Tech Science Archives - Page 12 of 20

Baby boomer study makes sense of healthcare research

By Shumeng Yang / For The Pitt News • October 4, 2015

As the baby boomer’s years increase, so will their medical demands. The “boomers,” people born in the United States between 1946 and 1964, outnumber Generation X 77 million to 65 million, according...

Dining Guide: Online promotion doesn’t profit

October 1, 2015

If Sorrento’s is offering a cheap pizza, freshman Brody Hastings is in. Attracting and retaining customers like Hastings at local restaurants is the subject of a study from a collaboration of researchers...

Pitt to publish first academic journal on Bitcoin

By Annemarie Carr / Staff Writer • September 28, 2015

The world’s first peer-reviewed journal of Bitcoin research will soon call Pitt home. Christopher Wilmer, assistant professor in the chemical and petroleum engineering department, has co-founded ...

PeopleSoft now portable

By Rio Maropis / For The Pitt News • September 1, 2015

In a tech-savvy generation, Peoplesoft needed an upgrade. In July, Pitt released a mobile app for PeopleSoft, a previously web-only platform for students to access class information, academic progress...

In Case You Missed It…

By The Pitt News Staff • August 30, 2015

May 12 - Pitt to build Iranian Nationality Room After two unsuccessful attempts dating to 1958, Pitt will transform room 352 of the Cathedral of Learning into an Iranian Nationality Room — once...

‘Digital plaza’ coming to Oakland

By Elizabeth Lepro / Assistant News Editor • August 30, 2015

This fall, an organization will seek to install a high-tech art exhibition in Oakland. Innovation Oakland, a project that aims to transform the streets of Oakland into a digital community, plans to...

Uber paves way to success for Pittsburgh engineers

By Elizabeth Lepro / Assistant News Editor • June 9, 2015

Uber is growing far beyond an app, and it's riding on Pittsburgh engineers to expand. Uber, the international rideshare company, opened its Advanced Technologies Center (ATC) in Pittsburgh in February...

Instagram says…

By Stephen Caruso / Layout Editor • May 26, 2015

Not green enough: After Year of Sustainability, campus environmentalists say Pitt should have done more

By Mark Pesto / Staff Writer • May 26, 2015

Pitt is one of the greenest colleges in the U.S., according to a new Princeton Review rating, but some student activists are still not satisfied.At the end of April, Pitt completed its first-ever Year...

Instagram says emoji could be a new form of language, experts, students are not so sure

By Alexis Mazzeo / For the Pitt News • May 26, 2015

Scott Fahlman didn’t mean to start a trend.When Fahlman, a computer science researcher at Carnegie Mellon University, would communicate with colleagues on online message boards in the early 1980s, he...