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The nonprofit's executive director, a community partner and an economist attribute the closure to local employers' unwillingness to hire cohort grads.

The $50 million in funding for county and neighborhood anti-violence efforts will be spread over five years, officials said.

Max Dennison felt his education background could translate well into teaching tech, while Molly Urbina wanted to combine her love of robotics and art. Read about why some of our RealLIST Engineers choose their respective fields.

If you ask Amil Cook, the point of learning tech skills isn't for students to up in Forbes magazine years later. It's about improving their lives and helping them make connections now.

These influential technologists are rising to meet today's challenges through building, shipping, mentoring and community organizing.

After five years as the executive director of the Thomas Merton Center and eight years of total employment, Gabriel McMorland has announced his plans to leave the post this fall. He talks to Pittsburgh City Paper about his tenure, and the organization's plans for the future.

They say it’s like flying. “They” are athletes who jump on a pogo stick and spring into the air — reaching heights of eight to 10 feet and sometimes higher. There was some flying happening Friday night at the 21st annual Pogopalooza — the world championships of pogo stick jumping

The weekend has arrived. Here are five ways to spend it in Pittsburgh. All things pickle Picklesburgh is back after being canceled last year because of the pandemic. The three-day outdoor event will be Downtown Friday through Sunday on the Andy Warhol Bridge and Allegheny Overlook along Fort Duquesne Boulevard.

When Dalton Smith was 13, he broke both kneecaps. “I was attempting a double back flip on a pogo stick,” said Smith, now 21, of Franklin, Tenn., outside Nashville. “I basically did a belly-flop knees-first on the concrete. I got up and walked, but the next day I was in