June 1, 2016
Sophie Masloff was a woman without a college education, Jewish, and over 70 years old. She was a mayor unlike any other Pittsburgh had seen before. […]
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May 16, 2016
When Susan Gregg Koger was in high school, she had no clue that her penchant for vintage clothing would lead to founding one of the nation’s […]
May 16, 2016
In 1994, Diana Napper founded The Glimmer of Hope, a nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for breast cancer. She began this foundation to honor a […]
May 2, 2016
Elsie Hilliard Hillman spent decades getting her hands dirty to help make life better in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the United States, especially for those who have […]
February 26, 2016
Dr. Patricia George, a pulmonary hypertension specialist at UPMC, knows how little people know about this devastating illness. To raise awareness this year, Dr. George and […]
February 8, 2016
Playwright August Wilson was greatly influenced by his life in Pittsburgh. His “Pittsburgh Cycle” of 10 plays explores the Black experience in America in each decade […]
November 24, 2015
“You’ve got to look like the solution, not the problem,” said Bill Strickland at a 2002 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference in Monterey, California. For nearly […]
November 6, 2015
Watching a Rick Sebak show is like visiting your grandparents’ attic with your kindly, cool uncle. As he dusts off and opens the boxes and trunks, […]
September 29, 2015
Christopher Whitlach is most well known for his work at the Pittsburgh Foundation, where he serves as the nonprofit’s manager of Marketing and Communications. Recently, he […]