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Recording captures CMU president's dilemma, thinking on controversial Trump visit
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (1290+ words) Know more about the place you call home. Get our email newsletter. Audio of a Carnegie Mellon University staff council meeting two days after the school hosted last year's controversial Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit " attended by President Donald Trump…...
Pittsburgh's AI future depends on who controls the changing nature of work
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1706+ words) Know more about the place you call home. Get our email newsletter. Pittsburgh250 " This story is part of a Pittsburgh Media Partnership collaborative reporting project exploring how Southwestern Pennsylvania communities are marking America's 250th anniversary " and how local history continues to shape…...
Duquesne City School District prepares to merge with a neighbor
1+ week, 4+ day ago (1448+ words) Know more about the place you call home. Get our email newsletter. Two decades after shuttering its high school, the Duquesne City School District faces persistent headwinds and will now merge with a nearby school system. Whether the merger will…...
CMU to give Pittsburgh $3 million over five years
3+ week, 3+ day ago (535+ words) Know more about the place you call home. Get our email newsletter. Carnegie Mellon University announced it will give the City of Pittsburgh $3 million over the next five years, becoming the latest major nonprofit to pledge multimillion dollar commitments during…...
Meet five new members of the Pittsburgh's Public Source team
4+ week, 6+ hour ago (386+ words) Know more about the place you call home. Get our email newsletter. Pittsburgh's Public Source has added five new members to its news, audience and business teams this year, drawing a range of talented and experienced professionals from nearby neighborhoods…...
Small colleges will close. With courage, we can turn them into workforce dynamos.
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (463+ words) ALL GIFTS MATCHED for a limited time. Support our nonprofit newsroom with a donation. Many small colleges in the United States are in trouble. Low endowments, high debt, weak retention and dwindling enrollment have collided with the demographic cliff, the…...
Allegheny County school tax rates could rise again
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1231+ words) Get Public Source's newsletter today: ALL GIFTS MATCHED for a limited time. Support our nonprofit newsroom with a donation. A lack of property tax reassessments, rising healthcare costs and a shrinking tax base have led several school districts in Allegheny…...
Pittsburgh school takes last year's 100+ fights down to single digits
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1463+ words) ALL GIFTS MATCHED for a limited time. Support our nonprofit newsroom with a donation. Every morning at 9 a. m. sharp, Pittsburgh Arlington Pre K-8 Principal Crystal Caldwell meets her five-member staff group outside her office for the morning huddle. On a rainy Wednesday…...
Pittsburgh cosmetology school teaches on despite state probes, complaints
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1699+ words) For Pittsburghers who care about what happens next. Get our newsletter. An affordable, flexible, high-quality education. This is what prospective students of Fountain of Youth Academy of Cosmetology are promised." Digging deeper for Pittsburgh The school, with locations in Squirrel…...
CCAC's push to sell off library books leaves empty shelves
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (943+ words) For Pittsburghers who care about what happens next. Get our newsletter. The Community College of Allegheny County has culled 35, 000 books from its'library collection. Some library staff members said they never received a clear explanation for the large and fast-paced "book…...