News Coverage

News Coverage 2023

2023

December

CNN International:  How naturally occurring viruses could help treat superbug infections (Pitt expert quoted: Graham Hatfull)

Forbes:  University Of Pittsburgh To Offer A $15,000 Master Of Data Science On Coursera (Bruce Childers)

The Washington Post: Some states spurn migrants. The Rust Belt wants them. (Chris Briem)

Science Friday (NPR): Why Are Some People Affected By Seasonal Affective Disorder (Kathryn Roecklein)

The Atlantic: That’s Not Censorship (Alex Taylor)

Christian Science Monitor: As disasters grow in scale, is government aid fairly distributed? (Pitt sociology research)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Two Pitt professors — one Jewish, the other Muslim — create environment for the campus community to come together amid Israel-Hamas conflict (Abdesalam Soudi, Jennifer Murtazashvili) 

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Does Colorado ruling open door for more states to bar Trump from ballots? (Jerry Dickinson)

Inside Higher Education (op-ed): Co-Editing Across Institutions (Robin Brooks)

Cleveland.com: The Black and women artists in Cleveland’s origin story (Carl Kurlander)

Technical.ly: HEARTio’s founders got a Forbes 30 Under 30 nod. Here’s what’s next for the Pittsburgh healthtech company (engineering students Adam Butchy, Utkars Jain and Michael Leasure)

November

The New York Times: What to Know About Seasonal Depression (Pitt expert quoted: Kathryn Roecklein) Additional coverage: Time

NBC Today: Paralyzed Army vet honored for advancements in wheelchair research (Rory Cooper)

ABC News: These companies kept up LGBTQ advertising despite risk of consumer boycotts (Vanitha Swaminathan)

The New York Times: Don’t Shut Down Your Anger. Channel It. (David Lebel)

The New York Times: New Tool for Building and Fixing Roads and Bridges: Artificial Intelligence (Amir Alavi)

Popular Science: Meditation is big business. The science isn’t so clear. (Emily Lindsay)

The Wall Street Journal: Comparing Gaza Death Counts To Those In Other Wars? Don’t (Taylor Seybolt)

The Washington Post: The longer power was out, the deadlier it was for Puerto Rico (Fernando Tormos-Aponte)

The Washington Post: How a Pittsburgh county election foreshadows the 2024 presidential race (Chris Bonneau)

Fast Company: In small Pennsylvania towns, city water systems are being privatized—and residents pay the price (Marcela González Rivas)

Politico: Hamas Is Not ISIS — and the Comparison Itself Is Counterproductive (Michael Kenney)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pitt LifeX biotech accelerator: Small office, big impact in Oakland Innovation District

WTAE-TV: Get the Facts: What you should know about employer assistance programs (Najeeb Shafiq)

WTAE-TV: 'We're still learning': Diving deeper into Pitt's National Sports Brain Bank (Julia Kofler)

October

The New York Times: A ‘School Dance for Adults’ Embraces the Aughts (Pitt expert quoted: Tyler Bickford)

The New York Times: Women Could Fill Truck Driver Jobs. Companies Won’t Let Them. (Deborah Brake)

The Atlantic: Dobbs’s Confounding Effect on Abortion Rates (Greer Donley)

Inverse: This New Blood Pressure Monitor Could Radically Shift How We Track Diseases (Ramakrishna Mukkamala)

Environmental Health News: 800,000 tons of radioactive waste from Pennsylvania’s oil and gas industry has gone “missing” (Daniel Bain)

KDKA-TV: Something Good: Pitt professor honored by President Biden (Rory Cooper)

New Pittsburgh Courier: Urban League’s ‘State of Black Pittsburgh’ panelists don’t hold back (Clyde W. Pickett)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pitt wants more students from rural areas. He’s traveling to remote corners of the state to recruit them. (Daryl Burleigh) [see coverage from May]

September

The New York Times: Corruption Is an Existential Threat to Ukraine, and Ukrainians Know It (Pitt expert quoted: Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili)

The Chronicle of Higher Education: What Will Determine AI’s Impact on College Teaching? 5 Signs to Watch. (Annette Vee)

ABC News: Pennsylvania governor announces automatic voter registration in key swing state (Jessie Allen)

Forbes: University Of California System Tops U.S. University List For Most Patents (Evan Facher)

The Washington Post: 96-year-old judge who refuses to retire suspended for ‘misconduct' (Arthur Hellman)

Becker’s Hospital Review: 'I want an executive to follow me': 16 hospital workers get real about staffing shortages (Research by Jeff Shook, Sara Goodkind, et. al.)

