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The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Mayor Bill Peduto speaks to press after delivering a speech following his victory in Democratic primary in May. (Photo by Anna Bongardino | Visual Editor)

ICYMI: What you missed over the summer

By The Pitt News Staff August 21, 2017

-May 1 - Pitt names Kathleen Blee as new dean of Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. -May 16 - Defeating Councilperson Darlene Harris and Reverend John Welch, Mayor Bill Peduto wins the Democratic...

Councilman Gilman marches in Pittsburghs LGBTQ+ Pride Parade in June. (John Hamilton | Editor-In-Chief)

Councilman Gilman talks district, student issues

By Henry Glitz | News Editor August 21, 2017

For many of the thousands of new and incoming Pitt students, this fall in Pittsburgh will be their first. It’s an experience that City Council Member Dan Gilman shared with them many years ago. “Whether...

More than 40,000 runners overtook the Pittsburgh streets in the 2017 Pittsburgh Marathon Sunday. The route came right through Pitts campus, with the half-way point of the course located on Forbes in front of the Carnegie Museum of Art. (Photo by John Hamilton | Editor-in-Chief)

GALLERY: Summer in Pictures

By Pitt News Staff August 21, 2017

In case you missed it this summer, a lot of things have happened in Pittsburgh. These are some of our favorite photos from the past few months.

Rally attendees hold signs which read Love is love is love is love... and We are the leaders weve been looking for.

GALLERY: Pittsburgh Prayer for Peace

By Anna Bongardino August 19, 2017

In the wake of the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Mayor Peduto's office organized "A Prayer for Pittsburgh: A Prayer for Peace" rally in front of the city-county building yesterday. A variety...

Installation of bike lanes on portions of Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard will begin Tuesday. (TPN File Photo)

City to install bike lanes on portions of Forbes and Bigelow

By Janine Faust / Senior Staff Writer August 14, 2017

The city of Pittsburgh will begin installing bike lanes Tuesday on portions of Forbes Avenue and Bigelow Boulevard, two years after a Pitt administrator was killed while biking in the area. The city...

Spectators watch the Red Bull Flugtag from the North Shore, Point State Park and boats on the Allegheny River. (Photo by John Hamilton)

Gallery: Redbull Flugtag takes over the North Shore

Homemade aircrafts, 46 in total, launched off a 22-foot platform into the Allegheny River Saturday. Most crafts took a nosedive straight away, but a few got enough air to soar a short distance down the...

Red Oak Cafe, a popular breakfast and lunch spot in Oakland, is closing. (TPN File Photo)

Red Oak Cafe closing within the week

Red Oak Cafe is closing on Aug. 4, according to Ray McNevin, a manager and chef at the Oakland restaurant. McNevin said new owners from Virginia are taking over on the 8th. They will rename and redo...

The Madras Maiden, one of the last remaining B-17 bombers, flies back to the Allegheny County Airport during a media flight Monday. (Photo by John Hamilton | Editor-in-Chief)

World War II-era B-17 bomber will soar over Pittsburgh this weekend

Listening to the sound of four revving engines muffled by ear plugs, passengers on the B-17 crawl into the nose turret of the WWII-era bomber, seeing stretches of land and Pittsburgh landmarks appear and...

Red Bull Flugtag is coming to Pittsburgh next Saturday. The Roc-ettes, a team of Pitt engineers, hopes to take flight over the Allegheny River. (Photo via Wikipedia Creative Commons)

Pitt engineers to take flight over the Allegheny at Red Bull Flugtag

By Henry Glitz / News Editor July 31, 2017

As July ends and back-to-school chores loom, one group of Pitt engineers is getting busy preparing for a completely different kind of challenge: building and piloting an aircraft to fly over the Allegheny...

The Pitt administration is against the formation of a grad student union, an effort United Steelworkers is involved in. (Photo via Flickr Commons)

Pitt administration comes out against grad student union

By John Hamilton / Editor-in-Chief July 28, 2017

Speaking on behalf of the University, Pitt Provost Patricia Beeson came out against a graduate student union Thursday, claiming that a union would not be in the best interests of students. Beeson’s...

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