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The Pitt News

Graduate student designs app to enhance laser light show

Graduate student designs app to enhance laser light show

By Kat Prosachik / Staff Writer October 23, 2014

At this year’s homecoming fireworks and laser show, spectators can do more than watch the fireworks in the sky above them — they can experience it from their palms.Nymbus, an app developed by Pitt...

What time should you show up to a party?

What time should you show up to a party?

By Dale Shoemaker / Staff Writer October 23, 2014

Jackie Braithwaite had a set Friday night routine during her freshman year.After her classes ended around 4 p.m., she’d go back to her dorm room in Holland Hall and study for an hour or two. Then, around...

Cheer and dance teams not considered a sport by Pitt

Cheer and dance teams not considered a sport by Pitt

By Hunter Bergman / For The Pitt News October 23, 2014

Like many University athletes, members of Pitt’s cheer and dance teams often struggle to find the perfect balance between practice and classwork. There’s just one major difference: the University does...

Talk with the top: Gallagher's first three months

Talk with the top: Gallagher’s first three months

By Dale Shoemaker / Staff Writer October 23, 2014

When Patrick Gallagher received the offer to become Pitt’s new Chancellor, he almost said no.“My knee-jerk reaction was ‘No, thank you,’” he said. “But I remember hanging up the phone thinking...

Chancellor sits down with the Pitt News

Chancellor sits down with the Pitt News

By Christine Lim / Staff Photographer October 23, 2014

Chancellor Gallagher sits down with Pitt News reporter Dale Shoemaker to discuss his first three months on the job. 

Mexican

Mexican

By MCT Campus September 18, 2014

Mexican food is popular with Pitt students, along with Chinese, Japanese and Indian food.

Pizza, pasta and Chinese food

Pizza, pasta and Chinese food

By MCT Campus September 18, 2014

GrubHub data shows that college students order pizza and Chinese food more often than the general population. 

Dining Guide: Food For Thought: Keeping Heritage Alive in the Kitchen

Dining Guide: Food For Thought: Keeping Heritage Alive in the Kitchen

By Meagan Hart / Staff Writer September 18, 2014

Walking into Matt Piamonte’s apartment while you’re hungry is probably not the best idea. Herbs, spices and ingredients are stuffed into almost every corner of his kitchen, and, often, the smell of...

Dining Guide: What does your GrubHub order say about you?

Dining Guide: What does your GrubHub order say about you?

By Emily Ahlin / Staff Writer September 18, 2014

When students order out, chances are they’re ordering the same food as their neighbors.GrubHub and Spoon University recently teamed up to analyze nearly one million food orders from college students,...

Employment Guide: Pittsburgh filmmakers need more than connections for success

Employment Guide: Pittsburgh filmmakers need more than connections for success

By Ian Flanagan / Staff Writer September 12, 2014

For young, up-and-coming filmmakers, a passion for the movies is now just the bare minimum.“Don’t be afraid to bust your ass,” Tom Fisher, a 2012 Pitt film graduate currently working as multimedia...

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