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Man robs fast-food restaurant near Pitt’s campus overnight, police say

An investigation is underway after police say a business near Pitt’s campus was robbed at gunpoint overnight. University of Pittsburgh Police and Pittsburgh Police are investigating a robbery just after 12:45 a.m. Sunday at Layne’s Chicken Fingers on Forbes Avenue. Police say a man entered the restaurant with a gun, demanded cash from a manager, […]

6 students graduate from Pitt’s dentistry apprenticeship program

WPXI Gets Real about a program focused on removing barriers for underrepresented minorities. We first told you last summer about a dentistry apprenticeship program at the University of Pittsburgh. Now, the program’s first six graduates are going out into the world. “I feel like I’ve grown so much in my profession and as a person […]

Pitt’s Ishmael Leggett returning for senior season with Panthers

This article originally appeared on pittsburghsportsnow.com. Pitt has officially locked in two key pieces to next year’s backcourt. After Jaland Lowe recently announced that he would be returning to Pitt for his sophomore season, on Wednesday, Ishmael Leggett did the same. Leggett, the Prince George County, Maryland native, will be back in Oakland for his […]