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[Photo] Pitt unions react to federal diversity, equity and inclusion rollbacks

February 17, 2025
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[Photo] Column | Promotion and relegation in the MLS: Why it should happen — and why it won’t

January 17, 2025
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[Photo] Opinion | There is no such thing as the perfect victim

January 7, 2025
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[Photo] Keep politics out of volleyball: SJSU’s tumultuous season

December 6, 2024
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[Photo] Opinion | Grieving Liam Payne

October 28, 2024
A spotted lanternfly.

[Photo] Satire | Spotted lanternflies’ morality and mortality

October 17, 2024
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[Photo] Opinion | How the Cal Golden Bears took over X and college football

October 12, 2024
The California Golden Bears in 1950.

[Photo] No. 22 Pitt Panthers welcome Cal in ACC home opener

October 11, 2024
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[Photo] Editorial | Melania Trump gets a choice on abortion, but her husband doesn't want the same for Americans

October 7, 2024
The School of Pharmacy in Salk Hall.

[Photo] ‘They don’t have responses’: Pitt School of Pharmacy lays off 40% of PERU staff

October 6, 2024
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[Photo] Review | Remi Wolf and Lava La Rue bring big energy to Pittsburgh on the ‘Big Ideas’ tour

September 30, 2024
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[Photo] Column | Experience of an away fan for an upset-win rivalry game

September 8, 2024
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[Photo] Editorial | We have become too entitled to information and celebrity interaction

August 30, 2024
Shady Grove, an American restaurant in Pittsburgh, PA.

[Photo] Best restaurants to take your parents to after move-in

August 5, 2024
A Pee-Wee Herman display at the Bicycle Heaven Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[Photo] Best weird, wonderful hidden gems outside of Oakland

August 5, 2024
Clairo at The Roxy

[Photo] Review | Clairo’s third album is sweet ‘like the sap from a cedar’

July 23, 2024
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[Photo] Opinion | Believe victims even if you don’t like them

July 12, 2024
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[Photo] Pogopalooza celebrates its 20th anniversary

July 9, 2024
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[Photo] “It’s Horny”: Brass and soul blow us away in Lawrence’s latest album “Family Business”

June 26, 2024
A passport sits in front of a world map.

[Photo] Pitt students and alumni win Fulbright awards

June 25, 2024
Rossetti House at the University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg campus.

[Photo] David C. Frederick Honors College to open at Greensburg campus in fall semester

June 14, 2024
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[Photo] Warmer atmospheric conditions contribute to increased tornadoes in Pittsburgh area

May 28, 2024
An electron micrograph of the norovirus.

[Photo] As norovirus spreads across campus, students recount their experiences

March 5, 2024
A Naloxone kit.

[Photo] End Overdose organization aims to promote harm reduction on campus

February 28, 2024
Drake performs during the Summer Sixteen Tour 2016 in Toronto.

[Photo] Review | Drake and Kendrick Lamar Beef

By Quinn Cilea, Culture Editor
May 21, 2024
A view of downtown Pittsburgh.

[Photo] Opinion | How do we categorize the most livable cities?

February 8, 2024
Ron DeSantis at a pro-law enforcement rally in Staten Island Feb. 20, 2023.

[Photo] Editorial | Ron DeSantis can step down … literally

January 26, 2024
A car crash on Jagtvej, a road in Copenhagen, Denmark.

[Photo] Editorial | Let your car get totaled

January 18, 2024
Official portrait of former Representative George Santos (R-NY) for the 118th Congress.

[Photo] Editorial | The charade of George Santos: thoughts on where it all went wrong

December 8, 2023
Suicide Silence at the Vans Warped Tour in 2010.

[Photo] Opinion | Warped Tour should be brought back

December 4, 2023
RMS Titanic departing Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912.

[Photo] ‘Somber and surreal’: Carnegie Science Center immerses visitors in the doomed voyage of the Titanic

December 1, 2023
Banner for Basque self determination.

[Photo] Opinion | The Spanish monarchy needs to go

November 10, 2023
A depiction of email phishing.

