Board committee approves LRDC, O’Hara Garage demolition
More construction crews will soon be rumbling into Oakland, following the approval of multiple construction projects by the Properties & Facilities Committee of the Board of Trustees.The committee...
View ArticleContext: February Board of Trustees meeting
Pitt’s Board of Trustees will hold its first meeting of 2020 in the William Pitt Union’s Assembly Room on Friday at 10:30 a.m. to provide an update on University affairs to the community.As the meeting...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Feb. 20 – Feb. 26
The Pitt News collates and publishes the Pitt police’s media crime log on a weekly basis. Read more here.Thursday, Feb. 2010:56 a.m. An employee in Scaife Hall reported smoke on the fifth floor. City...
View ArticlePitt, City provide updates on coronavirus outbreak plans
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the first possible community spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in a U.S. patient hospitalized in Sacramento, California, this Wednesday....
View ArticleThree Greek organizations suspended this past week
The University suspended three Greek life organizations — Phi Kappa Theta, Delta Zeta and Sigma Sigma Sigma — this past week.Pitt’s chapter of the Phi Kappa Theta fraternity — which was placed on...
View ArticleAfrican American Alumni Council buries time capsule for Black History Month
Future generations of African Americans will unveil a carefully cultivated box of University history — but not until 50 years from now.The African American Alumni Council gathered in front of about 20...
View ArticleBoard of Trustees unanimously approves formal socially responsible investing...
After around 100 students protested at the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday morning, the Board unanimously approved measures to create a formal socially responsible investing process for its $4.3...
View ArticleFossil Free Pitt to continue Cathedral sit-in indefinitely
When protestors from the Fossil Free Pitt Coalition sang “we shall not be moved” at Friday morning’s Board of Trustees meeting, they meant it — literally.FFPC has committed to continuing its week-long...
View ArticlePitt working to recall students from coronavirus-afflicted countries
Pitt announced Friday that it is working to bring students home “as soon as practicable” from three of the countries most impacted by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.University spokesperson Kevin Zwick said...
View ArticleSGB announces resignation of diversity and inclusion chair Ravi Gandhi
Student Government Board Diversity and Inclusion Chair Ravi Gandhi has resigned from his position, effective Friday. Gandhi ran for SGB president in this year’s election cycle, and lost to Eric...
View ArticlePitt police issue crime alert after attempted robbery
Pitt police issued a crime alert Saturday detailing an attempted robbery.Pitt and City police both responded to the incident, which occurred Saturday at about 9:04 p.m. on the 3600 block of Fifth...
View ArticleBoard approves new health sciences chief
Pitt’s Board of Trustees unanimously approved Anantha Shekhar’s appointment as the University’s new senior vice chancellor for the health sciences, dean of the School of Medicine and an officer of the...
View ArticleHeinz Chapel shines light on women’s history
Apart from their historical importance, Emily Dickinson, Joan of Arc and Florence Nightingale all share one thing in common — they’re featured figures on the windows of Heinz Chapel.Heinz Chapel hosted...
View ArticleHealth department holds coronavirus press conference
The Allegheny County Health Department will not have COVID-19 test kits for “a few months,” Kristen Mertz, ACHD medical epidemiologist, said at a press conference Monday morning. While ACHD may not...
View ArticleVice Provost Nathan Urban to take position at Lehigh
Nathan Urban will leave his position as vice provost for Pitt’s graduate studies and strategic initiatives this summer to become the provost of Lehigh University.According to a statement released by...
View ArticlePitt to revisit plans for Finnish, Iranian rooms
Rooms 306 and 351 look like regular classrooms right now — but all Nationality Rooms have to start somewhere.These rooms are the future sites of the Finnish room and the Iranian room, which may join...
View ArticlePittsburgh Against Fascism in India holds vigil for victims of Delhi riots
Candles flickered in the night as a crowd of people gathered in the Cathedral of Learning to mourn those lost in an act of mass violence halfway around the world.Pittsburgh Against Fascism in India...
View ArticlePitt cancels most spring break study abroad programming in wake of...
Pitt students looking to fly out of the Steel City over spring break for study abroad will now be grounded, following a new directive from University administrators.Provost Ann Cudd announced Tuesday...
View ArticlePitt alum talks past job as Kelly Strayhorn director, future plans
At 44 years old, janera solomon is now unemployed for the first time since high school.It’s a conscious decision — after 11 years serving as the executive director of the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in...
View ArticleSGB approves new Diversity and Inclusion chair
Student Government Board kicked off their weekly meeting Tuesday night with an announcement from President Zechariah Brown approving the newly appointed SGB Diversity and Inclusion Committee Chair...
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