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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

Multiple shots were fired on the corner of Hamlet Street and Boulevard of the Allies in Oakland Wednesday evening, leaving one man injured. | James Evan Bowen-Gaddy, senior staff writer

Shots fired near Magee Hospital, one man injured

According to city police, multiple shots were fired on the corner of Hamlet Street and Boulevard of the Allies in Oakland Wednesday evening, leaving one man injured. City police who responded to the...

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 spotlight refugee chefs in March

Conflict Kitchen has been spotlighting global conflicts for more than six years, but this year it’s turning the spotlight back toward its own home. Through a partnership with the Sprout Fund — an...

Police push back protesters on 12th Avenue during street protests following the inauguration of President Donald Trump.  Among the 230 people arrested during the Inauguration protests, five of them were Pitt students. John Hamilton | Visual Editor

Five Pitt students arrested at inauguration in D.C.

The morning of Inauguration Day, before Trump took his presidential oath, Americans filtered onto the National mall. Among them, Anika Mavinkurve, a senior neuroscience major, noticed that the inauguration...

Donny Falk | Staff Photographer

Nancy Kirkwood brings eco-art to Center for Creativity

By Zoe Pawliczek / For The Pitt News January 25, 2017

Nancy Kirkwood walked down to the basement of the University Bookstore on Fifth with overflowing bags of art supplies and began stocking a wall full of shelves. She does this every day as part of her job...

John Hamilton | Visual Editor

Pitt to offer dual-degree MBA/MHA graduate program

By Nolan Roosa / For The Pitt News January 25, 2017

A new collaboration between two Pitt graduate schools lets students save 39 credits and a year of school while walking away with two degrees. Pitt announced the dual degree program on Jan. 17. Beginning...

Yuan Chang, one of the award winners. | Courtesy photo

Pitt cancer researchers win international prize

By Amanda Reed / Assistant News Editor January 25, 2017

For the first time, two Pitt faculty members have won the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, an international award given to medical researchers who have made significant contributions to immunology,...

SGB proposes another resolution about making Pitt a tobacco and smoke-free campus. Will Miller | Senior Staff Photographer

SGB applies for grant to educate students and make Pitt smoke-free

By Emily Suruda / Staff Writer January 25, 2017

For the second time, Student Government Board is trying to initiate a tobacco-free and smoke-free campus through the American Cancer Society and CVS Health. The American Cancer Society and CVS Health...

Pathfinders Jasee Freeman and Naomi Stoll lead a tour last year. Kate Koenig | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt, CCAC, PPS form Pittsburgh Administration Collaboration

By Alexis Carter / Staff Writer January 24, 2017

With a new partnership between Pittsburgh schools and colleges, students can prepare for a college career as soon as they enter seventh grade. The collaboration — called the Pittsburgh Administration...

Pittsburgh is becoming a testing site for autonomous vehicles. Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS

Pittsburgh, Penn State chosen as national autonomous vehicle testing sites

By Amanda Reed / Assistant News Editor January 24, 2017

Expect to see even more autonomous vehicles driving around Pennsylvania in the coming months. The federal Department of Transportation accepted PennDOT’s request to make Pennsylvania a National Proving...

TPN File photo.

Man assaulted on Forbes and McKee

By Ashwini Sivaganesh / News Editor January 24, 2017

Pitt police assisted city police with a reported assault on the corner of Forbes Avenue and McKee Place Sunday afternoon. The fight, which took place at about 3:52 p.m., involved two individuals —...

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