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Oakland honors Indigenous Peoples Day

By Lauren Rosenblatt and Dale Shoemaker / Pitt News Staff • October 13, 2015

With pennants and ribbons waving, marchers shut down Bigelow Boulevard as they brought native people and their supporters back to their indigenous roots. At Pitt on Monday, about 200 students and community...

Pitt, FBI warn students of phone scam

By Elizabeth Lepro / Assistant News Editor • October 13, 2015

Pitt warned students last week of a phone scam that targets college students. The University released a warning on Friday on the My Pitt home page and through Campus Connect about a phone scam where a...

Pittsburgh high school students rally for Rice

By Lauren Rosenblatt and Dale Shoemaker / Pitt News Staff • October 12, 2015

Area high school students and community members gathered in Oakland Sunday evening to protest two professional investigations that said police officers in Cleveland acted reasonably in the shooting death...

Pitt grants Harvard philosopher Rescher Prize

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer • October 11, 2015

While others were gearing up for homecoming fireworks, about 100 students spent their Friday afternoon learning new ways to think at a Pitt philosophy department lecture. Philosopher Hilary Putnam delivered...

Pittsburgh becomes inventor’s paradise at Maker Faire

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer • October 11, 2015

Handmade robots crawled along the asphalt and 3-D printers whirred quietly as artisans and creators of all ages flooded Buhl Community Park in Northside and transformed it into an inventor’s paradise...

Pitt to discuss Cosby’s honorary degree

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • October 11, 2015

Following suit with other universities that awarded Bill Cosby an honorary degree, Pitt said on Friday that it will consider rescinding the degree it awarded him 13 years ago. Pitt gave Cosby an honorary...

Pitt royalty announced at Saturday’s football game

By Cristina McCormack / For the Pitt News • October 11, 2015

At first, Michael Hizny didn’t realize he had won. “I was shocked. For a moment, I didn’t even believe they called my name,” Hizny recalled of his crowning moment as Pitt’s latest Homecoming...

Candidate count

By Emily Migdal / For The Pitt News • October 9, 2015

In the race for king and queen, candidates need a kingdom of support if they want to win. Voting for homecoming court opened for all students Oct. 8 and ends Oct. 9 at noon. This year, there are 15 candidates — seven for king and eight for queen. Five of the candidates are running with social Greek life endorsements, three women and two men, according to Blue and Gold Society President Megan Schlegelmilch.In the past five years, four of the kings and queens, 40 percent of all winners, have had G

Protecting Panther Hollow

By Mark Pesto and Elaina Zachos / Senior Staff Writers • October 9, 2015

Carlino Giampolo, the unofficial mayor of Oakland, has loved his community for more than thirty years, which is why he’s fighting the city’s most recent expansion project and pledging to “Save Panther...

Kissing for keeps at Heinz Chapel

October 8, 2015

When Bill Young overheard a Pitt Pathfinder telling a student about the legend of Heinz Chapel, he thought the legend was a myth.The young director of Communication Services at Pitt listened as a tour guide told a prospective student and his grandparents that couples who kiss on the steps of Heinz Chapel are destined to wed there and enjoy a long marriage.The elderly couple turned to each other with knowing smiles. “It’s absolutely true,” the grandparents, who wed in the Chapel, said.Even though