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Cooking Up Some Joy

Roasted corn soup, shrimp potstickers, and A.I.-created chocolate chip cookies. That was the menu that 12-year-old Emma helped to prepare with her chef mentor at

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An Escape from Cancer

Nothing brings Will pure joy quite like sports, especially Pittsburgh Pirates baseball. Whether he’s watching a game at PNC Park or researching the prospects in

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Sean’s Story

When I was in my sophomore year, I was taken out of high school for five months to undergo chemotherapy treatments for Burkitt’s lymphoma.  At

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Sophia and the Pandas

By: Teresa Dietrich Sophia Tuinstra spent the days leading up to her first meeting with mentor Ellen Doyle, constitutional lawyer, studying the constitution and having

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Noah and Steve

By: Teresa Dietrich Music production has become an increasingly salient aspect of modern life: the popularity of music platforms and ease of streaming has ensured

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