[Photo] Pitt IT implements new measures to prevent phishing attacks

November 5, 2023
James O'Keefe speaking with attendees at the 2018 Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida.

[Photo] Pitt’s chapter of Turning Point spends $25,000 to bring James O’Keefe to campus

November 3, 2023
Legal gavel and open law book.

[Photo] Court rules student-led lawsuit against Pitt over remote learning has merit

September 28, 2023
The Department of Education logo.

[Photo] Opinion | Stop blaming the American education system for your own apathy

September 25, 2023
A street in Shadyside.

[Photo] Jam On Walnut returns for summer 2023

June 28, 2023
A view of downtown Pittsburgh.

[Photo] 7 spots to add to your Pittsburgh summer bucket list

May 17, 2023
Professor Deirdre McCloskey.

[Photo] Status of ‘transgenderism and womanhood’ debate at Pitt uncertain after participant drops out

April 12, 2023
Barbie poster at the entrance of an exhibit.

[Photo] Editorial | Which Barbie are the different majors?

April 6, 2023
Professor Deirdre McCloskey.

[Photo] Deirdre McCloskey discusses upcoming debate with Michael Knowles, criticizes petition to cancel event

March 30, 2023
A borg ("blackout rage gallon") made of water, vodka and red beverage mix powder in a gallon jug, labeled "SpongeBorg SquarePants." The right side of the jug displays the message "Me Hoy Minoy," a reference to the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "DoodleBob."

[Photo] Editorial | What your borg’s name says about you

March 19, 2023
The Bernard B Jacobs Theatre on Broadway; 242 West 45th Street.

[Photo] Editorial | The neo-Nazi protest at ‘Parade’ has far-reaching consequences

February 23, 2023
Pitt students play Monopoly.

[Photo] Pittsburgh gets its own edition of Monopoly

December 5, 2022
Row House Cinema in Lawrenceville.

[Photo] Row House Cinema hosts Polish Film Festival for the first time

November 2, 2022
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[Photo] Editorial | We support the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette strike

October 24, 2022
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[Photo] Six spooky harvest picks for the fall season

October 13, 2022
Verne M. Willaman Gateway to the Sciences on Penn State’s campus.

[Photo] Pennsylvania colleges relax rules, emphasize vaccinations in ‘new phase’ of pandemic

September 26, 2022
A view of Downtown, Pittsburgh.

[Photo] Backyard at 8th & Penn expands art and music events through September with JazzLive

September 15, 2022
A spotted lanternfly.

[Photo] Editorial | Kill them all: Spotted lanternflies are invasive

September 11, 2022
Wax figures of the British Royal Family at Madame Tussauds in London.

[Photo] Editorial | The monarchy should go

September 8, 2022
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[Photo] 5 movies to get you back to school

August 25, 2022
Inside of an operating room during a surgery.

[Photo] Pitt researchers discuss operating room sustainability practices

July 22, 2022
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[Photo] Review | Stranger Things season four struggles to juggle its own universe

June 14, 2022
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[Photo] Editorial | Clemson College Republicans shouldn’t hide behind respectability politics

April 13, 2022
A recently hired therapy critter.

[Photo] April Fools Edition | Oakland Critters replace therapy dogs in mass firing

By Colm Slevin, Senior Staff Writer
April 1, 2022
American track and field olympian Brianna Rollins-McNeal jumps over a hurdle in the 2013 World Championships in Athletics, held in Moscow.

[Photo] Opinion | The Olympics depend on Black women, but don’t support them

By Ebonee Rice-Nguyen, Staff Columnist
February 21, 2022
A courtroom in the U.S. Courthouse and Post Office on Grant Street in Downtown.

[Photo] Trial date set for former Pitt strength coach’s suit over alleged age, race discrimination

February 13, 2022
A player holds an Xbox controller.

[Photo] Experts discuss gender, the body in esports

February 11, 2022
A KN95 mask.

[Photo] Ex-Pitt official admits to to stealing more than 13,000 masks from the University

February 11, 2022
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[Photo] Editorial | You don’t need to understand NFTs to know they’re meaningless

January 24, 2022
The skyline of Charlotte, North Carolina in fall 2007.

