E. Maxine Bruhns, former Nationality Rooms director, dies at 96
E. Maxine Bruhns, the former director of Pitt’s Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs, passed away Friday at 96. Bruhns served as director for over 50 years and retired in...
View Article‘A pivotal year’: Preparations underway for the Year of Engagement
Whether Pitt students choose to learn from home or on campus this fall, Kathy Humphrey said everyone can help the University “engage” with the broader Pittsburgh community.“The physical barrier is no...
View ArticleStudents required to shelter in place prior to returning to in-person classes
Some students may be able to attend in-person classes before others, Pitt announced in an email to students Monday afternoon.The University is requiring all students, including those who live off...
View ArticleTransport in the time of COVID-19: How to get around the City safely
Most students utilize public transportation, run by the Port Authority of Allegheny County, to get around Oakland and the City. Pitt students can use their student ID card to get free access to buses,...
View ArticleEducational Policies Committee talks diversity requirements, classroom...
Meeting times for classes held on Monday, Wednesday or Friday will likely be modified in the coming weeks to accommodate longer “passing periods,” Pitt officials said Monday.Joe McCarthy, senior vice...
View ArticleAcross the board: Meet this year’s student government
For incoming first-year students, the first few weeks or months on campus can be a bit overwhelming — especially with the amount of student organizations there are. But one student group, Student...
View ArticleNew dining contractor working to ‘re-envision’ dining at Pitt
Pitt’s dining options are going to look decidedly different come fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the takeover by incoming dining contractor Compass Group. University spokesperson Pat McMahon...
View ArticlePitt officials discuss COVID testing, classroom capacities at faculty town hall
Pitt will offer “systematic, random” COVID-19 testing to keep track of virus prevalence in the student population, University officials said Thursday.John Williams, director of the University’s...
View Article‘Crossing boundaries’: Audrey Murrell’s first year as honors dean
When Audrey Murrell took on the position of acting dean of the University Honors College, she was full of ideas and initiatives, but was anticipating challenges along the way. Murrell insisted that she...
View ArticlePitt adds 6 new COVID-19 cases since last Friday
Pitt added six new COVID-19 cases, composed of two students and four employees, as of Friday’s weekly case report. The University has had a total of 25 students and 14 employees test positive since...
View ArticlePitt officials discuss health guidelines for residence life, COVID testing at...
Pitt students who do not comply with new health guidelines are subject to consequences as severe as suspension or dismissal, University officials said Tuesday.Kenyon Bonner, the vice provost and dean...
View Article‘I hope it’s a reckoning’: Panel encourages racial justice activism in...
Black people in Allegheny County are more than twice as likely to contract COVID-19 compared to white people, according to county data. The coronavirus hospitalization rate for Black people is also...
View ArticleActivist, scholar Angela Davis talks anti-racism, social justice
Activist and scholar Angela Davis told members of the Pitt community on Tuesday that the current reckoning on race relations in the United States is about 150 years too late.“But of course, as they...
View ArticleStudents, faculty and staff required to complete COVID-19 training for fall
All students, faculty and staff will be required to complete COVID-19 training for the fall, according to Kenyon Bonner, the vice provost and dean of students.Bonner and other top Pitt officials spoke...
View Article‘Allow us the space to be Black’: Diversity forum talks anti-racism with...
Discrimination is a binary system, according to Ibram Kendi. In the fight to create equitable spaces for Black, indigenous and people of color, he said, every person is given the choice between racism...
View ArticleUnclear when fall classes will move in person, Pitt officials say
Pitt officials would not commit on Thursday to a specific or estimated date for when fall classes will move from online only to in person, as the first wave of students prepares to move into on-campus...
View ArticleHistory faculty explores roots of racism, protest in America
History can help us better understand our current circumstances, such as the centuries-old attitudes towards race that still permeate the public today. But for all of the benefits of examining history,...
View ArticlePitt adds 4 new COVID-19 cases since last Friday
Pitt added four new COVID-19 cases, composed of two students and two employees, as of Friday’s weekly case report. The University has had a total of 27 students and 16 employees test positive since...
View ArticleBetween the world and E. Maxine Bruhns: Lessons from a life of advocacy
Pioneer. Diplomat. Philanthropist. Self-proclaimed West Virginia hillbilly. Only Maxine Bruhns could have held all of those titles and met each one so perfectly, Maryann Sivak said.“She was very...
View ArticleDiversity Forum panel discusses xenophobia
Racism in America is not new, Waverly Duck said. The racial tensions in America today are an extension of centuries of “othering” minorities.“Racism has a special way of warping and changing to...
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