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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

John Hamilton | Staff Photographer

Hillary Clinton to revisit Pittsburgh

By Danni Zhou / Staff Writer April 22, 2016

Looking to influence Pennsylvania voters before the upcoming primary, Hillary Clinton will make a return visit to Pittsburgh this Friday. Clinton’s campaign has not announced any further details about...

Pitt vice chancellor named president of AACR

By Danni Zhou / Staff Writer April 20, 2016

With a new president of the American Association of Cancer Research hailing from Pitt, the University is proving instrumental in the fight to cure cancer. The AACR appointed Nancy E. Davidson, director...

Bill Clinton to visit Pitt-Johnstown

Former president Bill Clinton will visit Pitt-Johnstown’s campus Wednesday afternoon. According to Brandon Hanson, an organizer for Hillary for America, Clinton will speak at the Campus Conference Center...

Obama appoints Gallagher to White House commission

Obama appoints Gallagher to White House commission

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor April 14, 2016

President Barack Obama announced Wednesday he would appoint Chancellor Patrick Gallagher and nine others to a White House commission focused on national cybersecurity. Obama has charged the commission...

Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer

For supporters, Trump offers hope

By Emily Brindley / Staff Writer April 13, 2016

Through all of the vitriol and protests Wednesday, Donald Trump’s supporters said they saw something else: an open, honest candidate who is focused on changing the United States. Mount Washington native...

Eva Fine | Multimedia Editor

Trump campaigns in Oakland

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced his plan Wednesday to appeal to student voters in Oakland: “I will offer you jobs.” In Trump’s first Pittsburgh campaign appearance, Sean...

Wenhao Wu | Staff Photographer

Hundreds protest Trump, march from Oakland to Downtown

According to protesters’ signs, Donald Trump is a jagoff. And, apparently, he killed Dumbledore. And he hates pierogies. Accompanied by more confrontational slogans and chants, a group of about 125...

Two hours before the doors open, more than 200 people wait in line to see Donald Trump speak at Soldiers and Sailors Museum on April 13, 2016. Theo Schwarz | Senior Staff Photographer

Pitt administrators and Pittsburgh Police issue alerts ahead of Trump events

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor April 13, 2016

Pitt administrators and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police have sent out alerts to students on campus and citizens who plan to attend the events or travel through Oakland and Downtown. Ahead of Donald...

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to supporters at Lenoir-Rhyne University on March 14, 2016 in Hickory, N.C. (Jeff Siner/Charlotte Observer/TNS)

Donald Trump to visit Pittsburgh, students to protest

To usher presidential candidate Donald Trump to Pittsburgh, Pitt students are preparing to push back against what they call Trump’s negativity. By the end of the day Monday, at least three student groups...

Hillary Clinton campaigns at CMU

Hillary Clinton campaigns at CMU

By Dale Shoemaker / News Editor April 6, 2016

After touring a robotics lab and meeting a grieving family, Hillary Clinton took the stage at Carnegie Mellon University to tell Pittsburgh voters that the future belonged to them. And as for herself,...

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