Five young Burghers will fly to Zurich as top leaders for One Young World
Budding leaders in Pittsburgh’s nonprofit community are invited to apply to become a delegate to the One Young World Summit in Zurich, Switzerland, Sept. 1-4 as a guest of the […]
Bayer Science Stage is new stage in Science Center’s stage capabilities
The stage is set for more years of science education on the Carnegie Science Center’s stage, thanks to Bayer‘s sponsorship of the newly dubbed Bayer Science Stage. The Center will […]
Carl Kurlander produces a new documentary on the avant-garde movement, “Kidsburgh”
What began as a seed planted by Fred Rogers and a breakfast brainstorming meeting of several colleagues has grown into an avant-garde group of nearly 300 education and tech people […]
What is Kidsburgh? All you need to know here
“Kidsburgh” is becoming a new buzzword to describe Pittsburgh. But what does it really mean? City Councilman Bill Peduto’s blog gives us the answer: “Pittsburgh is Kidsburgh because a group […]
Watch the winning student videos in the “Take a Shot at Changing the World” contest
View the winning videos, created by students from Mt. Lebanon High School, Hampton High School and Peters Township Middle School, who participated in the “Take a Shot at Changing the […]
Louise’s kayak adventure is the latest animated Riverlife video by Scott Benson
10-year-old Louise shares the story of how she paddled her kayak on the river to help break the World Record on World Environment Day 2010 in Pittsburgh in this latest […]
Girls of Steel: taking over the robots to compete nationally at FIRST contest
Patti Rote’s dream of creating an all-girl robotics design team has finally been realized — and they’re headed for the national championship competition April 27-30 in St. Louis after winning […]
Phipps is on the forefront of a new White House initiative for kids
Let’s Move! Museums and Gardens is a new White House initiative that heralds the work done by museums across the country–like Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens–to stretch the imaginations of […]
Who won the France trips with one photo? A Pop City exclusive from the Children’s Museum
Nineteen-year-old Alexandra Valliant of Hampton Township is one of two local young people winning trips to Paris for their photos, and she says “I’m still in shock. I’ve never been […]
Kids + Creativity + the Master Scaffolder
It started simply enough, over a cup of coffee between two people at the William Penn Starbucks and an observation: There sure are a lot of bright people in Pittsburgh […]