1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (525+ words) A Carnegie Mellon University professor is on a voluntary sabbatical while school officials review what they called “hostile and threatening social media posts.” Uju Anya, an associate professor of second language acquisition, is under scrutiny following a 2021 exchange on X…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (552+ words) Fourteen-year-old Andrew Doran watched for 20 minutes as a blacksmith at the Fort Allen Antique Farm Equipment Association heated a metal rod over coals and pounded it into the shape of an “S” hook. “Nowadays, a machine could spit that out…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (664+ words) An interim policy for Carnegie Mellon University’s Fence — a student-painted, billboard-style forum for free speech and expression — still leaves some gray areas, particularly on controversial issues, some members of the campus community say. In a message Thursday, Carnegie Mellon President…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (430+ words) The Trump administration on Wednesday accused UC Berkeley Law School of illegally discriminating against white and Asian applicants, the latest in a wave of such allegations it has leveled against graduate programs in California following a 2023 Supreme Court decision barring…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (713+ words) Point Park University officials believe their acquisition of the former CVS building on Forbes Avenue and Smithfield Street in Downtown Pittsburgh can set off a chain reaction of growth and activity along that corridor. The Downtown school announced the $1.7 million…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (860+ words) Sewickley Academy students made their way to the private educational institution in Edgeworth for the first day of classes on Sept. 3. Administrators and teachers were outside their respective Lower, Middle and Senior schools to greet the more than 600 students, including…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (843+ words) Franklin Regional School District’s annual homecoming activities are open to the public, featuring a bonfire and a football game. An Oct. 1 bonfire is scheduled from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. outside Franklin Regional Senior High School, 3200 School Road in Murrysville. The event will…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (502+ words) Pittsburgh Greenfield eighth-grade students Finn Holohan and Julia Russell won’t get to enjoy the full makeover of their school’s play area. But the teens, who will be in high school in a different building by the time the renovations are…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (512+ words) Ligonier Valley School District will not have class Sept. 8, virtually or in person, amid ongoing mold remediation efforts, Superintendent Matthew Mols said in a statement released this week. Three classrooms at the districts RK Mellon Elementary were closed in late…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (853+ words) Laura Chu-Wiens, a parent of two children attending Linden PreK-5, should have had every reason to feel confident in her children’s education when Pittsburgh Public Schools shifted many of its buildings to online learning for three days this week due…...