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Liann Tsoukas: The ‘most hugged professor’ of Pitt History
In the minds of her students and colleagues, Liann Tsoukas’ kindness is what sets her apart. Marcus Rediker, a distinguished professor of Atlantic History and Tsoukas’ colleague, even called her the...
View ArticleOpinion | Pittsburgh is not Pitt’s playground — it’s our community
New chapter, new neighbors, new city. Settling into a new community doesn’t happen overnight. I’m entering my third year at Pitt, living off campus, have best friends and my partner in the city — yet...
View ArticleMeet the Editors : Copy
Greetings from the copy desk! You won’t see our names on many stories this year, but behind the scenes, we’re reading each one before it goes to print, checking for AP style, ensuring accuracy of our...
View ArticleOpinion |‘Girl dinner’ is starving us of critical thinking about gender
With the sheer number of minds pulsing through the TikTok algorithm at any given moment, you could spend your whole life trying to deconstruct “delulu girls” and “tomato girls” and “coastal grandmother...
View ArticleOpinion | Making art when you’re depressed feels impossible — do it anyway
It was like jumping feet-first into cold, clear water on an August afternoon when it happened — when the stars aligned and the Wellbutrin sloshed around in my stomach just right with some breakfast and...
View ArticleOpinion | Your guilt at buying from Shein is your moral compass desperately...
When you sheepishly respond to some kind classmate’s excited “OMG! Where’d you get that?” with “Shein…”, you’re saying you know fully well that you shouldn’t have bought it. What you’re saying is that...
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‘Choo choo!’ Garden railroad display delights visitors young and old at Phipps
Most visitors come to Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens for its collection of exotic plants and seasonal outdoor botanical garden. But when they round the corner of the gallery room from...
View ArticleOpinion | Sabbath traditions can remind us all that rest is sacred
In “Little House in the Big Woods,” Laura Ingalls Wilder recalls despising Sundays as a young girl. In their 1880s homestead, the Wilders marked the seventh day of the week with pious reflection and...
View Article‘Love in Letters’ participants print labors of love on Hillman’s 19th-century...
Red is the quintessential color of love, festooning the first half of February each year. But according to Megan Massanelli, archives and special collections engagement and outreach librarian for the...
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Islamic Center of Pittsburgh Food Pantry Volunteers : Fighting food...
The morning of Feb. 16 was the kind of frigid cold that makes most people stay curled up and cozy in bed. Despite the chill, a merry frenzy of volunteers was busy packing, carrying and delivering boxes...
View ArticleOpinion | Pitt taught me to stand up against injustice, then sent police to...
Here is a list of things I’ve learned in my three years at Pitt. 1. During my first-year orientation, I was told the Pitt Police and University officials are here to protect and support me. I was told...
View ArticleReview | Clairo’s third album is sweet ‘like the sap from a cedar’
You might remember Clairo from a song that went viral in 2017, quintessential keyboard bedroom pop hit “Pretty Girl.” These days, she’s bringing a Wurlitzer and a mellotron to the studio. “Charm,”...
View ArticleMeet the Editors: Copy
Greetings from the copy desk! You won’t see our names on many stories this year, but behind the scenes, we’re reading each one before it goes to print to check for consistency with AP style, ensure...
View ArticleSabrina Carpenter cements her pop queen status with ‘Short n’ Sweet’
Sabrina Carpenter knows how to write a pop hit. She’s proven it this summer — twice, in fact — with the chart-shattering singles “Espresso” and “Please Please Please,” which were so successful around...
View ArticlePittsburgh County Fair brings pawpaws, fermented beets and ’emotional...
Where can you pet a baby goat, enter a “best tomato” contest, stomp grapes into juice and sample fermented vegetables you didn’t know were possible to ferment all in one place? It’s not in Gilmore...
View ArticleReview | Remi Wolf and Lava La Rue bring big energy to Pittsburgh on the ‘Big...
Remi Wolf kicked off her Pittsburgh show with a tribute to her name — by getting the whole crowd to howl to the sky. Wolf had a packed summer opening for Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts tour in Europe. Now...
View ArticleOpinion | Why Pittsburgh needs a rental registry — and why we’re still...
Have you ever tried to rent out an apartment to someone? Considering TPN’s mostly student audience, I’ll guess probably not. But if you suddenly found yourself the owner of a handsome multi-unit...
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