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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke to a packed crowd Monday night. Stephen Caruso | Online Visual Editor

Ta-Nehisi Coates inspires young writers at packed event

By Stephen Caruso / Contributing Editor March 20, 2017

With a packed crowd spread out in front of him in the William Pitt Union Assembly Room  Monday night, award-winning journalist and writer Ta-Nehisi Coates picked a raised hand. The hand belonged to...

Taking advantage of the warm weather, first-years Sheridan Feck and Kiel Hillock play soccer on the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial lawn on Feb. 6. Anna Bongardino | Staff Photographer

Wavering weather causes climate concerns

By Maggie Medoff / For The Pitt News March 20, 2017

Linh Le, a first-year finance major from Garden City, Kansas, is used to the high-hitting winds of the Great Plains, not wearing crop tops in the middle of a Pittsburgh winter. “I expected it to...

Sydney Harper and host Jessie Irwin share a laugh during the Pitt Tonight womens empowerment episode. Thomas Yang | Staff Photographer

Pitt Tonight shines spotlight on Women’s Empowerment Week

By Emily Suruda / Staff Writer March 20, 2017

Student Government Board Vice President Sydney Harper is awestruck when she thinks about the women who have come before her and left behind inspirational legacies. On Sunday’s women empowerment-themed...

Congressman Mike Doyle, D-Pa. hosted a town hall meeting this Saturday to discuss healthcare with his constituents. John Hamilton | Visual Editor

Doyle hosts healthcare town hall meeting

By Nolan Roosa / Staff Writer March 20, 2017

In light of the proposed changes to the Affordable Care Act, Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., turned his attention to the people for input Saturday. More than 500 people — many of them constituents of the...

Students dug through the sale racks this Friday for The University of Thriftburghs second birthday. Kyleen Considine | Staff Photographer

Thriftsburgh celebrates second birthday

By Zoe Pawliczek / Staff Writer March 20, 2017

Though sophomore Vanessa Colihan waited outside the O’Hara Student Center Friday morning for the University of Thriftsburgh’s second birthday celebration to begin, she wasn’t shopping for a new outfit....

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Interactive crime map: March 9 – March 17

By The Pitt News Staff March 20, 2017

March 9 10:14 a.m. Mervis Hall, 3950 Roberto Clemente Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Pitt police responded to the theft of two office chairs. An investigation is pending. 12:28 p.m. 51 Boundary St.,...

Four health professionals spoke about the ACA and AHCA on Thursday afternoon. Kyleen Considine | Staff Photographer

In wake of AHCA, public health professionals discuss bill

By Rose Luder / For The Pitt News March 17, 2017

Chief legal officer at UPMC Sheryl Kashuba drew laughs from a full audience — including Chancellor Patrick Gallagher in the front row — as soon as she began her part of a discussion on health care...

Thanks to a partnership with the Sprout Fund, Conflict Kitchen will launch a new Guest Chef Program in March. Now the restraunt will close at the end of May. Anna Bongardino | Staff Photographer

Conflict Kitchen to close Schenley Plaza location in May

By Ashwini Sivaganesh / News Editor March 17, 2017

After seven years, Conflict Kitchen will close up shop at its Schenley Plaza location May 31. The restaurant — which serves international food from countries the United States is in conflict with...

Thomas E. Starzl passed away on March 4 in his Pittsburgh home. Courtesy of University of Pittsburgh

Pitt remembers Dr. Thomas E. Starzl

By Grant Burgman / Staff Writer March 17, 2017

Although Dr. Thomas E. Starzl is known in the Pitt medical community for his contributions to the organ transplant field, his grandson Ravi Starzl knows him as an ice cream connoisseur. The elder Starzl...

Bob Kollar, an Oakwatch co-chair, ran Wednesdays meeting. John Hamilton | Visual Editor

PPA shares parking permit plan at Oakwatch meeting

Pittsburgh Parking Authority is implementing a new digitalized parking system, rather than using sticker parking permits, as early as May 1. John Fournier, director of enforcement and residential permit...

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