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Gallery: The Inauguration in Washington, DC
A truck sets up barriers outside a gate on the parade route, early in the morning. John Hamilton | Visual Editor The Capitol Building is seen through a fence. John Hamilton | Visual Editor A protester...
View ArticleTPN reacts to weekend in Washington, D.C.
After returning from Washington, D.C., here’s what some of The Pitt News staff had to say about inauguration weekend: Elizabeth Lepro, editor-in-chief I wasn’t able to make it to the inauguration, but...
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Pittsburgh takes part in alternative inauguration events and sister marches
While hundreds of thousands flocked to Washington, D.C., for Donald Trump’s inauguration and the Women’s March, thousands of Pittsburghers voiced support, disagreement and commitment to change and to...
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Hello, Trump: Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C.
In front of a crowd of roughly 200,000, Donald Trump took the nation’s most dutiful oath Friday, pledging to faithfully execute the Executive Office of the President for the good of, in his own words,...
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Hello, Trump: Women’s March on Washington, D.C.
This is a continuation of Hello, Trump: Inauguration Day in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., Saturday It started with a Facebook event. Teresa Shook, from Hawaii, made a Facebook page for the...
View ArticleMan assaulted on Forbes and McKee
Pitt police assisted city police with a reported assault on the corner of Forbes Avenue and McKee Place Sunday afternoon. The fight, which took place at about 3:52 p.m., involved two individuals — one...
View ArticlePittsburgh, Penn State chosen as national autonomous vehicle testing sites
Expect to see even more autonomous vehicles driving around Pennsylvania in the coming months. The federal Department of Transportation accepted PennDOT’s request to make Pennsylvania a National...
View ArticlePitt, CCAC, PPS form Pittsburgh Administration Collaboration
With a new partnership between Pittsburgh schools and colleges, students can prepare for a college career as soon as they enter seventh grade. The collaboration — called the Pittsburgh Administration...
View ArticleSGB applies for grant to educate students and make Pitt smoke-free
For the second time, Student Government Board is trying to initiate a tobacco-free and smoke-free campus through the American Cancer Society and CVS Health. The American Cancer Society and CVS Health...
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Pitt cancer researchers win international prize
For the first time, two Pitt faculty members have won the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, an international award given to medical researchers who have made significant contributions to...
View ArticlePitt to offer dual-degree MBA/MHA graduate program
A new collaboration between two Pitt graduate schools lets students save 39 credits and a year of school while walking away with two degrees. Pitt announced the dual degree program on Jan. 17....
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Nancy Kirkwood brings eco-art to Center for Creativity
Nancy Kirkwood walked down to the basement of the University Bookstore on Fifth with overflowing bags of art supplies and began stocking a wall full of shelves. She does this every day as part of her...
View ArticleFive Pitt students arrested at inauguration in D.C.
The morning of Inauguration Day, before Trump took his presidential oath, Americans filtered onto the National mall. Among them, Anika Mavinkurve, a senior neuroscience major, noticed that the...
View ArticleConflict Kitchen to spotlight refugee chefs in March
Conflict Kitchen has been spotlighting global conflicts for more than six years, but this year it’s turning the spotlight back toward its own home. Through a partnership with the Sprout Fund — an...
View ArticleShots fired near Magee Hospital, leave one man injured
According to city police, multiple shots were fired on the corner of Hamlet Street and Boulevard of the Allies in Oakland Wednesday evening, leaving one man injured. City police who responded to the...
View ArticleHolland Hall to be co-ed by fall 2017
By this time next year, there will no longer be a single-gender dormitory for first-year students at Pitt. Holland Hall, Pitt’s only all-female dorm, will be co-ed starting in fall 2017. Amos Hall —...
View ArticleGovernor Wolf closes SCI Pittsburgh prison
The State Correctional Institution in Pittsburgh will close by June 2017 as part of a larger plan to cut the current state budget deficit, Gov. Tom Wolf announced Thursday. The closure will affect the...
View ArticlePitt’s plans for Community Engagements Centers still vague
Although Pitt announced plans to create community engagement centers seven months ago, there have been sparse details since about when or how the program will take shape. In a June 2016 University...
View ArticleScott Schubert named police chief of Pittsburgh Police Department
After serving two months as acting Pittsburgh police chief, longtime Pittsburgh Police Officer Scott Schubert was announced as the new Pittsburgh Police Department police chief on Friday. Schubert,...
View ArticleInteractive crime map Jan. 20 – 24
Jan. 20 8:18 p.m. Bouquet Gardens Building B. 300 S. Bouquet St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Pitt police responded to a report of harassment. An investigation is pending. 9:22 p.m. Phi Kappa Theta House....
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