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As PPS works to expand its gifted programs, students say encouragement and preparation are key

WESA 7/27 11:33P Jillian Forstadt

Between 2021 and 2024, only about 12% of Black high schoolers at PPS completed at least one AP course. That’s compared to more than 40% of white students in the district.

PPS says it wants to move gifted programs into all schools. How one teacher’s paving the way.

WESA 7/26 11:33P Jillian Forstadt

PPS leaders say expanding gifted offerings will require them to close the beloved Gifted Center, located in the West End, and move these enrichment opportunities into...

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A Favorite Skincare Product: Peel Pads

Summer Wind : Pittsburgh Blogger 8/3 12:00A noreply@blogger.com (Sydney Carv

If you, like me, were a young teenager in the early 2000s, there's a good chance your first 'skincare routine' involved a tub of Stridex pads sitting under the bathroom sink. I can still remember the...

Weekend Wish List

Summer Wind : Pittsburgh Blogger 7/31 5:13A noreply@blogger.com (Sydney Carv

Green Ring // Vegetable Shift Dress // Etched Glassware // Printed Pants Striped Wrap Skirt // Mini Olive Earrings // Printed Quilted Pouch // Silver Shell Clutch Fleece...

CMU leads $40M effort to reinvent fetal monitoring during childbirth

WESA 7/30 11:33P Kiley Koscinski

Carnegie Mellon University is leading a team of institutions to improve how clinicians monitor fetal health during labor. Researchers were awarded $39.3 million from the...

Coalition calling for a ‘healthcare cost freeze’ in Pa. as insurers request rate increases

WESA 7/30 11:30P Whitney Downard | Pennsylvania C

Advocates want the state agency reviewing applications for rate changes to reject proposed increases for 2027 for plans purchased by individuals and small businesses.

Dig in With Graver: Spend the Dog Days of Summer at Winston’s

Pittsburgh Magazine 7/30 10:38A Kristy Graver

PHOTO COURTESY OF WINSTON S GRILLED EATS & FROZEN TREATS I t s hard to stay chill when you re a 47-year-old woman hot-flashing through a heat wave during a nationwide estrogen shortage . Thankfully, a...

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Penguins extend Tommy Novak for three years

PensBurgh 7/31 4:39A Jim Rixner

ELMONT, NY - MARCH 30: Pittsburgh Penguins Center Tommy Novak (18) controls the puck during the first period of the National Hockey League game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the New York...

On Evgeni Malkin’s birthday, looking at the 40+ year olds to play for the Penguins

PensBurgh 7/31 2:26A Jim Rixner

PITTSBURGH, PA - APRIL 27: Evgeni Malkin #71 of the Pittsburgh Penguins arrives prior to the game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Game Five of the First Round of the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs at...

PensBurgh Top 25 Under 25: No. 22 Peyton Kettles

PensBurgh 7/30 2:06A Jim Rixner

KELOWNA, CANADA - MAY 24: Peyton Kettles #7 of the Kelowna Rockets skates during the second period of their 2026 Memorial Cup game against the Chicoutimi Saguenéens at Prospera Place on May 24, 2026...

Over/unders for Nicholas Robertson and the Penguins’ newest players in 2026-27

PensBurgh 7/29 9:10P Adam Gretz

TORONTO, ON - APRIL 08: Toronto Maple Leafs left wing Nicholas Robertson (89) carries the puck during the third period of an NHL game between the Washington Capitals and the Toronto Maple Leafs on...

Could the Penguins score 300 goals next season?

PensBurgh 7/29 1:58A Jim Rixner

PHILADELPHIA , PA - APRIL 22: Pittsburgh Penguins teammates celebrate a goal during game three of the Stanley Cup Playoffs First Round between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburg Penguins on...