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Protected: Extraordinary Vision

Posted on May 20, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

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Pitt Researchers Are Putting Mixed Reality at the Fingertips of Surgeons

Posted on May 18, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

A modern operating room contains a collection of cutting-edge equipment, a phalanx of digital screens, and more doctors, nurses, and technicians than the Pitt Panthers put on the football field. …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces 13 U.S. Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in April 2026

Posted on May 4, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

  Pitt innovators were issued 13 U.S. patents in April 2026. Featured patent: 12,599,636 “Treatment of Krabbe Disease with Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation (UCBT) and Increased Galactocerebrosidase (GALC) Expression” Krabbe …

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Pitt Big Idea Center Alums Reap Harvest by Finding the Right Problem to Solve

Posted on April 29, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Brandon Contino arrived at the University of Pittsburgh already planning to be an innovator. He enrolled as an undergraduate in the Swanson School of Engineering, intending to explore neural engineering …

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Pitt Innovators Signal Their Commitment to Compete in the Market at Second Annual Startup Signing Day

Posted on April 9, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Roc the Panther prowled the sidelines as the anticipation grew inside the Petersen Events Center while the starting lineup was announced. But the five all-stars who donned their Pitt caps …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces Ten U.S. Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in March 2026

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued 10 patents in March 2026. Featured patent: 12,576,344 Temperature-Assisted Solute Focusing (TASF)  Pitt innovators have developed a method to improve on Standard liquid chromatography (LC), a …

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Pitt Community of Innovators Discuss the “Art of the Pitch”

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

  Dressed in his scrubs after a day in the clinic, four-time startup co-founder Peter Santa Maria shared insights on “The Art of the Pitch” at the most recent gathering …

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Pitt’s Newest Startup Aims to Help People “Hide” From Ticks

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Surrounded by her two co-founders and with the president of the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown campus smiling proudly beside her, Jill Henning was the first to put ink to paper …

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Pitt Rises Three Spots to #17 in U.S. Patent Ranking

Posted on March 19, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

The University of Pittsburgh climbed three spots to #17 in the ranking of U.S. universities granted utility patents in 2025, according to the National Academy of Inventors. Released annually, the …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces Seven U.S. Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in February 2026

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued seven patents in February 2026. Featured patent: 12,544,398 “Biodegradable, Antioxidant, Thermally Responsive Injectable Hydrogel for Treatment of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy” Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have …

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Staff Spotlight: Jess Malandro of the Big Idea Center

Posted on March 11, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

The Big Idea Center, part of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is in the middle of the 2026 Big Idea Competition, one of its centerpiece programs, where students of …

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Gap Funding Helps Keep AI Surgical Brain Monitoring Innovation on Track to Market

Posted on March 3, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

When asked if it would have been possible to create his startup company at a university other than Pitt, Parthasarathy Thirumala pauses for just a moment before answering, “No.” Thirumala, …

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