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Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in October 2025. Featured patent: 12,451,495: Highly Active, Robust, and Versatile Multifunctional, Fully Non-Noble Metals-Based Electro-Catalyst Compositions and Methods of Making for …
Posted on by Karen Woolstrum
There are a million ways for startup founders to fail and only a handful of potential paths to success. That’s the stark reality that Brian Sullivan imparts to the founders, …
Posted on by Karen Woolstrum
In the best of situations, parenting is hard. When you add in any combination of challenges, from parenting children with special needs to parenting through poverty, or struggling against racial …
Posted on by Karen Woolstrum
Anna Li’s carefully planned life took a 180-degree turn three years ago when she fell headfirst into the deep end of the innovation and entrepreneurship pool. Impulsive? Maybe. But totally …
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Many physician-scientists aspire to win a Nobel Prize in Medicine. Given the choice, Beth and Jeff Gusenoff would rather be invited to pitch their products on Shark Tank. A podiatrist …
Posted on by Leah May
Every great venture begins with a spark, such as a drive to solve a problem or create positive change. At the University of Pittsburgh, that spark is being fanned into …
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As a freshly minted nurse from the Pitt School of Nursing, Jill Demirci’s career began in 2005, a few blocks from campus at UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital, providing postpartum care to …
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Several Pitt innovators and startups took center stage as leaders of Pittsburgh’s rapidly expanding AI sector convened in the heart of the city’s innovation corridor at Bakery Square to map …
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Sue Hunter’s eyes widened as Jordyn Ting played a recording of a man with a chronic traumatic brain injury from a stroke, attempting to say words like “mother” and “zucchini,” …
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Pitt innovators were issued nine U.S. patents in August 2025. Featured patent: 12,401,022: Methods of Fabrication of Engineered Carbon Nanofiber/Cu Electrode Architectures for Dendrite Free High-Efficiency Li-ion Metal Batteries Lithium …
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At the turn of the new millennium, after spending the first 20 years of her career as a pharmacist, Carolyn Weber wanted to do something different. But she wasn’t quite …
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The University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship reported unprecedented achievements for Fiscal Year 2025, marking a robust year of growth and impact across its four collaborative units: the …