A Pitt student was found dead at home over the recent spring vacation.Anita Valsa Thachet, an undergraduate who studied information science, passed away around 10:59 p.m. on March 12. Alexander Balacki,...

Pittsburgh’s work force is not diverse, a new report shows, but its authors expressed a need for the city to improve.On Thursday, the Workforce Diversity Indicators Initiative, a coalition of Pittsburgh...

After sitting through an unexpected six-hour-long bus ride to the state Capitol Building, Pitt advocates had to be quick on their feet as they pushed for more commonwealth education funding.Two coach buses...

Two Pitt graduate students are combating sexual assault on college campuses, armed with a paper chain that could one day span the height of the Cathedral of Learning.  The chain is made out of colored...

Reverend Lennox Yearwood lived through Hurricane Katrina and lost loved ones to the storm. Even without the devastation of the area, he says, his home state would still be called Cancer Alley, with water...