Investigation ongoing into Pitt student’s death
The investigation into the mid-January death of a female Pitt student remains ongoing one month after her passing, City police said Monday.A Port Authority bus turning right from Fifth Avenue onto...
View ArticleSGB candidates debate key issues for presidency
Across the room from several Pitt students playing ping-pong Monday night in Nordy’s Place, two presidential candidates for Student Government Board bounced ideas back and forth about key issues facing...
View ArticleLabor board to hold hearing on proposed grad union ruling
Graduate students now have to wait until at least the end of May to see whether they will be granted a second chance to form a union.The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board announced in a Tuesday order...
View ArticleAfrican American her-story: Author talks new book on history of black women...
The conference room fell silent as Aliya Durham spoke an African proverb before introducing author and historian Daina Ramey Berry.“Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt will always...
View ArticleSGB encourages students: research board candidates
Student Government Board President Zechariah Brown opened SGB’s public meeting on Tuesday by encouraging people to start considering who should sit on next year’s board. SGB’s upcoming board election...
View ArticleTwo bomb threats made at Five Guys in three days
City and Pitt police responded to two similar phoned-in bomb threats at the Five Guys location on Bouquet Street on Monday and Wednesday evenings.City police spokesperson Maurice Matthews II said the...
View ArticleHydroponics in Homewood: Pitt students at the farm next door
Besides numerous health benefits, produce such as kale, lettuce and parsley all share one thing in common — Pitt Hydroponics club has already farmed enough of these vegetables to overflow local food...
View ArticlePolice blotter: Feb. 13-Feb. 19
The Pitt News collates and publishes the Pitt police’s media crime log on a weekly basis. Read more here.Thursday, Feb. 134:27 a.m. A non-University affiliate was arrested for defiant trespass in...
View ArticleBlack History Month events focus on past, present, future of black life
Pittsburghers remember K. Leroy Irvis as a devoted politician, activist and writer. The organizers of this year’s Black History Month celebrations decided to honor the first and only black speaker of...
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Fossil Free kicks off Cathedral sit-in demanding vote on divestment
Midterm season is approaching, meaning plenty of students will be staying overnight in campus buildings to get extra studying in. Some have decided to rally for divestment while they’re at. The Fossil...
View ArticlePitt students hit the streets to get Dickinson on the ballot
First-year Lucy Bornhorst spends part of her days learning from Pitt political science professors before heading downtown to try to get a Pitt Law professor elected to Congress.Bornhorst is one of...
View ArticleYour guide to the 2020 SGB elections
Bernie Sanders or Mike Bloomberg? Amy Klobuchar or Pete Buttigieg? With the nation hotly debating the Democratic primary for the presidency, undergraduate students have the opportunity today to choose...
View ArticleLive blog: Fossil Free Pitt Coalition’s sit-in in the Cathedral of Learning
The Fossil Free Pitt Coalition is currently staging a sit-in in the Cathedral of Learning lobby, in an effort to convince Pitt to stop investing some of its $4.3 billion endowment in the fossil fuel...
View ArticleExamining Pitt Day of Giving 2020 guidelines
Tuesday is the fourth annual Pitt Day of Giving — a 24-hour fundraising event which encourages students, faculty, staff, family and alumni to donate to various organizations within the University. This...
View ArticleFamilies discuss hazing prevention in “Turning Tragedy into Progress”
Evelyn Piazza’s voice wavered as she asked audience members to put themselves in her shoes.“Close your eyes and imagine that your brother is going to pledge a fraternity, and it started last night,”...
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Eric Macadangdang wins SGB presidency
Eric Macadangdang will serve as president of Pitt’s Student Government Board during the 2020-21 school year, after narrowly winning Tuesday’s elections against Ravi Gandhi with 50.2% of the vote — a...
View ArticleDean Kinloch discusses her new book on racially charged history of literacy
More than 50 voices filled a room on the fifth floor of Posvar Hall, reciting the mission-vision statement for Pitt’s School of Education.“We teach. We commit to student, family and community success,”...
View ArticleCyber Law director talks democracy in the digital age
By scrolling through social media, David Hickton says you might be sacrificing your civil liberties.Hickton, a former United States attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania and current...
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Pitt Day of Giving raises $1.6 million, down 61% from last year
The fourth annual Pitt Day of Giving — a 24-hour fundraising initiative — took place on Tuesday. This year’s PDoG raised $1,651,212 — which is down about 61% from last year’s event.But the total number...
View ArticleCathedral after dark: Fossil Free Pitt protest grows as Friday Board meeting...
Sleeping on the stone floor of the Cathedral of Learning commons room is bad, Zachary Delaney said, but it’s not as bad as you might think.Delaney, a junior environmental studies major, has set out his...
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