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Working retail isn’t the only thing to do this summer

By Macie Ellis / Staff Writer • July 15, 2014

Erin Ludlow couldn’t imagine spending her summer working in an office. Instead, Ludlow, a sophomore marketing major, prefers to spend it working at a summer camp where she can spend her days helping...

Summer Guide: Kitestring: Let your friends know you got home safe

By Abbey Reighard / Senior Staff Writer • July 15, 2014

“Text me when you get home.” We say this to the friend leaving the bar at 2 a.m. who lives on the other side of town, to the colleague who walks home alone after a late work night or to the significant...

Summer Guide: 20 years at Hillman, librarian’s long career to end

By Aileen Ryan / Staff Writer • July 15, 2014

Though “Club Hillman” is sometimes known as the finals week hot spot for students, one staff member has had his fill of the place.After 20 years as Pitt’s library director, Rush Miller, 67, has decided...

Summer Guide: Bye bye bake sale: Raising money for the arts online

By Ilya Yashin / Staff Writer • July 15, 2014

Crowdfunding has been in the news for allowing a Columbus resident Zack Brown to collect thousands of dollars to make … a potato salad. For others the goal is art, not a side dish. With the help of...

Electric cars coming to Pitt this year

By Harrison Kaminsky / Assistant News Editor • June 24, 2014

Cars that cost only 25 cents per day to operate and can connect to the Internet may sound like an idea out of a sci-fi novel but they’re coming to Pitt this year. Internet2, a collaborative research...

Normcore clothing: The Anti-Trend

By Nerine Sivagnanam / For The Pitt News • June 24, 2014

The same queasily colored Patagonia fleece your dad wears has been popping up around college campuses — but now, it’s endearingly nicknamed the “fratagonia” by those who wear it.The fleece is a...

Board of Trustees names Nordenberg chancellor emeritus at final meeting

By Cristina Holtzer / News Editor • June 20, 2014

The University Board of Trustees unanimously elected Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg as chancellor emeritus at Nordenberg’s final board meeting on Friday, June 20.Nordenberg will become chancellor emeritus...

Pittsburgh celebrates LGBTQ community with PrideFest

By Sarah Police / For The Pitt News • June 17, 2014

Donning a “God Hates Figs, Mark 11:12-14” t-shirt, Michael O’Brien celebrated his first Pittsburgh Pride March, feeling overjoyed with the amount of support the city had garnered for the LGBTQ community. The...

Not so fast: Nordenberg to remain at Pitt in new role

By Abbey Reighard / Staff Writer • June 17, 2014

Chancellor Nordenberg may be stepping down from his role as chancellor, but he won’t be leaving Pitt any time soon.Ken Service, vice chancellor for communications, said in a statement released June 16...

Board of Trustees nominates two new members

By Mahita Gajanan / Managing Editor • June 13, 2014

Pitt’s Board of Trustees Nominating Committee named two Pitt community members as new candidates for membership on the board.During a 10-minute conference call meeting Friday morning in Posvar Hall,...