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Pitt Community of Innovators Discuss the “Art of the Pitch”

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

  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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Pitt’s Newest Startup Aims to Help People “Hide” From Ticks

Posted on March 27, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

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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Gap Funding Helps Keep AI Surgical Brain Monitoring Innovation on Track to Market

Posted on March 3, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

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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Pitt Climbs in Global Patent Ranking

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

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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University of Pittsburgh Announces 10 U.S. Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in January 2026

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

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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University of Pittsburgh Announces Eight U.S. Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in December 2025

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued eight U.S. patents in December 2025. Featured patent: 12,502,513: Ventriculoamniotic Shunt for Fetal Aqueductal Stenosis Prenatal hydrocephalus is a rare but serious condition in which excess …

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Pitt Innovator John Kellum Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Mike Yeomans

John Kellum, Distinguished Professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Dr. Kellum is …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces Six U.S. Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in November 2025

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Mike Yeomans

Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in November 2025. Featured patent: 12,478,594: Methods of Treatment of Kidney Injury Associated With Infection or Trauma Pitt innovators led by John Kellum, …

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Stitching the Gap from Lab to Market

Posted on December 4, 2025 by Mike Yeomans

  As a clinician, Francesco Egro has performed hundreds of complex reconstructive microsurgeries. As a researcher, he has published more than 160 articles and book chapters, and along the way …

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Wells Student HealthTech Challenge Competitors Impress With Powers of Presentation

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Mike Yeomans

The participants in the 2025 Wells Student HealthTech Challenge are poised to disrupt several medical fields with game-changing innovations including: a new polymer coating for spinal fusion implants to promote …

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University of Pittsburgh Announces Six Patents Issued to Pitt Innovators in October 2025

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Mike Yeomans

  Pitt innovators were issued six U.S. patents in October 2025. Featured patent: 12,451,495: Highly Active, Robust, and Versatile Multifunctional, Fully Non-Noble Metals-Based Electro-Catalyst Compositions and Methods of Making for …

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OIE Mentor Supports Innovators’ Growth and Potential

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Karen Woolstrum

There are a million ways for startup founders to fail and only a handful of potential paths to success. That’s the stark reality that Brian Sullivan imparts to the founders, …

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