PPC announces fall fest performers
Pitt Program Council is hopping in a hip direction for this year’s Fall Fest. The Council announced this week that Rae Sremmurd, a chart-topping hip-hop duo, will headline this semester’s Fall Fest, an...
View ArticleInternet outage temporarily shut down campus bookstore
An internet outage Tuesday afternoon lasted less than an hour but managed to throw Pitt’s bookstore into momentary disarray. Around 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Pitt’s Computing Services and Systems Development...
View ArticleSGB starts year with full agenda
In its first meeting of the new school year, Pitt’s Student Government Board picked up where it left off on the most pressing projects from the spring. Chief among those were its efforts to improve...
View ArticleBike lanes coming to parts of Forbes Avenue
When Pitt adviser Susan Hicks was killed after a car struck her bicycle while she was riding home from work on Forbes Avenue nearly 10 months ago, the Pittsburgh biking community gathered in her...
View ArticleTim Kaine to speak at Pittsburgh Labor Day parade
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s running mate, will make a brief stop at Pittsburgh’s Labor Day parade on Monday. Kaine will jet off to join Clinton in Cleveland later the...
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Pitt is lit: bonfire sparks students’ school spirit
Less than forty hours before the first football game of the season, head football coach Pat Narduzzi rallied Pitt students and alumni into a school spirit frenzy. In front of a blazing bonfire, a crowd...
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Old Pittsburgh makes room for new apartments
In North Oakland, new Pittsburgh, that of students, young professionals and blooming industry, is colliding with the old as a 17-story luxury apartment complex goes up next to a cozy dive bar filled...
View ArticlePitt researchers continue to fight against the Zika virus
Amidst the public’s rising fear of the Zika virus, Pitt researchers are on the forefront of those digging for explanations and cures. On Thursday afternoon, researchers from Pitt and from the Fundação...
View ArticleFire in West Oakland leaves one man dead
A one-alarm house fire early Sunday morning in West Oakland has left one man dead and another injured. Firefighters were dispatched to the 3000 block of Terrace Street around 7 a.m. after other...
View ArticleKaine, Biden Speak Before Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade
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View ArticlePitt students duct taped, held at gunpoint in their home
Two unidentified men duct taped and robbed two Pitt students after holding them at gunpoint in their South Oakland home early Monday morning. According to Emily Schaffer – Assistant Public Information...
View ArticleNew digital program teaches finance to first-year students
Evelyn Zamora-Vargas came into college with an understanding of debit cards, interest and credit, but she was still missing some key ingredients for “financial literacy.” Zamora-Vargas, a first-year...
View ArticleInteractive crime map for Aug. 29 to Sept. 1
Here is the Pitt police activity from August 29 to September 1. Monday, August 29, 2016 1:28 a.m. Litchfield Tower A. Police responded to a report of the theft of several posters. An investigation is...
View ArticleKaine and Biden speak at Pittsburgh Labor Day parade
Vice President Joe Biden said he fell in love with Pittsburgh after he fell in love with Pitt. During his senior year of high school, he said, Pitt offered him a football scholarship, sparking his...
View ArticleSGB ready to take action with plans for research database
Pitt’s Student Government Board members are prepared to turn their ideas into action this year by outlining plans for a research database as well as a weeklong event to promote female empowerment. On...
View ArticleBill Clinton to speak in Homewood neighborhood
Just days after a visit from Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine and current Vice President Joe Biden, Former President Bill Clinton will swing by Pittsburgh this Friday for the Democratic...
View ArticlePitt, community prep for tailgates for Penn State football game
In August, Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner was already planning ways to keep rowdy students under control during Saturday’s Pitt vs. Penn State football game. For most football games,...
View ArticlePeduto focuses on innovation, involvement at Pitt College Dems event
Pittsburgh is the model city for the 21st century, and current college students are poised to play a key role in building it, Mayor Bill Peduto told students Tuesday night. In a speech to the members...
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Car hits bus on Bigelow Boulevard
Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer A car and a Port Authority bus collided on Bigelow Boulevard shortly before 1 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. According to Chris Ballina, a PAT Road Operations...
View ArticleGallagher welcomes international students
Thousands of new students swing through the revolving doors of the Cathedral of Learning every year, and this year those students came from 61 different countries. On Thursday, international students...
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