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Sunoco robbed twice this week

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 16, 2016

Pittsburgh police officers are seeking a man who robbed the Sunoco gas station in South Oakland early Tuesday morning — the second robbery at the gas station in less than a week. Officers responded...

Rethinking manhood: Marine captain speaks to students

By Andrew O'Brien / Staff Writer • March 14, 2016

Judging by their recruitment advertisements, Marine troops are the epitome of masculinity — musclebound and emotionless. But the Marines in those commercials do not reflect reality. According to Marine...

Pitt to open engineering labs off-campus

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 14, 2016

Making new metallic alloys for jumbo jet and turbine engines and turning Oakland into a self-sufficient power grid could both become realities within the next five years, according to researchers who will...

Oakland’s Crime Map for Feb. 26 – March 9

By The Pitt News Staff • March 14, 2016

Friday, Feb. 26, 2016 10:05 a.m. Fifth Avenue at Bouquet Street. Pitt police responded to a report of an individual exposing himself. Police checked the area and didn’t find anyone exposing...

SIDEBAR: Breathe in, breathe out: Mindfulness practices find focus at Pitt

By Erin Hare / For The Pitt News • March 13, 2016

Mindful meditation can relieve chronic, debilitating pain in older adults, according to a new study from Pitt researchers. Researchers from UPMC published the study, which showed the effects of meditation...

Breathe in, breathe out: Mindfulness practices find focus at Pitt

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer • March 13, 2016

Cross your T’s, dot your I’s, mind your manners as well as your inner self — or so says a wave of recent research and an increased focus on being present. In the midst of some 28,000 students with...

Pitt study finds overdose deaths rise in Pa.

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 13, 2016

As the country sees a nationwide rise in heroin use, as well as deaths and legal issues surrounding the drug, Pitt researchers found the rate of overdose deaths in the state has increased since 1979. Drug...

South Oakland gas station robbed

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 11, 2016

Pittsburgh police are seeking a man suspected of robbing the Sunoco gas station on Craft Avenue in South Oakland Thursday night. According to a release, police said officers arrived at the gas station...

Students speak at ‘safe space’

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • March 4, 2016

Just because Abby Meinen and Marcus Robinson are different people with different experiences, that doesn’t mean they can’t talk about sensitive and controversial topics together. But when they do,...

Lists, meetings and 40,000 meals: A day in the life of Market’s executive chef

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer • March 4, 2016

Mid-morning Wednesday, Chris Cox looked down at one of his three notepads. He knew he had to fill and send out two or three large food orders, with the help of a few student workers. And write the Food...