What’s been inspiring Jack Stauber lately? “There’s a track on [his new] album coming out about calling my mom, telling her I got mugged and I need money to buy candy bars — desperately,” the...

When Ayushi Dwivedi bought staples at Rite Aid during her first year at Pitt, she was surprised to learn they didn’t fit inside the stapler she brought from home. Such a simple inconvenience, but...

“Long time, no see. How’ve you been?” Sid Ali asks a customer, his distinct French accent still heavy after almost 10 years away from Paris. It’s a snowy Friday afternoon, and the 28-year-old...

If you were an undergrad at Pitt in 2013, Demetrius Dorsey is confident you know who he is. Actually, Demetrius “D-Massacre” Dorsey is just flat-out confident. The 25-year-old hip-hop artist...

Sana Chowdhry hunches in the corner of the stairwell on the 28th floor of the Cathedral of Learning, her backpack, lunch bag and coat sitting on the ground next to her. A full-body covering, headscarf...

In many ways, Hanifa Nakiryowa is like any other single mother — striving to make a better life for her 7- and 10-year-old daughters than the one she left behind in Uganda. She gets up at 3 a.m....

At exactly 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, Ricky Smith calls his boss from the security booth at Holland Hall North to let him know he made it in. Then he settles back in his chair and waits for returning...

Despite growing up surrounded by New York City’s championship teams, Elliott Levenson’s father taught him to be a long-distance Panthers fanatic before he stepped foot on campus. “I was a Pitt...

Wherever Marcus Robinson is on campus right now, he’s probably smiling. A vibrant grin has always been his default facial expression, says his longtime friend Arianna Ray. “He’s deeply personable,...

When Ossia Dwyer steps on stage, people pay attention. As the sole woman in Pitt Tonight’s trio of head writers, Dwyer was slotted to kick off the “Pitt Tonight” Women’s Empowerment Week episode,...