Newsweek: Psychotherapists Flip Freudian Thinking on Treating Depression (Rebecca Price)

Post-Gazette: ‘A new icon’: University of Pittsburgh gets green light for Pitt BioForge project

Tribune-Review: University of Pittsburgh says it’s willing to freeze in-state tuition in 2024-25 — if it gets a larger state subsidy

Post-Gazette: Yodit Betru, Elizabeth Mulvaney and Mary Elizabeth Rauktis: What the standoff in Garfield teaches us about life in Pittsburgh

August

The New York Times: We Had 44 Period and Incontinence Products Tested for Forever Chemicals. Many Were Contaminated. (Pitt expert quoted: Carla Ng)

The Washington Post: Appeals court embraces abortion-pill limits, sets up Supreme Court review (Greer Donley)

Science: Stress Responders (Shyama Nandakumar, Tia-Lynn Ashman and Martin Turcotte)

Fortune: Employees say corporate claims of ESG progress are baloney according to a new survey, and boards had better pay attention (CB Bhattacharya)

The Guardian:  ‘Beer goggles’ study finds alcohol does not make people seem better looking (Michael Sayette)

The Washington Post: ‘Talk to Me’ speaks to everyone (Adam Lowenstein)

FiveThirtyEight.com: Trump’s Rivals Can’t Compete With His Version Of Masculinity (Paul Elliott Johnson)

The Philadelphia Inquirer: As schools look for new ways to ensure diversity, they debate the merits of ‘legacy’ admissions (Chancellor Gabel)

Pittsburgh Business Times: Pitt Mom Takes the Helm (Chancellor Gabel)

Technical.ly.com: For older Pittsburghers still in the workforce, ‘thriving’ is tied to community and purpose (UCSUR research)

July

Reuters: NASA rover reveals new evidence about organic molecules on Mars (Pitt expert quoted: Ryan Roppel)

The New York Times: The Full-Body Pool Workout That Doesn’t Involve Swimming (Elizabeth “Betsy” Nagle)

USA Today: Not 'if' but 'when': Antibiotic resistance poses existential threat for modern medicine (Graham Hatfull)

Politico: Scoop! Why Ben from Ben & Jerry’s blames America for war in Ukraine (Tymofiy Mylovanov)

Science: Science funding agencies say no to using AI for peer review (Greg Siegle)

Patriot-News/PennLive.com: Meet Pitt’s new chancellor: She’s ready ‘to get to it and get the work done’ (Chancellor Joan T.A. Gabel)

Inside Higher Ed: Fighting for scraps in Pennsylvania (Pitt-Greensburg President Robert Gregerson)

AdWeek: Sustainability in Barbie Land: ThredUP Taps the Film’s Costume Designer for Barbiecore Collection (CB Bhattacharya)

KDKA-TV: The Genius Joy and Love Academy aims to recruit teachers (April Warren Grice, Dean Valerie Kinloch)

Miami Herald: Messi and Miami are big competitive players on the global stage|Opinion (Ariel Armony)

The Hill: The Supreme Court codified discrimination against me, and possibly you|Opinion (Tony Infanti)

June

The Wall Street Journal: IRS Nixes Tax Edge for College Sports Booster Groups Paying Athletes (Pitt expert quoted: Philip Hackney)

BBC: After a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, can a community heal? (David Harris)

CBS News: Malpractice lawsuits over denied abortion care may be on the horizon (Greer Donley)

The New York Times: Everyone Says Social Media Is Bad for Teens. Proving It Is Another Thing. (Sophia Choukas-Bradley)

Marketplace: FedEx meets lowered demand for shipping with cost-cutting and layoffs (Prakash Mirchandani)

KDKA-TV: Intersections: The State of Black Pittsburgh 2023 Part I, Part II (Ron Idoko)

WTAE-TV: State of Black Pittsburgh, Youth Changemakers conferences focus on strengthening minority communities (Clyde Wilson Pickett)

Post-Gazette: Two University of Pittsburgh law professors held a land event to present information about the effect of ‘greening’ vacant lots (Jacquelin Walker, Stephanie Dangel)

Pittsburgh Magazine: How a New Youth Center Aims To Reinvigorate an Under-Resourced Pittsburgh Community

Tribune-Review: Coins, minnows, holograms give Pitt-Greensburg camp students science, math insights

Tribune-Review: Robert Gregerson: Pitt-Greensburg’s state discount critical for students, local economy (op-ed)

Daily Mirror (UK): Dementia experts reveal tell-tale signs of disease as one warns disease is 'time bomb' in US population (Oscar Lopez)

May

The New York Times: An NFL Doctors Wants to Know Why Some Players get CTE and Others Don’t (Pitt experts quoted: Dr. Julia Kofler, Dr. Joseph Maroon)

Health Day: New National Sports Brain Bank Will Boost Head Injury Research (Kofler, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher, Dr. Anantha Shekhar)

The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Rural Recruiter: Daryl Burleigh’s Road Map for Reaching Students In Far-Flung Corners of Pennsylvania (Daryl Burleigh)

CNN: China woos Central Asia as Ukraine War weakens Russian influence (Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili)

