‘The time is now’: Faculty and students discuss race, community at Juneteenth...
When Shenay Jeffrey began her staff position at Pitt in 2016, she said she felt a weight of not knowing how her identity would be received in the community.“Alton Sterling, Philando Castille and...
View ArticleBlack Action Society, 17 Black student orgs make demands of University...
The Black Action Society and 17 other Black Pitt student organizations joined together Monday to demand change from the University administration. The changes, the largest that BAS has requested since...
View ArticleMed students help underserved communities during pandemic
Medical professionals need as much help as they can get during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several Pitt medical students decided to answer that call.412Med, a student-led organization helping underserved...
View Article‘Long time coming’: Supreme Court ruling strengthens protections for LGBTQ+...
When Deborah Brake was a law student in the ’80s, she remembers how she and her peers were looked down upon for writing about workplace protections for LGBTQ+ employees.“To see the changes in the past...
View ArticlePitt to lease $22 million in hotel rooms for first-year student housing
Pitt will lease around $22 million in rooms across multiple hotels to house a “significant portion” of first-year students, officials announced Thursday. The move is one of a series of steps to...
View ArticleContext: June Board of Trustees meeting
Pitt’s board of trustees will livestream its second 2020 meeting on Friday at 10:15 a.m., providing an update on University affairs to the community. The board is responsible for all key decisions at...
View ArticlePitt to spend second half of federal relief money on fall restart
Pitt officials said Wednesday that the University will spend the second half of its federal CARES Act funding, around $10.6 million, on fall restart costs.University spokesperson Pat McMahon said Pitt...
View ArticleClyde Wilson Pickett named new vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion
Pitt announced Thursday that Clyde Wilson Pickett has been named the University’s new vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion.Pickett will step into the position in July. He succeeds Pam Connelly,...
View ArticleNearly 800 Pitt grad students sign petition demanding funding extension
Nearly 800 Pitt graduate students signed a petition created by grad union organizers requesting a one-year funding extension for all grad students.Pitt offered faculty a one-year tenure clock extension...
View ArticleBoard approves new trustees, revised bylaws
The University’s board of trustees approved several measures at its meeting Friday morning, including trustee appointments and amendments to the University bylaws. The board’s governance and nominating...
View ArticleBoard to form ad-hoc committee to study fossil fuel divestment
Pitt’s board of trustees will form an ad-hoc committee to study whether the University should divest its $4.3 billion endowment of fossil fuel investments, officials announced at the board’s Friday...
View ArticleGallagher: Pitt in a ‘watershed’ moment
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said Friday that Pitt is in a “watershed” moment, while dealing with the dual crises of the COVID-19 pandemic and combating racial injustice.“We have to live up to this...
View ArticlePLRB rules Pitt faculty union eligibility list was ‘factually and legally...
Pitt faculty will now get another chance to prompt a union election.A Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board hearing examiner delivered a victory to faculty union organizers when he ruled Thursday that the...
View ArticleFaculty not required to be in person, but must provide ‘classroom experience’
Provost Ann Cudd said in a Friday afternoon email to faculty that they are not required to be physically present in the classroom during the fall semester, as part of the University’s new Flex@Pitt...
View ArticlePitt to release new COVID-19 case numbers weekly
Pitt officials said Monday that they would start releasing COVID-19 case information weekly on Fridays.The position is a reversal from a late March policy in which the University said it would not...
View ArticlePitt establishes reopening postures for the fall, amidst pandemic
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher announced in a Tuesday afternoon email that Pitt has established three reopening postures and universal health rules to guide the University through the ongoing COVID-19...
View ArticleNew committee to implement fall reopening
Pitt has established a resiliency steering committee which will help implement reopening for the fall semester. The panel will work to ensure University-wide coordination and communication of health...
View ArticlePitt announces meal plan changes for fall
Pitt announced several updates to student meal plans in a Thursday email, as part of changes being implemented by incoming dining contractor Compass Group. Compass Group will offer meal plans for the...
View ArticlePitt COVID-19 cases triple in one week
COVID-19 cases at Pitt have tripled since last Friday, with a total of 14 students and 5 employees now testing positive, as of Thursday. Five students and one employee tested positive as of last...
View ArticleOakland restaurants adjust to on-site alcohol serving restrictions
Pitt students got a break from quarantine by patronizing Oakland bars in June, but with new regulations from Allegheny County, that may have made their stays at home even longer.After COVID-19 cases...
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