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🎓 Pitt pauses PhD admissions
February 24, 2025 · — Francesca Dabecco
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What's CITY Talking About?
🚨 Got Questions for Pgh’s Police Chief?
Residents across the city may get a chance to meet Mayor Ed Gainey's pick for police chief before City Council takes a vote. Several groups, including local lawmakers and the NAACP, say the process has moved too fast. [TribLive]
- 🚔 Acting Chief Christopher Ragland took over last fall when former chief Larry Scirotto abruptly retired. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
🎓 Pitt Pauses PhD Admissions
The University of Pittsburgh has stopped admitting new PhD students while it tries to figure out how cuts to federal research funding could affect the school. The Trump administration wants to dramatically slash funding from the National Institutes of Health, but a judge temporarily blocked the policy. [WESA]
🏠 Allegheny County To Help Resettle Refugees
The Trump administration froze federal funding for refugee aid in January, and last week, County Executive Sara Innamorato announced that the county will help fill in the gaps by covering about a third of the nearly $672,000 needed by local organizations. Innamorato also said she’ll work with local philanthropic groups to cover the rest. [Allegheny County]
- ❤️🩹 Looking for ways to help your neighbors? We have a growing list of orgs that could use your support. [🎧 City Cast Pittsburgh]
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What To Do
Monday, Feb. 24
- ✨Yoga + Improv at Open Up (Lawrenceville)
- ✍️ Q Writers Roundtable with Write Pittsburgh (Edgewood)
- 👗 Pgh Opera's 2025 Fashion Show at Bitz Opera Factory (Strip District)
- 🌳 Multi Faith Forestry Summit with Tree Pittsburgh (East Liberty)
- 📖 Poetic Ways of Seeing at City of Asylum (North Side)
- 👟 Waterfall Hike with City Girls Who Walk (Carnegie)
Tuesday, Feb. 25
- 🍺 Beer and Yoga at Helltown Brewing (Strip District)
- ✏️ Drawing Club with War Streets Art Salon (North Side)
- 🎨 The Creative Hive at Art & Soul Cafe (Downtown)
- 🩰 Inclusive Ballet at Open Up (Lawrenceville)
- ⛑️ CPR, AED & First Aid Certification (Shadyside)
- 🎨 Community Craft Night at WorkshopPGH (Wilkinsburg)
- 📼 VHSurprise 80's Sci-Fi Edition at Bottlerocket (Allentown)
Wednesday, Feb. 26
- 🧘 Wellness Evening Asana Yoga at the Roundhouse (Hazelwood)
- 👟 Yinz Run Club at Velum Fermentation (South Side)
- 🎤 Stand-Up Comedy at Happenstance Cafe (Bloomfield)
- 🌳 Volunteer Meetup with Allegheny Land Trust (virtual)
- 🪣 Pour Your Own Epoxy at Southern Tier Brewery (North Shore)
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Some sad news. Longtime KDKA host Jon Burnett died at 71 after “complications from suspected CTE,” stemming from repeated head trauma while playing football in his youth. Burnett was a fixture in Pittsburgh living rooms for nearly four decades 🎥
Until tomorrow,
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