Category: OIE Blog

Eunice Yang was teaching mechanical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Johnstown campus when a colleague from the nursing department approached her with a problem that immediately captivated her: how …

Following a strategic restructuring, the building of a new leadership team and the addition of wet laboratory facilities over the past 18 months, the LifeX life sciences accelerator and capital …

The Pitt Innovation Challenge, now in its ninth year, is designed to provide funding for innovative solution to problems in healthcare. Sponsored by the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the …

The University of Pittsburgh Small Business Development Center (SBCD) is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by highlighting the accomplishments Hispanic entrepreneurs in the region. SBDC operates within the Institute for Entrepreneurial …

You have done your customer research, developed your business plan and honed your initial product offering accordingly and are ready to launch a new venture. Should it be registered as …

When it comes to collaborative innovation, Jeff and Beth Gusenoff have worked hand in glove, or, in this case, more like foot in shoe.

Evan Facher, Vice Chancellor for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Director of the University of Pittsburgh Innovation Institute, recently discussed the exciting developments in the region’s life science industry cluster and …

The University of Pittsburgh Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) is pleased to report that Pitt supported Innovators continued to drive extremely strong results despite the headwinds they were facing …

As Pitt innovators continue to set new records for the amount of innovation coming from their classrooms and labs, the University has stepped up its support for translating those ideas …

Transcriptional Therapy Startup Seeks to Coax Failing Liver Cells Back to Health

Innovation doesn’t rest.