When Geovette Washington arrived in Pittsburgh a decade ago for her new gig at Pitt, she was quickly contacted by Nancy Washington, a Pitt retiree-turned-community...
Looking out at the green Tepper Quad on Carnegie Mellon University’s Squirrel Hill campus, Benjamin McHale pondered what might be next for the elite...
The Cathedral of Learning is a two-fold symbol of family and providence for Anita Kapp Herman.
Her beloved father, carpenter Harry Kapp, was one of the...
One fall day 10 years ago, a high school friend called me over to her desk before class began.
She had applied to the University of Pittsburgh several...
When Dennis Wilke took the helm of Rosedale Technical College 21 years ago, the Kennedy Township school offered three programs and enrolled primarily lower-income...
Francis Maxin keeps a paper record of every student he’s ever taught in a gray filing cabinet in his office.
Maxin has taught at the Community College...
Year after year since the coronavirus pandemic, the flow of applications filled out by students interested in attending the University of Pittsburgh has...
At the turn of the 21st century, the space adjacent to the Carnegie Museums and opposite the Cathedral of Learning was just a parking lot.
In the mid-2000s,...
Pennsylvania Western University President Jon Anderson will conclude a two-year stint at the fledgling, state-owned university and head to a new post at...