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Reposted from the Big Idea Center Blog on May 8, 2024 7:45:00 AM Story by Rankin Tran (SCI ’24) The Big Idea Center recently concluded its inaugural ChangeMaker Series cohort! Launched …
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Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in April 2024. Conventional weight measurement tools pose a challenge to many wheelchair users and those with impaired lower extremity function. Wheelchair users …
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The University of Pittsburgh’s Institute for Entrepreneurial Excellence (IEE), part of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, invites small businesses and entrepreneurs across the region to explore contract opportunities with …
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Today is World Intellectual Property Day, an annual celebration of the critical role that intellectual property (IP) plays in incentivizing and protecting creativity and innovation. The Office of Innovation and …
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Students at the University of Pittsburgh are active, experiential learners who view acquiring knowledge not as an end, but rather a means to apply their insight and creativity to solve …
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When a startup launches from a university there often remains a level of risk that potential investors are not ready to take on. That’s where a SBIR (Small Business Innovation …
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Over the course of his 29 years at the University of Pittsburgh, Ray Vargo provided consulting services to thousands of people striving to start or grow their own business, pouring …
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Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in March 2024. Use of radiotherapy to treat cancer often results in healthy tissue damage. Pitt innovators have developed a series of bioconjugates …
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Solutions for diagnosing dysphagia (difficulty swallowing); for entering and exiting a vehicle safely; and for a lightweight, customized, affordable wheelchair were awarded the top three prizes in the School of …
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Jared Raszewski’s (ENGR ’18) passion for innovation and entrepreneurship emerged while taking a chemical product commercialization course in his senior year at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. …
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Pitt innovators were issued four U.S. patents in February 2024. This patent describes a novel method for programming nanoscale electrical circuits buried between two layers of a complex-oxide material. The …
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University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Leah Byrne, and Associate Professor of Immunology, Greg M. Delgoffe, have been elected as Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). …