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The Pitt News

Aby Sobotka-Briner | Staff Illustrator

Local politics deserve spotlight

By Alyssa Lieberman / Columnist January 6, 2016

On Election Day, people across the country will step into voting booths and choose between a set of presidential candidates they have been hearing and talking about for months, if not years. At the same...

TEDx came to the University of Pittsburgh as a result of joint efforts with Student Government Board.  Pitt News File Photo

SGB: What to look for in the spring

With a semester of reorganization behind them, the nine members of Student Government Board are revamping their previous goals to increase education and accessibility for Pitt students this semester. From...

Photo courtesy of Richard Howe

Pitt dean retires after thirty years

Richard Howe, associate dean of the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, spent his winter break packing up 45 years at Pitt of paperwork and memories from his office in the Cathedral of Learning. For...

Stephen Squyres talks to Pitt students about the Mars Rover. Nikki Moriello / Visual Editor

Mars Rover chat: The Pitt News talks with the brains behind the mission to the red planet

By Emily Migdal / Staff Writer December 14, 2015

If the Mars rover hadn’t landed smoothly, Steven Squyres said he would likely be in therapy. “At the time we landed, my kids were in their teens, and I had been working on this thing their entire...

Pitt's men's soccer team fought hard but couldn't find a tying goal against No. 2 North Carolina.  Meghan Sunners | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt athletes build chemistry from rooming together

By Adam Richman / for The Pitt News November 13, 2015

After a game, men’s soccer midfielders Raj Kahlon and Darcy Bloemen unwind and break down the action — by playing Madden back in their apartment. “Madden is a strategic game, so after soccer, we’ll...

Scouting the Oakland neighborhoods

By Dan Sostek / Sports Editor November 13, 2015

Finding a place to live can be more daunting than a charging 250-pound linebacker. Thousands of students scramble every winter to find housing, hoping for a good fit and avoid the scrum. With such a big...

Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Protecting Panther Hollow

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...

Terry Tan | Staff Illustrator

Home is love, culture, belonging

By Mariam Shalaby / For The Pitt News October 9, 2015

"What … are you?” Since I look so ethnically ambiguous — or for a lack of small talk — people often ask me where I’m from. I’m not sure whether my identity is tied to a single place, so I’ve...

Forbes Avenue as seen in 1937.  | Courtesy ULS Archives

Pitt anomaly: Urban campus pride

By Henry Glitz / Columnist October 9, 2015

I know Oakland isn’t paradise, but I didn’t expect the disgusted look on my Penn State friend’s face as we walked down Forbes Avenue toward Essie’s Original Hot Dog Shop. “How can you live here?”...

Qadree Ollison finds a hole. Jeff Ahearn | Assistant Visual Editor

Narduzzi and company not taking 1-3 Cavaliers lightly for homecoming weekend

By Jeremy Tepper / Senior Staff Writer October 9, 2015

Pitt head football coach Pat Narduzzi doesn’t put special emphasis on any game — even in the case of Pitt’s Saturday homecoming game against Univeristy of Virginia. “It will be my first homecoming...

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