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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

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National Society of Black Engineers fosters growth among Black engineering students

By Andrew McLaughlin, Staff Writer February 24, 2025
The Pitt chapter of NSBE plans weekly events throughout the year and will attend a national convention in early March.
Hailing from a family of fixers, Ruthann Omer followed in her father's footsteps and later became Allegheny County's first female municipal engineer.

Ruthann Omer: Fixing with family

By Sid Lingala March 27, 2018

When Ruthann Omer installed a door backward in a handicap restroom project she was working on as a civil engineer, she felt like it was the end of the world. But her father, Frederick, an engineer himself,...

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