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Peduto focuses on innovation, involvement at Pitt College Dems event

By Grant Jones / For The Pitt News • September 7, 2016

Pittsburgh is the model city for the 21st century, and current college students are poised to play a key role in building it, Mayor Bill Peduto told students Tuesday night. In a speech to the members...

Pitt, community prep for tailgates for Penn State football game

By Lauren Rosenblatt and Emily Brindley / The Pitt News Staff • September 7, 2016

In August, Vice Provost and Dean of Students Kenyon Bonner was already planning ways to keep rowdy students under control during Saturday’s Pitt vs. Penn State football game. For most football games,...

Bill Clinton to speak in Homewood neighborhood

By Emily Brindley / Assistant News Editor • September 7, 2016

Just days after a visit from Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine and current Vice President Joe Biden, Former President Bill Clinton will swing by Pittsburgh this Friday for the Democratic...

SGB ready to take action with plans for research database

By Leo Dornan / Staff Writer • September 7, 2016

Pitt’s Student Government Board members are prepared to turn their ideas into action this year by outlining plans for a research database as well as a weeklong event to promote female empowerment. On...

Kaine and Biden speak at Pittsburgh Labor Day parade

By Brad Smertz / For the Pitt News • September 5, 2016

Vice President Joe Biden said he fell in love with Pittsburgh after he fell in love with Pitt. During his senior year of high school, he said, Pitt offered him a football scholarship, sparking his affection...

Pitt students duct taped, held at gunpoint in their home

By Emily Brindley / Assistant News Editor • September 5, 2016

Two unidentified men duct taped and robbed two Pitt students after holding them at gunpoint in their South Oakland home early Monday morning. According to Emily Schaffer – Assistant Public Information...

Interactive crime map for Aug. 29 to Sept. 1

By The Pitt News Staff • September 5, 2016

Here is the Pitt police activity from August 29 to September 1. Monday, August 29, 2016 1:28 a.m. Litchfield Tower A. Police responded to a report of the theft of several posters. An investigation...

New digital program teaches finance to first-year students

By Alexis Carter / For the Pitt News • September 5, 2016

Evelyn Zamora-Vargas came into college with an understanding of debit cards, interest and credit, but she was still missing some key ingredients for “financial literacy.” Zamora-Vargas, a first-year...

Storify: Kaine, Biden speak before Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade

By Amanda Reed and Brad Smertz / The Pitt News Staff • September 5, 2016

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Fire in West Oakland leaves one man dead

By Dale Shoemaker / Managing Editor • September 4, 2016

A one-alarm house fire early Sunday morning in West Oakland has left one man dead and another injured. Firefighters were dispatched to the 3000 block of Terrace Street around 7 a.m. after other firefighters...