2024
March
CNBC: ‘Cyber-physical attacks’ fueled by AI are a growing threat, experts say (Pitt expert quoted: Michael Kenney)
Fortune: The caregiver’s guide to anxiety and depression: How to help a loved one (and yourself) with mental health (Meredith Hughes)
The New York Times: How Peer Pressure Affects Voting (Emily West)
NPR: And the Oscar for best picture doesn't go to ... horror! (Adam Lowenstein)
USA Today: Baltimore’s Key Bridge, opened in 1977, had few ship defenses. Are modern bridges better? (Kent Harries)
The Washington Post: 10 things you can — and can’t — clean with vinegar (Eric Beckman)
Politico: Conservative nonprofit didn’t disclose some political spending, filings show (Philip Hackney)
Mother Jones: Meet the Influencer Who ‘Reverses’ Lupus — With Smoothies (Lisa Parker)
Undark: People Hate Daylight Saving. Science Tells Us Why. (Osea Giuntella)
Inside Higher Ed: Career Prep Tip: Helping Students See the Value in Summer Work (Max Schuster)
U.S. News & World Report: Does Your College Major Matter in MBA Admissions? (Laura Oknefski)
Post-Gazette: How Pitt Goalkeeper Ellie Breech Saved Her Father’s Life with CPR After Receiving Training Inspired by Damar Hamlin (student Ellie Breech)
Tribune-Review: Ambitious Pitt BioForge project could help cut medical treatment costs
February
ESPN: How fears over CTE and football outpaced what researchers know (Pitt expert quoted: Dr. Julia Kofler)
KDKA-TV: Former KDKA-TV personality Jon Burnett grateful for support after sharing suspected CTE diagnosis Additional coverage: Daily Mail (UK), Adweek (Dr. Kofler and National Sports Brain Bank)
BBC: The executive hubris driving five-day, in-office mandates Additional coverage: The Washington Post (Mark Ma)
The Wall Street Journal: Trump, Republican Lawmakers Forced to Defend IVF as GOP Abortion Woes Mount (Greer Donley)
The New York Times: When a Spouse Goes to the Nursing Home (Dr. Richard Schultz)
The Chronicle of Higher Education: ‘Something Has to Be Shaken Up’ (Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher)
Nature: Scientists under arrest: the researchers taking action over climate change (Fernando Tormos-Aponte)
Vox: How to handle the winter blues, no matter where you live (Kathryn Roecklein)
HuffPost: I Left My 6-Figure Career To Find Happiness. Here's How I Did It. (Adrienne Taren)
NBC News: Nation’s first Black opera company gets a new chance in old home (PhD candidate Candace Burgess)
January
NPR: Has remote work really been tragic for big companies' bottom lines? (Pitt expert quoted: Mark Ma) Additional coverage: Yahoo Finance, Forbes, Gizmodo, Business Insider
NPR: In Pittsburgh, some note the irony of U.S. Steel’s expected sale to a Japanese firm (Chris Briem)
The Wall Street Journal: Well Into Adulthood and Still Getting Money From Their Parents (Maria Ripoli)
The Chronicle of Higher Education: The 2 Liberty Universities (Philip Hackney)
El Pais (Spain): Taking your blood pressure with your phone or watch: There are devices for sale, but they lack medical validity (Ramakrishna Mukkamala)
Science Alert: Alcohol Doesn't Make People Seem More Attractive, Study Finds (Michael Sayette)
The Associated Press: Book Review: Scholars analyze extremist white supremacy’s grip on U.S. politics and culture (Kathleen M. Blee)
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)
2022
December
NPR: A scientific survey takes a look at ‘vocal mimicry’ in parrots (UPJ)
Inverse: Why is everyone getting sick right now? How COVID lockdowns may affect our immune systems
The Washington Post: Why Do People Like Being Tipsy? Here’s How Alcohol Affects the Brain.
Post-Gazette: Growing bigger: Pitt investing more than $500 million in campus upgrades and new buildings
November
Popular Mechanics: Fireflies Sync Up Their Dazzling Light Shows With Mathematical Precision, Scientists Find
Wired: Brace Yourself for a Triple Wave of Seasonal Viruses
Kaiser Health News/Los Angeles Times: Hospital investigated for allegedly denying emergency abortion with patient’s life in danger
Science: Leprosy spurs growth in armadillo livers, offering clues to organ regeneration
Solar Power World: University of Pittsburgh breaks ground on 20-MW solar project
October
Axios: New ALS treatment sparks yet another drug pricing debate
The Wall Street Journal: Nationwide Work Starts to Plug Abandoned Gas and Oil Wells
Pennsylvania Capital-Star: New report calls for more resources, educational supports for Pittsburgh’s Black families
CBSNews.com/KDKA-TV: Pitt homecoming kicks off with events through weekend
WTAE-TV: Pittsburgh’s horror movie icon: Inside look at the George A. Romero archives
Post-Gazette (op-ed): 2022 can be a watershed for Black politics in Western Pa.
September
The Washington Post: He was killed by police in his bed. His partner’s grief has just begun.
