Press Archive
All recent press is posted on the HERL Facebook page.
2012
Pitt researcher Rory Cooper receives mentor award
2011
Researchers Helping Electric-Wheelchair Users Move More Easily
Innovation Nation: Robotic Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs: Are We in the Dark Ages?
Baldisseri, Cooper, and Glasco Win 2011 Chancellor’s Distinguished Public Service Award
Chancellor’s Faculty Awards Announced
Improving Quality of Life through Technology
Rory Cooper, 51, interviewed by Sarandon Manion, 6
National Veterans Wheelchair Games PSA with Rory Cooper
Doctor from Gibsonia inducted into VA Hall of Fame
Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan create need for new technology
Around the Network: Among Pitt's Distinguished
Veterans Reconnect, Display Talents
Human Engineering Research Laboratory Moves to New Home
Brain linked to robotic hand; success hailed
New rehab handbook to assist Warrior Transition leaders
2010
Wheelchair Highlighted in Magazine
Wheelchair Competitor Maintains Busy Pace
Veterans Competing in Wheelchair Games
Disabled Rose-Hulman Grad Hopes to Assist Others
Rose-Hulman Student Overcomes Physical Obstacles to Realize Engineering Dream
Memorial Originator, 4 Others to be Honored
Pittsburgh University Town Hall
Dr. Rory Cooper, Veteran of the Year
EE Alumnus Dr. Rory Cooper Named "Veteran of the Year"
Leaders Take on Warriors' Challenges
Leading the Way in Wheelchair Research
VA Researcher Co-Edits Momentous Textbook
Robotic System May Put More Tasks Within Wheelchair Users' Reach
How Reliable is your Wheelchair?
Celebrating Innovation at the Consumer Electronics Show
2009
Program Spotlight: 29th Annual National Veterans Wheelchair Games
Pitt Study Shows Wheelchair Breakdowns Common and Cause Problems for Spinal-Cord Injured Users
Veterans 2009 Partners in Leadership Awards at Carnegie Music Hall
Australian Prime Minister Visit
"A Tribute to Veterans" Honors Local Heroes
People of the Times: Michael Boninger
People of the Times: Rory Cooper
Newsmaker: Dr. Michael Boninger
Michael Boninger Named to Post at Pitt School of Medicine
ScienceLives: Paralympian Uses Tech to Help People with Disabilities
Highlights: HERL Research on Wheelchair Rugby at the National Veterans Wheelchair Games
Robot Technology: Exciting New Frontier
Program will Focus on Returning Troops' Needs
When Robots Invaded the Senate
Researchers Hope to Build a Better Wheelchair
Physician Honored for Care of People with Disabilities
Local VA Recieves $5 Million for Research Center of Excellence
Stair-Climbing Wheelchair Comes to a Hault
Easter Seals Cotillion Held at the Omni William Penn
Cooper Among Athletes Featured on Cheerios Boxes
Local veteran to appear on special edition Cheerios box
Special Edition Cheerios Cereal Box will Feature Army Veteran Rory Cooper
VA and General Mills Honor Disabled Veterans
QoLT Co-Director Rory Cooper Featured on Cheerios Box
Cheerios salutes wheelchair athlete
Special Edition Cheerios Cereal Box will Feature Pitt’s Rory Cooper, Ph.D.
Army general reconnoiters Pitt injury recovery program
2008
Developer attracts interest in former Nabisco plant
New devices on the market or in the works aim to help elderly users navigate life with more ease
KPVA + NVWG + Omaha = 28 Medals
Local Veteran Competes in National Veterans Wheelchair Games
Gibsonia Veteran Hits the Slopes
PerMMA - A Robotic Aid for Aging in Place (page 81)
Self Sufficient and Going Strong at 77, with Spina Bifida
University of Pittsburgh Clinical Research: Advancing Science and Changing Lives
2007
Robotic Aids for the Disabled and Elderly
Dr. Cooper to Receive Da Vinci Lifetime Achievement Award
Wheelchair Innovator to be Honored by Multiple Sclerosis Society
2007 da Vinci Awards Announced
National Veterans Wheelchair Games Results - 2007
ADA Medical Research at the Games
Thinkers: Wheelchairs Compound Troubles for Some Users
2007 Lifetime Achievement da Vinci Award Winner: Dr. Rory Cooper
Regenerative Medicine Today #31: Rory Cooper
2006
Human Engineering Research Lab Meeting
Michael Boninger Inducted into NSCIA Hall of Fame
Veterans Participate in Research at Wheelchair Games
Rectech's National Users with Disabilities Group Exercising (NUDGE): Gamecycle Exercise Device
NSF Awards $15 Million Grant to Establish Research Center
NSF Awards $75.3 Million for Five Engineering Research Centers
Pitt-CMU Center to Develop Independent Living Technology
Pitt, CMU Get $15 Million Grant to Create Institute for Aged, Disabled
CMU, Pitt Team on Tech Center to Help Elderly
Local Vets Roll Through Wheelchair Sports in This Year's Games
Study: Most Satisfied With Wheelchair
Rory Cooper: Guest on Radio show, "Disability Matters" with Joyce Bender
2005
Research Paper Addressing Shoulder Movement Wins 2005 Liberty Mutual Best Paper Award
Pitt's Rory Cooper Works to Match Right Wheelchair with Users' Needs
An "Intelligent Wheelchair" for the Indian Terrain
Research in the New Millennium: UPMC-SCI
Career Milestones: Rory Cooper
2004
PVA Member Rory Cooper, PhD, Appointed to Endowed Chair
Wheelchair Users Get to Strut Their Stuff
Rory A. Cooper receives the 2004 Excellence Award from the American Paraplegia Society
Watching Wheelchairs (Radio Segment - Michael Boninger)
2003
Grants Boost Brain Research at Pitt
Grants Fund Brain Injury Research at Pitt
New Wheelchair Developed with Pitt Research
Teamwork Key to Robotics Competition
Pitt gets $4M for Studies of Brain Injuries
University of Pittsburgh Designated as National Center to Study Traumatic Brain Injury
2002
Robotic Camp opens up career choices
University of Pittsburgh: 2002 Health Care Heroes
Rory Cooper Receives VA's Prestigious Olin E. Teague Award
We have the Ability to do More
2000
NIKE Outruns the Best of the Dumb and Dumber
Professor Sees Role for Pitt in Bush Plan for Rehabilitation Research Plan
1999
Knowing What to Expect - Key to Aging Gracefully With Disability
Factors to Consider when Buying Assistive Devices
1998
Professor Leads Way in Wheelchair Games
1996
Spin Doctor Runs Wheelchairs Through the Gauntlet
