Man sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder of Pitt student
Twenty-two-year-old Matthew Darby was sentenced to life in prison without parole Wednesday afternoon for the murder of Pitt student Alina Sheykhet. Sheykhet, a junior aspiring to become a physical...
View ArticleMarket cited for 14 health violations
Market Central, the main hub for student dining at Pitt, was cited for multiple health violations by the Allegheny County Health Department on Wednesday, Oct. 10. Out of the 25 Food Safety Assessment...
View ArticleBob Woodward Takes Trump to Task
Bob Woodward has covered every president from Nixon to Trump in his 50 years at the Washington Post, helping the paper pick up two Pulitzer Prizes on the way.“I’ve been accused of being a leftist, I’ve...
View ArticlePitt celebrates grand opening of CEC
As the sun set in North Homewood, youth members from the Bible Center Church performed to a crowd of more than 100 gathered beneath a tent outside. Reciting an African hymn in English, Swahili and...
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Everything Pitt students need to know about the 2018 midterm elections
The 2018 midterm elections in Pennsylvania take place Nov. 6 — but the number of Pitt students who vote in these elections has traditionally been low.In the 2014 midterm election, only 15 percent of...
View ArticleStudents celebrate service at PMADD
This isn’t the first time Jack Eschmann’s been on an urban farm. Standing outside on the chilly, rainy Saturday, the first-year engineering major said the garden is familiar territory for him.“I’ve...
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The core of cider: following the process from tree to mug
Nothing screams “autumn” like cozying up in a plush sweater with a drink — of apple cider, of course — in hand. And for Pitt students in search of a local cup of the fall beverage, they won’t need to...
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An appeeling treat: The art of making apple butter
For this distillery, cider is surely the apple of its eye — but there’s room for apple butter, too.At an apple butter- and biscuit-making class at Threadbare Cider House in North Side Monday evening,...
View ArticlePitt, Sodexo address food safety concerns amid reinspection citations
After Market Central was cited for violating multiple food safety guidelines in its most recent inspection, Pitt says it will seek a more direct oversight role of Sodexo as nearly 2,000 people have...
View ArticlePitt students show love for University
Pitt sophomore Oluchi Okafor didn’t anticipate walking into a sea of free burgers and cupcakes when she left her class in the Cathedral of Learning Tuesday afternoon, but she didn’t hesitate to get in...
View ArticleSGB hears criticism of Sodexo, the University
Pitt’s Student Government Board had a busy meeting Tuesday night, fielding questions about recent Sodexo health violations, University planning and more. SGB will hold its second Eat and Greet meeting...
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The inside scoop on Klavon’s sundaes
As self-driving cars roam Pittsburgh’s streets and local computer scientists develop advanced robots, one ice cream shop keeps the feeling of the early 20th century alive.Nestled in the historic Strip...
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From branch to bottle: all of DeLallo’s olives
Jeff Latimer likes to give his olives the Jacuzzi treatment.The director of operations at DeLallo’s olive production facility doesn’t exactly run his plant like a spa, but the olives begin processing...
View ArticlePitt professors talk faculty unionization at Frick Fine Arts
At a town hall event in the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium Wednesday night, Tyler Bickford, Pitt associate professor of English, spoke to a room of more than 40 union supporters about efforts by professors...
View ArticleCenter for African American Poetry and Poetics hosts “Black Ecstatic” panel...
Rickey Laurentiis — a poet from New Orleans currently serving as the inaugural fellow of the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics — took the stage at the Frick Fine Arts building on Thursday...
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11 dead, 6 injured in shooting at Tree of Life Congregation in Squirrel Hill
11 people are dead and 6 injured after an active shooter attacked the Tree of Life Synagogue between Shady and Wilkins Avenue in Squirrel Hill Saturday morning, according to Public Safety Director...
View ArticleCommunity hosts vigil to mourn victims of deadly shooting
After an attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill left 11 people dead and six injured, members of the Pittsburgh community gathered at the intersection of Murray Avenue and Forbes Avenue...
View ArticleRobert Bowers, Pittsburgh synagogue massacre suspect: What we know
Authorities identified the sole suspect in the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting as Robert D. Bowers, a 46-year-old white man from the Baldwin borough of Pittsburgh. Here’s what we know about the suspect...
View ArticleGab: Its history and influence in the Tree of Life shooting
Shortly before entering the Tree of Life congregation in Squirrel Hill, Robert Bowers, a Baldwin resident and Saturday’s shooting suspect, posted a message on social media site Gab that said, “I can’t...
View ArticleVictims identified in Tree of Life shooting
The names of the 11 people killed by a gunman who opened fire Saturday in the Tree of Life synagogue in Squirrel Hill were released Sunday morning. Among the victims, who ranged in age from 54 to 97,...
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