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Little Amal walks through the Cultural District in downtown Pittsburgh Wednesday afternoon.

‘Play in peace’: Little Amal evokes empathy for refugees in Pittsburgh

By Gabriella Garvin, Senior Staff Writer September 24, 2023

The 12-foot puppet Little Amal marched through the North Shore Riverfront Park escorted by soaring puppet doves. Amidst these doves were handwritten notes from local children listing the opportunities...

Hessam Babaee, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and materials science, immigrated to the United States from Iran in 2006.

Iranian students, faculty discuss Pitt environment

By Rebecca Johnson, Senior Staff Writer February 2, 2020
Separation from family is not uncommon. Some have seen discrimination rise alongside tensions between the United States and Iran following the death of Iran’s highest level military commander, Gen. Qasem Soleimani. According to BBC News, Soleimani was killed by an airstrike launched on Jan. 3 under orders from President Donald Trump. Iran fired missiles on two U.S. bases in Iraq in response. 
Migrants line up for processing at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in McAllen, Texas, in June 2018.

Editorial | This is the real border crisis

By The Pitt News Editorial Board June 26, 2019
Democrats and Republicans need to throw their ideological differences away in order to ensure that people arriving at the border are, at the very least, being treated humanely.
Ashok Gurung, co-founder of the Bhutanese Community Association of Pittsburgh, was one of three panelists in an event Pitt FORGE hosted about refugee mental health. (Photo by Issi Glatts | Staff Photographer)

Panel sheds light on refugee mental health

By Amanda Finney | Staff Writer November 13, 2017

If you had to make a list of your four most important things, tangible or intangible, what would they be? This is the question panelist Sarah Faulx posed to 40 audience members Friday night in William...

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