Tera Levin, assistant professor of biological sciences in the Dietrich School, has been named a 2024 recipient of the Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease (PATH) program from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Peter Gianaros a professor of Psychology in the Dietrich School was quoted in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tuesday morning. He was quoted in an article written by Jermon Drake, a graduate student at Pitt, on how mental health and access to green spaces are correlated.
Kristin Kanthak, an associate professor of political science in the Dietrich School was interviewed for an article in Politico that was published on Thursday. The article “Pa. Republicans are pushing mail-in voting for 2024, but Trump-fueled skepticism remains in the party” takes a look at republican strategy, specifically in Pennsylvania, for the upcoming 2024 Presidential election.
This year the APS Division of Particles & Fields (DPF) Meeting was hosted by the University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University. The meeting was also combined with the annual Phenomenology Symposium (Pheno). This is the first year that the two conferences have been combined. The week-long event took place from May 13-17 and covered topics in particle physics theory and experiment and related issues in astrophysics and cosmology.
Professor of Linguistics in the Dietrich School and co-author of the book “Pittsburgh Speech and Pittsburghese, Scott Kiesling, was interviewed for an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday.
David Wallace a physicist, philosopher, and director of graduate studies in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science in the Dietrich School was interviewed for a Scientific American article. The article, “Has Quantum Physics Determined Your Future?” talks about how physics may rule out free will.
