Crowns and campaigns: Pitt’s 2016 homecoming king and queen
When Ryan Scandaglia was running for Homecoming king, he sought to win votes by making people laugh. Scandaglia’s approach proved effective — he was crowned Homecoming King Saturday. During halftime of...
View ArticleInteractive Crime Map Sept. 23-Oct. 4
Here is the Pitt police activity from Sept. 23 to Oct. 4. Friday, Sept. 23, 2016 8:42 a.m. UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Police issued a warrant for an arrest to a man not affiliated with Pitt. 3:48...
View ArticleTwo residences in South Oakland robbed
Pitt and city police responded to calls within one hour of each other Sunday morning that two South Oakland homes –– one on Semple Street and one on Meyran Avenue –– had been robbed. No one was...
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The men behind the streets: the history of campus street names
The historical reporting in this story is from information found in the University’s Special Collections at Hillman Library, unless otherwise noted. Every day, Pitt students wake up in bedrooms on...
View ArticleAuthor, musician Patti Smith visits Pittsburgh
Author, musician and poet Patti Smith has spent so much time writing about the past — most notably in her best-selling 2010 memoir, “Just Kids” — that she wanted to linger for a moment in the present....
View ArticleFrick exhibit mixes data, arts to explore humanity
Inside the Frick Fine Arts Building, a woman’s voice counts the seconds eerily and methodically through a speaker hidden amongst the stations while visitors stroll through the department’s current art...
View ArticleObama is coming to Pittsburgh: Here’s where he’ll be
President Barack Obama will be in Pittsburgh on Thursday for the Frontiers Conference, a program jointly hosted by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and the White House. While...
View ArticleSGB starts t-shirt initiative for “It’s On Us” campaign
From the lofty heights of last year’s It’s On Us paper chain signed by 4,200 Pitt students and faculty, Student Government Board member Arlind Karpuzi wants to take the campaign to a more intimate...
View ArticleFrontiers exhibit on Pitt’s campus open to the public
Although President Barack Obama will be visiting Pittsburgh to speak at the White House Frontiers Conference, most Pittsburghers won’t be able to see him. There is, though, one Frontiers exhibit open...
View ArticlePitt receives $7 million NIH grant to fund urology research
Armed with $7.7 million in federal funding, researchers at Pitt announced on Tuesday the opening of a new research center to find treatments for prostate enlargement and urinary tract infections. The...
View ArticlePitt’s chapter of Turning Point USA counters liberalism, big government
Junior Ashley Butcher can frequently be found behind tables around campus –– usually in Towers Lobby or in front of the William Pitt Union –– proclaiming the same mantra prominently displayed on her...
View ArticleChelsea Clinton comes to Pitt
In a push to garner the support of college-aged voters, Chelsea Clinton will make two campaign stops in Pittsburgh this Friday, including one on Pitt’s campus. Clinton, daughter of Democratic...
View ArticleStudents learn how to be Muslim allies
How much do you really know about Islam? That’s what Kelcey Sharkas, from the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh, tested a crowd of more than 50 people on when they gathered in a University Club ballroom...
View ArticleJordan Burnham talks depression, mental illness
Jordan Burnham’s struggle with depression began when he was just a seventh grader. At first, Burnham was able to suppress his feelings, and shadowed them with what he called “healthy coping mechanisms”...
View ArticlePresident Barack Obama visited Pittsburgh to talk innovation, healthcare,...
President Barack Obama thinks right now is the greatest time to be alive. At least that’s what he wrote in his guest editorial for this month’s edition of WIRED — a science and technology magazine —...
View ArticlePitt police make arrest in Forbes Hall
Pitt Police arrested a previously convicted sex offender in a University-owned apartment building on Tuesday. According to a criminal complaint, Pitt police officers were dispatched to Forbes Hall...
View ArticleStudents talk mental health at SGB Candlelight Vigil
After battling depression in high school, sophomore Rachel Stolzer said her mental health had been improving until a week ago. While sitting in class this past Tuesday, Stolzer received a text from an...
View ArticlePittsburgh police release use of force report
A report released Thursday evening by the Pittsburgh police found that, from 2010 to 2015, one in 10 arrests in the city have involved the use of force. Additionally, there was a “higher-than-expected”...
View ArticleResearchers, innovators come to Pittsburgh for Frontiers Conference
For just a few hours on Thursday, you could walk on Mars without ever leaving Alumni Hall. In a partnership with Microsoft, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed OnSight, virtual 3-D technology...
View ArticleChelsea Clinton visited Pitt to support Hillary, encourage voting
After she walked into the O’Hara ballroom, backdropped by her mother’s campaign theme, “Fight Song,” Chelsea Clinton spoke about Donald Trump’s campaign, Hillary Clinton’s vision for the country and...
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