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‘Big 4’ sports leagues focus on social justice issues in a year like no other

By Tyler Mathes, Staff Writer • October 28, 2020

Society’s problems have never blended into the sports world the way they have in 2020

‘Embracing joy’: Poetry workshop encourages positive thoughts, pursuing passions

By Elise Roessner, Staff Writer • October 2, 2020

Pitt students, faculty and staff worked to bridge the distance between passion and everyday life at a poetry workshop Thursday afternoon. Jasmine Green guided the workshop and described her experiences with finding passion.

Some classics translations skirt conversations about race, Yale professor says

By Martha Layne, Assistant News Editor • September 30, 2020

Greenwood’s Monday afternoon talk, “Overthrowing Deadly Metaphors,” kicked off the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics’ week of Black Study Intensive sessions. The event featured Greenwood presenting her unpublished paper on the language of Aristotle, as well as discussion with Greenwood moderated by Dan Kubis, senior English literature lecturer.

Researcher, advocate: Sossena Wood promotes diversity in engineering

By Maggie Young, Staff Writer • March 6, 2019

Sossena Wood entered the Swanson School of Engineering in 2007 as an electrical engineering major, a major where only 0.9 percent of degree-earners nationwide are black women.

Black student organizations celebrate 50 years of pride, progress

By Neena Hagen, Staff Writer • January 16, 2019

During the height of the Civil Rights movement, in 1969, 40 members from Pitt’s newly minted Black Action Society shut themselves inside a Cathedral of Learning computer lab for seven hours to protest racial injustices on campus.

Pittsburgh Marathon draws runners from around the world

By Hannah Schneider, Sports Editor • May 16, 2018

Despite overcast skies, cool temperatures and the threat of rain, more than 37,000 people showed up at the starting line for the 10th annual Pittsburgh Marathon early Sunday morning. The weekend of...

Editorial: “Black Panther” sets standard for Hollywood inclusion

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • February 20, 2018

If pop culture in the 2010s is remembered for anything, it’ll have to be superhero movies. Marvel, DC and smaller franchises have populated the silver screen with countless heroes over the past several...

ASA, BAS explore racial identities, histories

By Anandhini Narayanan | Staff Writer • November 30, 2017

When Olivia Carter asked the 20-something students gathered in a single-file line in the William Pitt Union to step back if they’d ever “endured physical or verbal abuse due to [their] race,” the...

GOP’s Roy Moore pushed to quit Senate race after accusation he molested 14-year-old girl

By Michael Finnegan | Los Angeles Times (TNS) • November 10, 2017

Republicans' lock on an Alabama seat in the U.S. Senate was thrown into doubt Thursday when the party's religious-right candidate was accused of initiating a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl when...

Art Commission recommends relocating Foster statue

By Caroline Bourque and Rachel Glasser | News Editors • October 27, 2017

Dippy the Dinosaur might be losing a pal in the near future. The Pittsburgh Art Commission reached a unanimous decision Wednesday to recommend the removal of the Stephen Foster statue — located on...

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