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UPDATE: Police seek suspect in Dawson Street shooting

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • June 22, 2015

Pittsburgh police are investigating a shooting in Oakland over the weekend after an unnamed suspect shot a pizza delivery man on the job.Police will not release the victim’s name, but a public safety...

Port Authority bus runs over man in Oakland

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • June 19, 2015

A man is in serious condition after a bus ran over him in Oakland Friday afternoon.At approximately 4:15 p.m., a man who was running alongside a blue bus fell near the corner of Fifth Avenue and Thackeray...

In ‘gesture of friendship,’ China Vice Premier visits Pitt

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • June 19, 2015

Liu Yandong, the vice premier of the People’s Republic of China, paid a visit to Pitt on Friday in what both she and University officials called a show of friendship.Yandong visited Pitt as part of a...

With fanfare, Heinz Memorial Chapel reopens

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor • June 19, 2015

It was Anna Thomas’s job to keep the doors of the Heinz Memorial Chapel closed Thursday night.“They said, ‘Open doors for people, and try not to let the cool air out,’” Thomas, a junior engineering...

Liu Yandong visits Pitt

By Theo Schwarz / Visual Editor - @theodschwarz • June 19, 2015

Liu Yandong,Vice Premier of the Peoples Republic of China, admires the Cathedral of Learning during her visit to the University of Pittsburgh on June 19 2015.

Heinz Memorial Chapel reopens

By Theo Schwarz / Visual Editor - @theodschwarz • June 18, 2015

OvreArts plays at the grand reopening of Heinz Chapel

Port Authority

June 17, 2015

Erroll Garner

June 17, 2015

Stephen Foster Memorial

By Theo Schwarz / Visual Editor • June 17, 2015

Port Authority considers flat fare for buses

By Chidi Nwakpuda, Elizabeth Lepro and Lauren Rosenblatt / The Pitt News Staff • June 17, 2015

Each day she began her commute to her high school job, Roxana Evans lost a portion of her paycheck to Pittsburgh’s bus system.The chunk was larger than she would have liked, since her commute put her...