The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News
Students walk by the Hillman Library.

Pitt Archives document many areas of western Pennsylvania history

By Donata Massimiani, Staff Writer • November 17, 2021
From 18th-century handwritten documents by George Washington to a complete set of John James Audubon’s “Birds of America,” Pitt’s Archives and Special Collections has thousands of valuable items documenting western Pennsylvania history.
Ron Donoughe’s new book, “Brownsville to Braddock,” is a collection of landscape paintings of the Monongahela Valley.

Ron Donoughe paints landscapes from ‘Brownsville to Braddock’

By Sona Sharma, Staff Writer • March 17, 2021
Donoughe painted different landscapes across the Monongahela Valley for more than a year, from industrial plants to wide hills and landscapes.
Former congressman Jason Altmire represented Pennsylvania's fourth district from 2007 to 2013. (Photo via Wikimedia commons)

Don’t count out conservative Democrats

By Henry Glitz | Opinions Editor • September 17, 2017

With a mix of fear, anger and sheer disbelief, I watched the television screen in my friends’ apartment as CNN’s correspondent tapped an interactive map, coloring Pennsylvania red. Last fall’s...

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