a cross-cultural network of scholars to find out — and answer some of philosophy’s toughest questions.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Global
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-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.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
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Bacteria-killing viruses discovered by 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ 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.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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‘The No Club’ empowers women to take control of their professional lives

Four 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh researchers, including 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ economist Lise Vesterlund, are putting a stop to women’s dead-end work with their new book, out May 3.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ research helps explain how Ritalin sharpens attention

The new study connects the dots between brain cells, behavior and the ADHD drug.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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A big idea for better batteries

This year’s Randall Family Big Idea Competition winners want to enable renewable energy by providing the tools to store it.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Graduate and professional students
  • Swanson School of Engineering
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Meet the undergraduate ‘rock star scientist’ named a 2022 Goldwater scholar

A childhood fascination with DNA led 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ junior Katie Oppenheimer to research genetic instability and its relationship to cancer.

  • Innovation and Research
  • David C. Frederick Honors College
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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The 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ Success Pell Match Program has invested more than $95 million in low-income students

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s groundbreaking financial aid program continues to make education more affordable for Pennsylvania students and their families. Here’s the proof.

  • Innovation and Research
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Johnstown