Ruth Mostern is an interdisciplinary scholar with research interests bridging the humanities, social sciences, information science and environmental science. She applies her expertise in spatial and environmental history to understand large-scale environmental impacts of human activity.
Marcus Rediker, a distinguished professor in the Department of History at the Dietrich School, was interviewed in Smithsonian Magazine recently. 40 tattered pages were discovered that chronicled Thomas Avery’s escape from Slavery almost 200 years ago. Rediker was consulted on the find.
On June 23, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University will host a viewing party for the first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) camera, which, with 3 billion pixels, is the largest astronomical camera ever built.
Rachel Bezanson, an associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Dietrich School, was featured in a NASA article about studying galaxies.
Peng Liu, a Richard King Mellon Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Dietrich School, and a team of researchers were interviewed for an article in c&en. The article discusses protein creation research that the team has been working on.
The New York Times recently published an article about two museum exhibits showing Black cowboys' roles in the American West. There was an earlier exhibit at the Witte Museum in San Antonio and an upcoming exhibit at the Los Angeles Autry Museum. Alaina E.
Peng Liu, a Richard King Mellon Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Dietrich School has had some exciting news this month.
One of Liu’s students, Turki Alturaifi, was selected for the CAS Future Leaders Top 100 Program.
Researchers at Pitt have produced the most detailed image to date of a bacteriophage, or phage — a kind of virus that kills bacteria — that has allowed them to see for the first time the structural makeup of the part of the virus that directly attaches to its target Mycobacterium cell. The work could enable new therapies that use bioengineered phages.
In most cases, a book tracing the life of a world champion Formula One racer would primarily attract readers drawn to fast-moving machines and the daring drivers who pilot them.
Lewis Hamilton is not like most cases.
As Pitt’s Michael Sawyer — whose latest book, “Sir Lewis,” profiles the multifaceted life-in-progress of the British racer and Black activist — explained, Hamilton has much more on his mind than the finish line.
