"It was instant, overnight. We got thousands of applications," Maya Johnson, general manager of Klavon's Ice Cream Parlor in the Strip District, said. Here's how she and other Pittsburgh-area companies are getting workers in the door and onto payrolls.
University expects to start construction excavation by the end of the year on new 2,500-seat arena projected to cost "north of $200 million" and open in 2025.
Acrisure, the Michigan-based insurance company that acquired the rights to Pittsburgh's NFL stadium last year, is donating $7.5 million to UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Mayor William Peduto has signed on to a letter with more than 280 of his fellow mayoral counterparts across the nation to urge the federal government to pass comprehensive coronavirus and local government relief legislation.
The biological molecule, 10 times smaller than a full-sized antibody has been used to create a drug called Ab8 that studies have shown neutralizes the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Telecommunications conglomerate Comcast Corp. announced the recipients of its Comcast RISE awards, which included $10,000 grants each for 100 Allegheny County businesses as part of a $1 million sum for local small business owners.
Mobile parking and ticket paying platform Meter Feeder Inc. announced it raised a $2.6 million seed extension round that will help scale the Braddock-based startup's employee count and future geographic footprint.
Duolingo wants to make its good neighborly efforts more deliberate throughout East Liberty, where it's headquartered, and it's created a new Head of Social Impact role led by Pittsburgh native Kendra Ross to do exactly that.
The lawsuit alleges the Post-Gazette racially retaliated and discriminated against Johnson, who is black, by reportedly barring her from protest coverage in the city following a tweet she posted on her Twitter account.
Pittsburgh native
@wizkhalifa
is launching a chain of delivery-only restaurants nationwide on Oct. 1 called Hotbox by Wiz, with one slated to open, albeit virtually, right here in Pittsburgh.
A piece by Pittsburgh-born Andy Warhol fetched over $195 million at an auction on Monday — a record amount. The piece, according to a curator at
@TheWarholMuseum
on the North Shore, is "exceptional and rare."
Allegheny County reported Wednesday no new daily cases of Covid-19 for the first time since the pandemic began, but officials said it's no time to be complacent about the virus.
Bill Demchak of PNC said, “If everybody isn’t intentionally included (in Pittsburgh’s renaissance)... then we’re failing as regional leaders.”
#ACCD2017
.
@PGHtransit
CEO
@ms_eagan
, who rides the T from her home in the South Hills every day: "Broadly, my goal is a top-tier transit for a top-tier city with a top-tier team."
Almost one in five jobs in Pittsburgh is in late shift employment, but these workers only have limited means of reaching their workplaces. The Port Authority is looking to boost service to 24 hours to reach these workers.
Pete Buttigieg, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, attended an event at Carnegie Mellon University on Friday to learn about the accomplishments of Safety21 and to answer questions from students about the future of transportation in America.
Astrobotic Technology Inc. has a plan to power the Moon with permanent electricity and it could do so by 2028 at the earliest if all goes according to plan.
"Forcing any international student who is in the United States legally to transfer or leave the country at this unprecedented time is profoundly misguided and painfully cruel."
Carnegie Mellon University announced it plans to build the world's first cloud lab in an academic setting with the goal of allowing for remote-controlled, artificial intelligence-driven experimentation to commence 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have developed a potential vaccine administered by a fingertip-sized patch to neutralize the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19.
Pittsburgh is blessed to have four level-I trauma centers along with a highly developed EMS system. It went into action immediately after Saturday's shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue. Three UPMC doctors were among the first responders on the scene.
Pittsburgh has plenty of neighborhoods that rank well for young professionals, and a new study has further confirmed this by ranking the city overall as the best place to move to after college compared to all other large metros throughout the country.
The passenger rail service from Amtrak connecting Pittsburgh and New York is among a select few routes nationally that will see its trains receive a major upgrade in the coming years that "will transform the travel experience."
Rye Development, which owns the rights to build hydroelectric power stations at sites all over the Pittsburgh region, on Tuesday announced an agreement with Iron Mountain that will lead to the construction of $1 billion in hydropower projects.
Robert Morris University announced that Reed Hastings, founder and co-CEO of Netflix Inc., has donated $3 million to fund full-ride RMU Next Century Scholarships for select students who will begin classes in the fall of 2021.
Work by Pittsburgh artists will be displayed in London's Southbank neighborhood to raise awareness for British Airway's new route between the two cities.
The Wolf administration is providing $4.8 million — including $2 million in and around Pittsburgh and Philadelphia — to train certified nursing assistants, home health aides, personal care assistants and other direct care workers.
Those visiting Pittsburgh could soon have the option to experience a vertigo-inducing thrill atop the U.S. Steel Tower, akin to Chicago’s famous tilting ledge on the Hancock building or New York City’s Empire State Building observatories.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced on Monday that the Port Authority of Allegheny County will receive $216.9 million in funds for Covid-19 recovery efforts.
Pittsburgh has plenty of neighborhoods that rank well for young professionals, and a new study has further confirmed this by ranking the city overall as the best place to move to after college compared to all other large metros throughout the country.