CNBC: After OpenAI hearing, A.I. experts urge Congress to listen to more diverse voices on regulation (Ravit Dotan)

The New York Times: Brands Embracing Pride Month Confront a Volatile Political Climate (Vanitha Swaminathan)

The Hill: How Congress is tackling disinformation from US adversaries (David Hickton)

The Associated Press: From ‘Psycho’ to a new crop of horror movies, the genre has some mommy issues (Adam Lowenstein)

Post-Gazette: Hundreds honor Herb Douglas at memorial service, respected as 'pillar' to Pitt

Post-Gazette: Pitt’s Class of 2023 concludes winding academic journey that was disrupted by COVID-19

April

Tribune-Review: Joan Gabel to become first woman to serve as Pitt chancellor

The New York Times: Herb Douglas, Olympic Medalist Inspired by Jesse Owens, Dies at 101

The Washington Post: Can you apologize too much? Sorry, but read this to find out. (Pitt expert quoted: Karina Schumann)

The Wall Street Journal: Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre Trial Set to Begin in Pittsburgh (David Harris)

Vox: Small acts of kindness matter more than you think (Peggy Liu)

Scientific American: Why Are Killer Whales Ripping Livers Out of Their Shark Prey? (Kevin Kohl)

Inside Climate News: Awash in Toxic Wastewater From Fracking for Natural Gas, Pennsylvania Faces a Disposal Reckoning (Radisav Vidic)

Inside Higher Ed: New on the Job: Q&A With April Belback, University of Pittsburgh (April Belback)

ABC News: Ralph Yarl case highlights 'adultification' of Black children, researchers say (T. Elon Dancy)

PBS News Hour: Why tracking these pollution indicators is key after the East Palestine train derailment (Dean Maureen Lichtveld)

March

CNN: Texas officials will take over state’s biggest school district, raising questions about who controls America’s classrooms (Pitt expert quoted: Joshua Bleiberg)

The Washington Post: In Florida, showing mental health struggles could get a child detained (Nev Jones)

The Wall Street Journal: ​Women’s Return to the Workforce Piles Momentum on a Hot Economy (Stefania Albanesi)

Wired: The Quest for Injectable Brain Implants Has Begun (Aaron Batista)

Politico: Dark money and special deals: How Leonard Leo and his friends benefited from his judicial activism (Phil Hackney)

Science: After uproar, society backpedals from actions against scientists who staged climate protest at meeting (Fernando Tormos-Aponte)

The Associated Press: Gospel music pioneer’s history found in University of Pittsburgh archive (video) Pioneer of gospel music rediscovered in Pittsburgh (story) (Christopher Lynch)

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Patrick Gallagher: Josh Shapiro proposes a radical, needed shift in Pennsylvania’s broken higher education system (op-ed)

Washington Post: Opinion  The stakes in the Texas abortion medication suit are broader than just one pill (Greer Donley)

February

The New York Times: Tesla’s Pickup Truck Is Coming Soon. Maybe. (Pitt expert quoted: Wei Xiong)

Financial Times: A business school battles on in Kyiv (Tymofiy Mylovanov)
Additional coverage: The New York Times, WTAE, Tribune-Review

NBC News: Supreme Court justices face new pressure to adopt code of conduct (Arthur Hellman)

The Guardian: Trump judge’s ruling could ban abortion pill across the US (Greer Donley)
Additional coverage: STAT

NewsNation (WGN-TV): Ohio residents still displaced after toxic chemical release (Eric Beckman)
Additional coverage: CNN, Mother Jones, Inside Climate News, Post-Gazette

Forbes: Revealed: The Webb Telescope’s Jaw-Dropping New ‘Ultra Deep’ Image (Rachel Bezanson) 
Additional coverage: CNET, Mashable, Inverse, UPI, Fox Weather, Voice of America

Daily Mail: Blinken eyes US inroads in Central Asia as Ukraine rattles nerves  (Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili)

WNYC-FM (New York): State of the Union Recap; Demoralized Doctors; Black History Month: Afro-Latino Identity; Remnick on Rushdie (Michele Reid Vazquez)

Inc.com: This New Study Explains Why Zoom Happy Hours Are So Unbearably Awful  (Michael Sayette)

January

NBC News: Self-driving cars race in a high-speed test for road safety research (Pitt experts quoted: Student Autonomous Team)

The Washington Post: Seasonal affective disorder can last for months. Here are the signs. (Kathryn Roecklein)

The New York Times: As Deepfakes Flourish, Countries Struggle With Response (Ravit Dotan)

The Dallas Morning News: As Southwest Airlines Recovers from One Meltdown, How Does it Prevent Another? (H. Blair Pomeroy)

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Pitt Professor, DuoLingo Co-Founder Will Be Inducted into National Inventor’s Hall of Fame (Rory Cooper)