[Photo] Traveling to the ACC Championship Game? Visit the Queen city’s cultural gems

December 3, 2021
Giant Eagle in Economy, Pa., on June 26, 2015.

[Photo] Editorial | Store closures on Thanksgiving should be standard

November 5, 2021
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[Photo] Editorial | Better late than never for Pitt’s vaccine mandate

November 3, 2021
The City-County building in Downtown.

[Photo] Incumbents, Democrats win big in general election

November 3, 2021
Butler Street in Upper Lawrenceville on Jan. 13, 2012.

[Photo] Get Out of Oakland | Lawrenceville

October 22, 2021
Three boys reading in a classroom.

[Photo] Editorial | NYC public schools are getting rid of their gifted program — Pittsburgh should be next

October 11, 2021
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[Photo] Editorial | Testing unvaccinated students is a costly, unequal alternative to vaccination

September 14, 2021
Melissa McGivney, the associate dean for community partnerships at the School of Pharmacy, says making vaccines accessible and getting everyone vaccinated is the key to a healthier community.

[Photo] ‘A way to give back to our community’: Pitt vaccine clinics continues to distribute shots

June 2, 2021
After spending almost a decade playing Major League Baseball, Devin Mesoraco has returned to western Pennsylvania as a volunteer assistant coach with the Pitt Panthers baseball team.

[Photo] After an all-star professional career, Mesoraco returns home

April 9, 2021
Dabo Swinney, head coach of the Clemson Tigers.

[Photo] Column | Expanding College Football Playoff exciting idea, but not calculated

February 19, 2021
Allegheny County’s high levels of air pollution may put residents more at risk for contracting COVID-19.

[Photo] Editorial: Link between pollution and COVID-19 mortality rate should have Allegheny County’s attention

April 7, 2020
“After Hours” album cover.

[Photo] Sex, drugs and R&B: The Weeknd recreates earlier sounds with ’80s-inspired ‘After Hours’

March 24, 2020
“Lost Girls” release poster.

[Photo] Review | “Lost Girls” demands to be seen

March 17, 2020
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[Photo] Weekend Watchlist: All the time in the world

By The Pitt News Staff
March 6, 2020
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[Photo] Opinion | More needs to be done for access to menstruation products, period

March 4, 2020
George A. Romero on the set of “Knightriders,” filming near Pittsburgh in 1980.

[Photo] Getting more than spooky with the George A. Romero film class

February 27, 2020
The Allegheny County Democratic Committee endorsed Heather Kass in her campaign for the state House of Representatives.

[Photo] Editorial: Allegheny County endorses Heather Kass, neglects more progressive candidates

February 18, 2020
The Point in Pittsburgh during the 1910s.

[Photo] Opinion | Pitt should prioritize local history

February 18, 2020
“To All The Boys I Loved Before: P.S. I Still Love You” release poster.

[Photo] Review | “P.S I Still Love You” opens its heart to more than romance

February 11, 2020
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver at a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards at Verizon Center on Nov. 21, 2014, in Washington, D.C.

[Photo] Revamping Silver’s season salvaging tournament

February 3, 2020
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[Photo] Opinion | Awards shows are overrated

January 30, 2020
Maury High School in Norfolk, Virginia.

[Photo] Editorial: We support high school journalists

January 29, 2020
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s office dismissed two criminal charges faced by Pitt sophomore Matthew Stefurak.

[Photo] Judge dismisses charges against Pitt sophomore

January 27, 2020
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[Photo] Opinion | I Watched 122 Movies in 2019

January 5, 2020
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has opened an investigation into violations of federal disability laws by Pitt.

[Photo] Federal government probing alleged Pitt disability discrimination

December 17, 2019
Artist and activist Zahra Noorbakhsh will come to Pitt in early February to hold a creative narrative workshop as a part of a grant through the Year of Creativity.

[Photo] Year of creativity brings grant applications to an unprecedented high

January 9, 2020
“Community” title card.

[Photo] Weekend Watchlist: College edition

December 6, 2019
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