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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

Arnaud Armstrong, a political science major, has been engaged in the political circus since he was barely older than a toddler. John Hamilton | Senior Staff Photographer

Hang-ups and door slams: The life of a campaign worker

By Janine Faust / Staff Writer November 3, 2016

When Arnaud Armstrong, a Pitt junior, makes phone calls for Republican local and state candidates, he’s often on more than one phone at once. The student campaigner even knows a woman who can handle...

Writer, singer, and social activist YahNe Ndgo took the place of a sick Jill Stein as the headline speaker at an event at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater on Tuesday night | Stephen Caruso, Senior Staff Photographer

Green Party supporters rally in East Liberty

By Preena Patel / Staff Writer November 1, 2016

A health issue might have stopped Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein from traveling to Pittsburgh, but her absence didn’t keep supporters from rallying around her platform. Green Party...

Elaina Zachos | Visual Editor

Absentee ballot registration to close Nov. 1

With about one week left before the 2016 presidential election, the deadline to apply for an absentee ballot is tomorrow. In Pennsylvania, voters must apply for an absentee ballot by Nov. 1, and the...

John Bon Jovi rocked out at Soldiers and Sailors Meorial as a aprt of a campaign for Hillary Clinton on Thursday evening | John Hamilton, Senior Staff Photographer

In Pitt visit, Bon Jovi jams for Clinton

By Preena Patel / Staff Writer October 27, 2016

Between banners that read “Stronger” and “Together,” musician Jon Bon Jovi took to the stage in Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum Thursday. Bon Jovi —  lead singer of the American...

Vice President Joe Biden visited Chatham University at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday. John Hamilton | Senior Staff Photographer

Biden stumps for Clinton, McGinty at Chatham

By Emily Brindley / Assistant News Editor October 26, 2016

Continuing the Democrats’ Pennsylvania blitz to ensure they win the state in November, Vice President Joe Biden took his turn in Pittsburgh Tuesday to stump for Hillary Clinton and Katie McGinty. At...

Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, said "There is so much more that unites us than divides us" and spoke about Donald Trump's comments regarding Obama needing to resign for not calling the Orlando mass shooting a 'radical islamic' attack.   Alex Nally | Staff Photographer

Clinton, Kaine to visit Pittsburgh

By Emily Brindley / Assistant News Editor October 18, 2016

Despite her lead in Pennsylvania polls, Hillary Clinton and her running mate Tim Kaine will be visiting Pittsburgh again on Saturday, a move showing just how badly the Democratic nominee wants to win the...

Chelsea Clinton campaigned for her mother in the O'Hara Student Center Friday afternoon. Jeff Ahearn | Senior Staff Photographer

Chelsea Clinton visited Pitt to support Hillary, encourage voting

By Rachel Glasser / Staff Writer October 17, 2016

After she walked into the O’Hara ballroom, backdropped by her mother’s campaign theme, “Fight Song,” Chelsea Clinton spoke about Donald Trump’s campaign, Hillary Clinton’s vision for the country...

President Obama joins a panel of scientists and innovators at the White House Frontier Conference Plenary Session at Carnegie Mellon University | Jordan Mondell, Assistant Visual Editor

Researchers, innovators come to Pittsburgh for Frontiers Conference

For just a few hours on Thursday, you could walk on Mars without ever leaving Alumni Hall. In a partnership with Microsoft, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory developed OnSight, virtual 3-D technology...

President Obama waves to the crowd  attending the White House Frontier Conference Plenary Session at Carnegie Mellon University | Jordan Mondell, Assistant Visual Editor

President Barack Obama visited Pittsburgh to talk innovation, healthcare, technology

By Lauren Rosenblatt / News Editor October 13, 2016

President Barack Obama thinks right now is the greatest time to be alive. At least that’s what he wrote in his guest editorial for this month’s edition of WIRED — a science and technology magazine...

President Barack Obama will be speaking in Pittsburgh Thursday as part of the Frontiers Conference. | Terrence Antonio James, TNS

Frontiers exhibit on Pitt’s campus open to the public

By Emily Brindley / Assistant News Editor October 11, 2016

Although President Barack Obama will be visiting Pittsburgh to speak at the White House Frontiers Conference, most Pittsburghers won’t be able to see him. There is, though, one Frontiers exhibit open...

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