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Rick Esch and George B. Duke at construction site

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Bradford’s new George B. Duke Engineering and Information Technologies Building named for Zippo owner

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s Board of Trustees on Friday announced the name of the building, which will feature multiple labs, a machine shop, a makerspace and more.

  • University News
  • Technology & Science
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Bradford
A variety of plants inside of greenhouse

Go behind the scenes at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's teaching greenhouse, where it's never winter

Perched atop Langley Hall, this space for biologists and botanists boasts all sorts of living treasures.

  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

After becoming the first Black woman to graduate from the Swanson School of Engineering, Elayne Arrington made aerospace history, too.

  • Technology & Science
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Alumni
  • Swanson School of Engineering

The toaster oven-sized system can see cars, roads and trees from space.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Swanson School of Engineering
Michael Hatridge with two students in lab

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ physicists built their very own quantum computer

While impressive for its size alone, the Lego-like computer’s real innovation is in how its components are connected.

  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Kamron Khodjaev sitting  on steps outside with his hands folded

This startup is helping the insurance industry understand autonomous vehicles

Self-driving cars need to be insured if they’re going to become part of our daily lives. Koop Technologies, formed by international students at 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Bradford, is collecting the data to make it happen

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Changing bacteria in the gut can cause remarkable effects in some melanoma patients, 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ researchers proved.

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  • Innovation and Research
  • School of Medicine
Panther statue in front of the Cathedral of Learning on a sunny day

4 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ faculty members named 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows

They join W.E.B. DuBois, Thomas Edison and Margaret Mead in having received one of science's highest honors.

  • Technology & Science
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
  • School of Medicine
51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ team using 3D scanners on ancient objects

Honors College undergrads are digitizing collections at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

The group’s 3D scans will be featured in an upcoming exhibit showing how objects made their way from Egypt to 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh.

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  • Global
  • Students
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Star trails shown over an observatory at night

A 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ astronomer is helping assemble the biggest-ever 3D map of the universe

The massive Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument project has already mapped millions of galaxies. It’s thanks to Jeff Newman that they know where to look.

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  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵsburgh skyline in the daytime with view of yellow bridges and rivers

Allegheny County Policing Project simplifies police policies for the community

This 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-initiated project is designed to create a greater understanding of local policing and police accountability.

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  • Community Impact
  • Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Rachel Bezanson looking to the side, standing in front of building

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ astronomers will be among the first to use the latest and greatest NASA telescope

Four faculty members are on teams that will point the James Webb Space Telescope at distant objects, galactic winds and exploding stars.

  • Technology & Science
  • Space
  • Faculty
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Factory line of robots moving boxes

Robots might be bad for men, but give women more bargaining power

A new study from 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ economist Osea Giuntella found that men had lower wages and workforce participation in areas with more industrial robots, among other gendered effects.

  • Technology & Science
  • Innovation and Research
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Alexander Sundermann and Lee Harrison working in lab

A new way to stop diseases from spreading in hospitals

How clinicians stop infectious disease transmission in hospitals hasn’t changed in more than a century. 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ researchers are using AI and genome sequencing to change that.

  • Health and Wellness
  • Technology & Science
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Public Health
Roc holding hands and skipping with students outside

For Roc’s birthday, we asked a 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ ecologist about getting him some panther friends

51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s mascot turns 112 this week, but his species hasn’t been spotted in the commonwealth for more than a century. Could we reintroduce panthers to the region? Should we?

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  • Technology & Science
  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
Farm produce under purple light

Get fresh greens all year round at many 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ dining locations

The University has partnered with local agricultural company Fifth Season to grow lettuce, spinach and other greens using 97% less land and 95% less water than traditional farming methods.

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  • Technology & Science
  • Our City/Our Campus
51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Titusville machinists working with machine

A new 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Titusville center is expanding manufacturing training in Northwestern Pennsylvania

Companies in the region are hungry for skilled machinists. 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s Manufacturing Assistance Center is now providing them.

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  • Community Impact
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Titusville
  • Swanson School of Engineering

Eunice Yang will soon begin beta testing for OK2StandUP, a Fitbit-like monitor of the autonomic nervous system that predicts and prevents falls.

  • Technology & Science
  • 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ-Johnstown
  • Community Impact

To predict the climate impact of oil as demand shifts, we need to take into account the many ways it's extracted, according to a new study in Nature by 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ’s Mohammad Masnadi.

  • Swanson School of Engineering
  • Technology & Science
  • Global
SuLo by XYZ portable charger station

You can rent a phone charger at 32 local businesses thanks to 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ alumni

The portable charger will juice up your phone in just 30 minutes.

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  • Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences