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Nearly 100 small business owners from across Western Pennsylvania filled the O’Hara Student Center ballroom to hear from departmental leaders across the university – from athletics, to foodservice, IT, …
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Pitt Innovators were issued eight U.S. patents in May 2026. Featured patent: 12,630,840 “One-Step Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Via Gene Replacement and Anti-Inflammation” Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is …
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The University of Pittsburgh climbed two spots on the list of the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents, according to the most recent list issued by the National …
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Pitt innovators were issued 10 patents in January 2026. Featured Patent: 12,524,034 “Parametrically-Driven Coherent Signal Router for Quantum Computing and Related Methods” Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed …
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The Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence, part of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, provides a range of programming to support entrepreneurs and businesses across Southwestern Pennsylvania. It’s PantherlabWorks (PLW) program …