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Students dance during Carly Rae Jepsen’s performance during Bigelow Bash on Bigelow Boulevard on April 1, 2023.

Behind the scenes of the Pitt Program Council’s annual Bigelow Bash

By Jiya Narwal, Staff Writer April 2, 2024

Over 60 student volunteers will get together on April 7 to build the stage where artists JID, Luh Tyler, My Favorite Color and Pitt Factor winner 9FiftySeven will perform. However, the efforts that go...

Photos: Carib Fete: A Carnival Fest celebrates Caribbean culture

By Bhaskar Chakrabarti, Staff Photographer April 2, 2024

About 50 students attended Carib Fete: A Carnival Fest in the O’Hara Student Center on Sunday. The event was hosted by the Caribbean Student Association in collaboration with the Latinx Student Association...

The Company of MAMMA MIA! 25th Anniversary Tour.

Review | ‘S.O.S!’: ‘Mamma Mia!’ delivers a spectacular show at the Benedum Center

By Casey Carter, Staff Writer March 31, 2024

Mamma Mia, here I go again! One of my all-time favorite musicals came to the stage of the Benedum Center in downtown Pittsburgh from March 26 through 31, so naturally, I couldn’t miss it. Presented by...

A bust of Nefertiti in the Ancient Egypt Exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

Carnegie Museum spotlights conservation efforts in latest Ancient Egypt exhibition

By Amber Frantz, Staff Writer March 28, 2024

The Carnegie Museum of Natural History revealed its newly revamped Ancient Egypt collection in early March. After closing the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt in 2023 for conservation efforts, “The Stories...

Logan Caplan (right) interviews Cindy Haines (left) during Saturday’s Pitt Tonight show in Frick Auditorium.

Pitt Tonight dedicates an evening of laughter to Women’s History Month

By Nada Abdulaziz, Senior Staff Writer March 28, 2024

The Frick Fine Arts auditorium reverberated with the infectious laughter of a jubilant audience. In a celebration of Women’s History Month, female writers assumed full control of the March 23 episode...

Amy Williams sits at a piano in their office.

Pitt music professor Amy Williams performs original compositions at Columbia, garners praise from the New York Times

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor March 27, 2024

Amy Williams can’t recall a time before she was a musician. Growing up in a household of musicians in Buffalo, New York, Williams spent her childhood tinkering with instruments around her family —...

Pitt students perform in the Pitt Factor competition in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room on Friday.

Pitt band 9FiftySeven wins Pitt Factor, will open for J.I.D. at Bigelow Bash

By Sanvi Gandikota, Staff Writer March 26, 2024

The Pitt Program Council put on their semiannual Pitt Factor showcase, a battle of the bands to compete for an opening spot at Pitt’s semesterly concert. The council hosts Fall Fest in October and Bigelow...

PDM’s executive board reacts to the reveal of the grand fundraising total of $357,084.52 to benefit UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Photos: Pitt Dance Marathon raises $357,084.52 for UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Pitt Dance Marathon, a student-led philanthropic organization at the University of Pittsburgh, hosted a roughly 10-hour dance marathon this Saturday in the Charles L. Cost Sports Center in celebration...

Flynn Dymkowski crosses the finish line at the Ginger Run during SempleFest on Saturday afternoon.

Redheads race through Oakland for ‘Ginger Run’ at SempleFest

By Patrick Swain, Culture Editor March 24, 2024

The brisk, breezy air in Oakland simmered in the seconds before a horde of redheads bolted down Semple Street. Varying shades of red hair, from natural redheads to bright orange wigs, flapped through the...

Objects on display at the “Camp on Campus” exhibit in the Cathedral of Learning on Mar. 4.

‘Camp on Campus’ exhibit examines the ‘camp’ aesthetic in media through the ages

By Irene Castillo, Staff Writer March 23, 2024

“Camp” took social media by storm when the organizers of the 2019 Met Gala chose Susan Sontag’s essay “Notes on Camp” as its theme. On March 4, it took on Pitt’s campus with a one-day-only...

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