Crime alert issued after South Oakland burglary
Pitt police assisted City police with a burglary Friday night on the 3600 block of Dawson Street, according to an early morning Saturday crime alert. The burglary occurred sometime between the hours of...
View ArticlePitt student’s trial set for late January
Pitt student Ethan Kozak will face a non-jury trial on Jan. 29, 2020, for three criminal counts, one each of ethnic intimidation, terroristic threats and harassment, following a Friday pre-trial...
View Article3 Greek life orgs face updated Pitt sanctions
Four Greek life organizations at Pitt — Delta Sigma Phi, Chi Omega, Phi Kappa Theta and Phi Gamma Delta — faced hazing probes and suspended new member education beginning in early October of this year....
View ArticleLive from Pitt Studios … it’s UPTV
UPTV, Pitt’s student-run television station, has been producing the late night talk show “Pitt Tonight” for four years, but it’s never been on a screen this big before.The station broadcasted a new...
View ArticleHow Market Thanksgiving comes together
For Madison Frank, a senior biology major, Market Thanksgiving brings a piece of home to Towers and a welcome reprieve from a hectic course load.“It’s really like a taste of home throughout the whole...
View ArticleHalal Pitt food cart opens again after reinspection
An Allegheny County Health Department inspector returned to Oakland’s halal food cart Friday for an owner-requested inspection, clearing the cart to reopen one day after it was ordered to close.Halal...
View ArticleGrad student Heather Tomko fights for accessibility in Pittsburgh
Heather Tomko wants accessibility to be a priority in daily conversations.Tomko, a graduate student and research assistant at Pitt’s School of Public Health, has a neuromuscular disease called spinal...
View ArticleDeath of Pitt student confirmed
Pitt student Yahya Lodi died unexpectedly this weekend, according to the Allegheny County Communications Director Amie Downs.Lodi, a 19-year-old sophomore biological sciences major, had been...
View ArticleStudent-run PR firm attracts Amazon, Adobe
When Pitt student Sara Green decided to start a club for public relations on campus, she wasn’t sure how many other people would share her passion.“I thought I was crazy, especially trying to find...
View ArticleSGB passes resolution backing proposed PLRB grad union ruling
Student Government Board unanimously passed a resolution at its Tuesday night meeting calling on support for University labor and rights to organize without unlawful intrusion.SGB member Eric...
View ArticleDiversity and inclusion leader to step down
Pam Connelly — Pitt’s vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion and leader of the Office of Diversity of Inclusion — will step down in early January.“It has been an honor to serve Pitt in this...
View ArticleAnnual Boxes and Walls event hosts eye-opening exhibits on marginalized groups
In a curtained-off section of the William Pitt Union Assembly Room, participants of the Boxes and Walls event are asked to take off their shoes and jackets and place them in bins before stepping...
View ArticleReading the signs: Swanson students create ASL-to-text translator
When Christopher Pasquinelli, a fifth-year computer engineering major, spent a summer interning at PNC, he worked alongside students who were either deaf or hard of hearing. He started thinking about...
View ArticlePitt grad Bobby Wilson prepares for City Council position
After years working as a medical researcher for Pitt, Bobby Wilson is putting his Pitt political science degree to another use. Wilson, who won the Nov. 5 general election for City Council District 1,...
View ArticlePitt offers new practice spaces after Posvar ban
Pitt offered several student dance groups new practice spaces this week following outcry over a letter sent out last Friday banning them from practicing in Posvar Hall.Nithya Kasibhatla, president of...
View ArticlePolice blotter: Nov. 14-21
The Pitt News collates and publishes the Pitt police’s media crime log on a weekly basis. Read more here.Thursday, Nov. 1412:28 a.m. Pitt police arrested a non-Pitt affiliate with a warrant on Forbes...
View ArticleThriftsburgh critically low on student donations
Thriftsburgh offers affordable clothing options for students at a location right on Pitt’s campus, but its employees say they have reached a low point in donations, with not enough variety to offer...
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Pitt answers call for new halal food option
Waffles. Pasta. A bagel before class every now and then. When first-year Zainab Akhtar was choosing a dining plan, she said, Muslim friends advised her to get as few swipes as possible, because Market...
View ArticleSGB passes updates to elections code
Student Government Board unanimously passed a bill updating the SGB elections code for the 2020-21 elections at its last meeting of the fall semester Tuesday night.The passed bill, introduced last week...
View ArticlePitt Law alum to be first female Chester County district attorney
A Pitt Law graduate recently accomplished a historic feat in a southeastern Pennsylvania local election.Deb Ryan won the Chester County District Attorney’s race last month, beating First Assistant...
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