SGB announces continued support for tobacco-free campus
West Virginia University implemented a tobacco-free policy in 2013, and in the past two years, Penn State and the University of Pennsylvania have followed suit. Now, Pitt may join them. At Tuesday’s...
View ArticlePanther Grille serves sustainability
Students commonly experience having to dash into Market-to-Go or the Cathedral Cafe between classes — now, there’s a Pitt eatery that travels as much as they do. The University’s newest eatery, the...
View ArticlePitt announces pop-up grocery store
The University of Pittsburgh will open a pop-up grocery store Monday, Sept. 24, according to an email from Panther Central sent Thursday evening. The pop-up will be open seven days a week from 8 a.m....
View ArticlePublic Transit in motion at Community Cafe
For many Pitt students, the plan for a new system of electric Port Authority buses will change the way they travel in the City. For Laura Wiens, it’s a victory.“Public transit is a human right and a...
View ArticleBlack Action Society hosts actress, activist Tatyana Ali
When she was younger, Tatyana Ali wanted to be an astronaut. Her room was covered with posters of her hero — Mae Jemison, the first African American woman to travel in space. Ali never made it to space...
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Students surf the crowds at Fall Fest
Students might not expect to see their peers body-surfing on a typical Sunday afternoon, but with multicolored beach balls flying through the air and students hoisting themselves onto the tops of their...
View ArticleBiPgh hosts Pittsburgh’s first Bi Visibility Day conference
Lyndsey Sickler, co-founder of BiPgh and the Youth Programs Coordinator at the Persad Center, spent the last eight months planning Pittsburgh’s first Bisexual Visibility Day Conference. The crowd at...
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Not a mirage: Oakland no longer food desert
After serving as the only grocery store on campus for nine years, the IGA’s closing in April 2017 left Pitt’s campus a food desert for more than a year. To buy groceries, students had no choice but to...
View ArticlePittsburgh, Denmark, Swanson: International energy initiatives come to campus
Pittsburgh is a historically dirty city. The City was an industrial hub of metalworking, iron and steel factories for more than a century — but while these factories brought economic prosperity to the...
View ArticleSGB unveils Town Hall to reach students
The Student Government Board announced a new initiative at Tuesday night’s meeting, aimed at bringing more students into the conversation about various campus issues — SGB Town Hall. SGB President...
View ArticleTom Hanks brings voting hype to Pittsburgh
Tom Hanks is in the neighborhood, and he wants you to register to vote.The award-winning actor — along with other high-profile celebrities — took the stage in front of more than 1,000 people at...
View ArticleEast End Co-op: a fresh food fountain in the desert
In the midst of Wilkinsburg, fresh produce and nutritious groceries are far and few. The predominantly African-American borough has nearly 16,000 residents with a median income of $29,620 and only two...
View ArticleRachel Kaadzi Ghansah speaks at Heinz Chapel
Pulitzer Prize-winner Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah may have already achieved fame, but she’s still writing against erasure. “We, black writers, writers from marginalized identities … are not just doing...
View ArticleBully PulPitt hosts discussion on gun violence
Gun violence is one of the most divisive issues in American culture today, but the UPTV-based nonpartisan political television show “The Bully PulPitt” set out to investigate that issue through...
View ArticleAfter 13 years, Iron City Bikes to close Oakland location
Nestled on the corner of South Bouquet St. and Joncaire St., Iron City Bikes has been a veteran establishment of the Oakland community since 2005. But after nearly 13 years serving Pitt students and...
View ArticleJanet Dewart Bell debuts book at Barco Law
Leah Chase can’t be found in most history textbooks; neither can June Jackson Christmas or Kathleen Cleavers. But Janet Dewart Bell is telling their stories in her debut book, “Lighting the Fires of...
View ArticleChancellor releases 30-year Campus Master Plan
Pitt as we know it may look a lot different by the time the next generation of applications rolls in. The University released a Campus Master Plan in a Board of Trustees meeting Friday, including plans...
View ArticleShore thing: Lagoon and ice rink coming to Pittsburgh
Pittsburghers looking for a sandy beach to relax on will soon have one close to home. A 2-acre man-made lagoon is coming to the city’s North Side as part of the planned mixed-use Esplanade development...
View ArticleWilliam Pitt Union celebrates 120 years
Built in 1898, Hotel Schenley was designed to reflect entrepreneur Franklin Nicola’s vision for the Oakland community to become a center for culture and education. Fast-forward 120 years and Nicola’s...
View ArticleRedistricting advocates unpack gerrymandering
Erik Thiessen isn’t happy that the Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District “looks like a picture of Goofy kicking Donald Duck.” Thiessen is a representative for Fair Districts PA — a nonpartisan...
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