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Pitt’s bill for ‘union avoidance’ law firm passes $1 million
A “union avoidance” law firm continues to receive a large windfall of legal fees from Pitt, recently passing $1 million, according to University financial disclosure reports.Pitt’s Office of University...
View ArticleStarship food robots now fully operational
Starship Technologies and Pitt Dining announced that Starship delivery robots are now fully operational in a Monday email to students, faculty and staff.The robots now deliver food from Common Grounds,...
View ArticleRacial slurs case remains unsolved three months later
More than three months after two rounds of slurs targeted a black first-year student, Pitt has not been able to identify the perpetrator or group of perpetrators who committed the acts, according to...
View ArticleSenate committee talks energy efficiency
Expanded chilled water capacity, new utility lines under Bigelow Boulevard and networks of sensors — these are among the ways that Pitt’s facilities management team is using to try and create a more...
View ArticlePittsburgh climate change activists plan for the future
Regardless of rain, snow or even loud Christmas carols, 18-year-old Upper St. Clair-native Leandra Mira and Sarah Hart, a senior environmental studies major, can be found advocating for action against...
View ArticleSGB announces approval of new judicial chair Steven Jacobus
Student Government Board kicked off their weekly meeting Tuesday night with President Zechariah Brown announcing the newly appointed SGB judicial committee chair, Stephen Jacobus. Brown, alongside...
View ArticlePort Authority to host community discussions across county
The Port Authority of Allegheny County announced that it would host “Public Transit: A Community Discussion,” a series of public meetings to talk about upcoming projects inside of the communities the...
View ArticleSchool of Education receives $1 million Gates grant
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded Pitt and civic network Remake Learning a $1 million grant for the Shifting Power initiative, a project to transform how research and development is...
View ArticlePitt police issue crime alert after robbery
Pitt police issued a crime alert Tuesday morning detailing a reported robbery in the 400 block of Atwood Street.Pitt and City police both responded to the incident, which occurred Tuesday at about 8...
View ArticleProvost’s office accepting OER grant applications
The University is accepting proposals from faculty until Feb. 19 for projects to adapt, adopt or create open education resources for current course offerings.The third iteration of the funding program...
View ArticlePitt police issue crime alert after attempted burglary
Pitt police issued a crime alert Thursday morning detailing an attempted burglary in the 300 block of South Bouquet Street.Pitt and City police both responded to the incident, which occurred Wednesday...
View ArticleEx-police officer acquitted in Antwon Rose homicide sues Pitt
Ex-Pitt police officer Michael Rosfeld filed a civil complaint against the University, Pitt police Chief James Loftus and Senior Vice Chancellor for Engagement Kathy Humphrey on Thursday for allegedly...
View ArticleSenate Council urges community members to engage with next Plan For Pitt
Pitt administration entered the new year with a resolution in mind — gathering input from as many people across campus as possible.Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced at Thursday’s University Senate...
View ArticleGallagher announces further steps to prevent sexual misconduct
Pitt Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced in a Thursday press release and at the Thursday afternoon Senate Council meeting that the University is expanding its community-driven response to prevent...
View ArticlePolice blotter: Jan. 8-Jan. 15
The Pitt News collates and publishes the Pitt police’s media crime log on a weekly basis. Read more here.Police recorded nothing in the crime log for Friday, Jan. 8.Saturday, Jan. 94:47 p.m. Pitt...
View ArticlePitt grad students and faculty speak out against fascism in India
Students and staff at Jawaharlal Nehru University — a major public university in New Delhi, India — were attacked on Jan. 5 by a group of masked assailants with rods, sticks, acid and other weapons....
View ArticlePitt student dead after being hit by Port Authority bus on Fifth Avenue
A female Pitt student died Saturday afternoon after being struck by a Port Authority bus on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Desoto Street, according to a statement released by the University. Barbara...
View ArticleBrazilian carnaval meets coding in Oakland
Carnaval in Brazil features women in headdresses, extravagant floats and huge parades. But Pitt’s Coding Carnival featured dancing robots, masks and necklaces with binary code.Pitt students and...
View ArticleSorority recruitment comes to an end with chants and special outfits
Outside of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Sunday, amid booming chants and bright costumes, female students anxiously awaited an invitation to a sorority of their choosing as part of the annual...
View ArticleMarch to Market Square: Women’s March Pittsburgh takes on fourth year
Neither rain nor snow stopped the demonstrators in Pittsburgh’s 2020 Women’s March, who concluded their trek by dancing into Market Square to the tune of Whitney Houston’s “I’m Every Woman.”Hosted by...
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