Scientific American: Physicists Struggle to Unite around Future Plans
Space.com: Violent mergers might be robbing galaxies of their star-birthing material
The Washington Post: A congressman wasn’t allowed on a flight — because of his wheelchair
The Washington Post: Puerto Rico’s electricity problems go beyond Maria and Fiona
WESA.fm: New survey reveals widespread concerns about medical services, food quality at Allegheny County Jail
The Hill (op-ed): Should taxpayers gamble on blue hydrogen and carbon capture?
August
HuffPost: 1 in 2 Black Teens Experienced Racism Online in 2020. What Parents Should Know
Technical.ly: ElevateBio will anchor the new Pitt BioForge facility at Hazelwood Green
Harrisburg Patriot-News/PennLive.com: Pitt students to receive grants from extra $7.5 million university received
Tribune-Review: Pitt move-in days coincide with high covid levels — masks required indoors
The New York Times (op-ed): Fed Up With Democratic Emails? You’re Not the Only One
July
U.S. News & World Report: Are Workplace Robots Bringing Mental Harm to U.S. Workers?
The New York Times: The Right to Travel in a Post-Roe World
The New Yorker: The complicated life of the abortion pill
The Wall Street Journal: How to Say No to Busywork and Supercharge Your Career
Pittsburgh Business Times: Alumni’s gift links University of Pittsburgh, University of Oxford well into the future [BBC story on gift]
Post-Gazette (op-ed): Some Pa. Republicans endorsed Josh Shapiro over Doug Mastriano. But do political endorsements work?
June
CNN: Here’s when to say ‘No’ at work
Wired: Want to Understand Delusions? Listen to the People Who Have Them
NBC Today.com: Many preschool apps are tricking kids into spending more time and money, study says
Post-Gazette: Left behind dorm junk finds new life at Pitt and other environmentally conscious campuses
The Atlantic (op-ed): How to Save Women’s Lives After Roe
May
The Guardian: ‘Phage therapy’ successes boost fight against drug-resistant infections
Poets & Quants: Pittsburgh Katz Names New Dean: Syracuse Whitman’s Eugene Anderson
CNBC: Women are doing more thankless tasks at work — here’s how to help fix the problem
The Washington Post: The U.S. Is Doing Too Little to Monitor Paxlovid Use
Chronicle of Higher Education: The Uneven Climb From College to Career
U.S. News & World Report/HealthDay: Black Patients With A-Fib Less Likely to Get Blood Thinners
April
The Atlantic (op-ed): They called her ‘Black Jet’
The Daily Beast: Ukraine Musicians Organize…
Vox: The Faulty Foundation of Our New Post-Pandemic Normal
Technical.ly: Pittsburgh calls itself the robotics capitol of the world. But it’s also the birthplace of cybersecurity
March
The Washington Post (op-ed): Central Asian countries now have two big worries about Russia
The Hill (op-ed): A much-needed model for monitoring government algorithms
Earth.com: Gut microbes help tadpoles cope with climate change
Post-Gazette: Brandon Thomas’ long, winding road to earning a Pitt master’s
WESA: Pitt’s students lobby for more funding for state-related universities
February
NPR: A brain circuit tied to emotion may lead to better treatments for Parkinson’s disease
CNN: Sexual harassment and assault linked to high blood pressure in women, study says
Philadelphia Inquirer (op-ed): A Pennsylvania bridge collapsed. Which one is next?
Slate (op-ed): Afghanistan Collapse Was Not Inevitable
Post-Gazette (op-ed): Fetal Tissue Research Is Invaluable to Medicine
January
The Wall Street Journal: After Pittsburgh Bridge Collapses, Biden Stresses Need to Invest in Infrastructure
Post-Gazette: College students are struggling in the pandemic
The Hill (op-ed): This year, Mike Pence should resolve to become our next President
2021
December
Bloomberg: A Crisis of Masculinity as Robots Replace Men
Times Higher Education: Decline in student mental health ‘outlasting COVID’
The Hill (op-ed): The FDA’s telehealth safety net for abortion only stretches so far
Post-Gazette (op-ed): The gift of Kwanzaa
November
Inside Higher Ed: With $100 Million Gift, Pitt Plans Huge Bioresearch Facility
Popular Science: Sniffing this odorless molecule could make you more aggressive – or more docile
Tribune-Review: Pitt group seeks solution in Appalachia ‘brain drain’ in Connellsville study
Pittsburgh Business Times: Pitt offers update on plans for new recreation and wellness center
October
CNN: These Goggles Helped a Blind Man See After 40 Years
Smithsonian: Could Skin Patches Be the Future of Covid Vaccines?
Autoweek: University of Pittsburgh Woman Leads Indy Autonomous Challenge Team Into Historic Competition
WPXI-TV: Pitt faculty, staff, students help plant trees in South Side
September
The New York Times (op-ed): Opinion: Are We Too Burned Out to Defend Roe v. Wade?
Wired: The Llama, the Hamster, and a New Path for COVID Treatment
Science News: A Blood Test May Help Predict Recovery from Traumatic Brain Injury
WTAE-TV: Monument unveiled for ‘Divine Nine’ at Pitt
Forbes (op-ed): Feminism and the Tax Code