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Penn State to buy former fraternity house where Timothy Piazza suffered fatal injuries

WESA 7/20 11:30P Anne Danahy

Penn State plans to buy the former fraternity house where hazing led to the death of Timothy Piazza in 2017, after reaching a $7.3 million agreement with the property owner.

Most Pa. cyber charters back mandatory weekly wellness checks as Senate moves to tighten law

WESA 7/19 1:00A Marley Parish | Spotlight PA Sta

The schools issued a statement as a bipartisan group of state senators prepared to vote on the measure. Not among them was Commonwealth Charter Academy, the state’s biggest.

Pa. universities to increase tuition if state doesn’t follow through with $40M funding increase

WESA 7/17 11:30P Ashley Stalnecker | LNP / Lancas

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education plans to raise tuition for its 10 state universities for the first time in eight years.

Pittsburgh high schoolers are using STEM to help people with disabilities

WESA 7/14 11:30P Eliyahu Gasson

Public and private schools are teaming up with local nonprofits to cultivate human-centered STEM innovations driven by a social justice mission.

CMU community pushes back on AI summit with paint, petitions, and protests

WESA 7/13 11:32P Riona Duncan

Students and community members at Carnegie Mellon University are pushing back against the National AI and Energy Summit planned at CMU on July 15.

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Collier’s Weekly: Considering Public Enlightenment from Inside an Igloo

Pittsburgh Magazine 7/22 5:19A Sean Collier

PHOTO BY SEAN COLLIER I started writing this column while standing in an igloo. Or, rather, a snowhouse; as I learned, the word igloo simply means house, while the structure we think of when we...

Who Should Be Pittsburgher of the Year?

Pittsburgh Magazine 7/22 3:38A PM Staff

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The Best Cream Jeans

Summer Wind : Pittsburgh Blogger 7/22 12:00A noreply@blogger.com (Sydney Carv

Jeans My sweater tee is several years old, but this tee is beautiful and similar ! Well-fitting jeans can be a needle in a haystack, especially these days, when we are blessed (or cursed, depending...

See inside the Carrie Furnace, where the iron that changed the world was made

NEXTpittsburgh 7/21 5:33A Boaz Frankel

Location : Carrie Blast Furnaces National Historic Landmark along the Monongahela River Featured guests: Ron Baraff, director of historic resources and facilities at Rivers of Steel 3 things that...

How August Wilson’s advice shaped two award-winning Pittsburgh playwrights

NEXTpittsburgh 7/21 5:20A NEXT guest writer

By Tafarah Cherilus Pittsburgh actors and playwrights Wali Jamal Abdullah and Kim El both approached the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson at different times seeking an answer to the...

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Former Penguins forward Matt Cooke named BCHL head coach

PensBurgh 7/22 1:00A Julia Stumbaugh

Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Cooke previously coached the ECHL’s Newfoundland Growlers before the club dissolved in 2024. Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke has been named head coach and...

Penguins’ 2025-26 Schedule by Month: November

PensBurgh 7/21 4:21A Hooks Orpik

Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images Checking out what the Pens will see this season in the month of November We found in our analysis of the Penguins’ schedule in the month of October that the...

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Examining the Penguins goaltender logjam

PensBurgh 7/21 12:00A rjnaugle2

Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images With Arturs Silovs now in the mix, the Penguins will need to find a solution to the logjam in net. Last week, the Pittsburgh Penguins boosted...

Who could the potential surprise players for the Penguins be in 2025-26?

PensBurgh 7/19 12:00A Hooks Orpik

Photo by Jeanine Leech/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Looking for some happy thoughts on a summer weekend Taking an optimistic spin on a summer weekend, who are some players that could step up next...

Related: Friday Poll: Which young player will take the next step? PensBurgh, The Penguins have to keep (or pay) somebody PensBurgh

Trade ask “remains high” for Rust, Rakell, Karlsson

PensBurgh 7/17 1:00A Hooks Orpik

Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images If a team wants to add a Penguin player, it’s going to cost them It’s now deep into July and the Penguins are still sitting on all their veterans. They...

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