Skip to Main Content
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Learning has a limit, study says

Learning has a limit, study says

By Cristina Holtzer / News Editor September 3, 2014

Those who have suffered from a stroke or other brain injury could recover more efficiently because of data from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Pitt.The Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition,...

Musical backgrounds pay off for students

By Anjana Murali / For The Pitt News September 3, 2014

For Matt Aelmore, making money as a musician is a “tricky situation.”Aelmore is one of many Pitt students who work as musicians and hope to make a little money on the side while doing it. According...

Board test drives travel grant program

By Abbey Reighard / Senior Staff Writer September 3, 2014

After a false start, the wheels are now in motion for the Student Travel Grant program. The program is the brainchild of Student Government Board President, Mike Nites, and will create a fund for individual...

Bill Dorsey

Bill Dorsey

Bill Dorsey sings by the Rite-aid on Fifth Avenue. 

For Bill: Crowdfunding worth singing about

For Bill: Crowdfunding worth singing about

By Jesseca Muslin / For The Pitt News September 1, 2014

Nearly every day, Oakland’s resident gospel singer Bill Dorsey takes his sidewalk stage outside the Rite Aid on Forbes Avenue with his boom box and walking stick. But his song isn’t purely for pleasure....

Mind, body and soul floor comes to WPU

Mind, body and soul floor comes to WPU

By Dale Shoemaker / Staff Writer September 1, 2014

This year, students can study, work out, shower and still have time for peaceful prayer or reflection — all without leaving the William Pitt Union.Student Affairs finished renovations to the third floor...

Bill Dorsey

Bill Dorsey

Bill Dorsey sings by Rite-aid on Forbes Avenue.

Method for building larger nanofibers discovered

Method for building larger nanofibers discovered

By Photo courtesy of CMU August 28, 2014

Researchers discovered a new method for creating large synthetic protein fibers.

US NEWS CMP-ROTC-ADV05 LA

US NEWS CMP-ROTC-ADV05 LA

By Dave Getzschman August 28, 2014

Kaitlyn Benitez-Strine, 17, from left, speaks with ROTC representatives Anna Thompson, 22, and Isabel Lopez, 18, at Stanford University, April 29, 2011, in Stanford, California. Following a ban of about...

Protein shake-up: Study discovers method for nanofiber creation

Protein shake-up: Study discovers method for nanofiber creation

By Dale Shoemaker / For The Pitt News August 28, 2014

Cancer patients may soon receive medication more efficiently and with fewer harmful side effects thanks to a new development in nanofiber assembly.Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie...

Load More Stories