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Emerging Innovator of the Year: Rebecca Price

Rebecca Price has always been interested in ensuring her research into anxiety and depressive... Read more

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Author: Mike Yeomans

Emerging Innovator of the Year: Rebecca Price

Posted on November 11, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Rebecca Price has always been interested in ensuring her research into anxiety and depressive disorders has the potential to translate to clinical practice. Since participating in an innovation fellowship through …

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University of Pittsburgh Student Innovator of the Year: Priscilla Prem

Posted on October 29, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Some people are destined to be entrepreneurs, even if it’s a secret they keep from themselves for a while. Case in point: Priscilla Prem. Prem had planned to earn her …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces 9 U.S. Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in September 2026

Posted on October 13, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued nine U.S. patents in September 2026. Featured patent: 12,746,258: Hydrogel Systems for Skeletal Interfacial Tissue Regeneration Applied to Epiphyseal Growth Plate Repair University of Pittsburgh researchers …

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‘Don’t Apologize for Commercialization’: Biotech Legend Robert Langer Urges Pitt to Take More Risks

Posted on September 30, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt’s Senior Vice Chancellor for Research, Dr.  Rob Rutenbar introduced MIT professor Robert Langer to a packed room of Pitt faculty as the nation’s preeminent “rock star” of academic innovation …

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Pitt Panelists Share Insights for Academic Innovators at Startup PGH

Posted on September 24, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

The University of Pittsburgh Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) teamed with its counterparts at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a pair of panels for academic innovators interested in commercializing …

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Pitt Engineers Reimagine the Shower Valve for Safer, Independent Bathing

Posted on September 17, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

The bathroom is the most dangerous room in a house, and for people with balance and mobility challenges, it can be especially treacherous. A new innovation from the University of …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces Five U.S. Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in August 2026

Posted on September 10, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued five U.S. patents in August 2026. Featured patent: 12,715,902 “Methods of Treating Cancers Containing Fusion Genes” Inside every cell, genetic instructions have to be “edited” before …

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Pitt Innovators Deliver Robust Year of Impact in Fiscal 2026

Posted on August 24, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Fiscal Year 2026 marked a year of remarkable progress across the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and its four operating units, reflecting the commitment of Pitt faculty …

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Extraordinary Vision

Posted on August 20, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Evan Facher’s mission over the past decade has been to grow the University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE), to maximize the societal benefit of the groundbreaking ideas …

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Permission to Get Your Hands Dirty

Posted on August 13, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

  When Samir Lakhani (A&S ’15) noticed a mother scrubbing her baby with harsh laundry powder during a study abroad trip to Cambodia a decade ago, he suddenly lost interest …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces 11 U.S. Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in July 2026

Posted on August 11, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued 11 U.S. patents in July 2026. Featured patent: 12,692,547 “Methods of Treating Cancers Containing Fusion Genes” Pitt researchers have found a set of genetic “fusions” — …

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Staff Spotlight: Andy Daniel, Innovation Institute Licensing Associate

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

The licensing team at the Innovation Institute is often the first point of contact for Pitt innovators with the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. They are the ones who review …

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