There is absolutely no place for violence in college pledging and the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) chapter at the University of Pittsburgh learned this lesson the hard way. The AKA sorority at the University of Pittsburgh has been suspended after a dozen female pledges told police that a hazing incident spiraled out of control.   […]

  Dr. Adrienne Washington recently became the first Black woman at the University of Pittsburgh to earn a Ph.D. in linguistics. When Dr. Washington read that the University offered studies in the Gullah language, she decided to study it and determine how language is used among Black people all around the world. Washington has had […]

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PITTSBURGH — Dozens of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh, including at least four on Monday, have prompted professors to start holding classes outside and forced security officials to implement new building access measures and offer a $50,000 reward The threats began in mid-February, at first targeting a landmark building at the center of […]