Police Blotter Sept. 17 – Sept. 23
Thursday, Sept. 1710:24 a.m. Residence life reported three liquor law violations from Sept. 2, Sept. 4 and Sept. 5.11:19 a.m. Pitt police assisted City police with a professor being harassed by a known...
View ArticlePitt removes “antiquated” gendered homecoming king and queen titles
Pitt’s Alumni Association removed the gendered titles of homecoming king and queen for this October’s homecoming festivities and are instead opting for two gender-inclusive “Spirit of Pitt”...
View ArticlePitt to lease historic New Granada Theater building for community center
Pitt is set to lease space in the Hill District’s historic New Granada Theater building for Pitt’s Community Engagement Center in the neighborhood, giving the center its first permanent physical space...
View ArticlePitt offers free flu shots for students amid COVID-19 pandemic
Jackson Tini, a first-year biology major, said he got his flu shot for the first time last Friday at the Student Health Center. Tini said he didn’t get a shot before because he “never felt like it was...
View ArticleBoard approves new trustees, revised bylaws
Pitt’s Board of Trustees approved several measures at its Friday morning meeting, including five new emeritus trustees and amendments to the University bylaws.The board unanimously approved Michael...
View ArticleBoard committee investigating fossil fuel divestment working to meet...
The ad hoc committee of Pitt’s board of trustees investigating whether or not the University should divest its $4.3-billion endowment of fossil fuels is hard at work to meet its “compressed and...
View ArticleGallagher provides annual report on University initiatives at ‘seminal’ moment
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said while Pitt has made strides in addressing racial injustice on campus, there is still a lot of work to do in this “seminal” moment.“Nobody can fail to recognize that...
View ArticlePitt adds 14 COVID-19 cases since Monday
Pitt added 14 new COVID-19 cases, composed of entirely students, between Monday and Thursday, continuing a recent trend of case reports in the low double-digits. This follows an increase of 13 new...
View ArticleDiscussing the distinctive effects of COVID-19 on Pittsburgh’s Latinx community
Like millions of Americans, Isabel Manrique felt the effects of the pandemic early on, when her employer cut her days at the restaurant where she worked. However, by giving her Latinx community what...
View ArticleStudents, professors reflect on Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing and legacy
For Erica Fisher, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death was more than the loss of a Supreme Court justice — it was the loss of an icon.“When I think of an icon when it comes to policy, civil rights action,...
View Article‘Why are they angry with us?’: Larry Davis talks systemic racism
When Larry Davis was a 7-year-old boy, he asked himself a question that would later inspire him to write his book “Why Are They Angry With Us?: Essays on Race.”“If we, Black people, were slaves, why...
View ArticlePitt adds 19 COVID-19 cases since Thursday
Pitt added 19 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 18 students and one employee, between Friday and Monday, continuing a recent trend of case reports in the double digits. This follows an increase of 13 new...
View ArticleSome classics translations skirt conversations about race, Yale professor says
Students study translated texts from the Greek philosopher Aristotle in many political science and classics courses across the world. But Emily Greenwood, professor of classics and African American...
View ArticlePitt withdraws Central Oakland housing development from Institutional Master...
Pitt students who wish to live in expanded University-owned housing in Central Oakland may need to wait just a few more years.The Oakland Planning and Development Corp. held a virtual community-wide...
View ArticleFrustrations mount as Pitt police delay meeting with SGB members again
Cedric Humphrey, the executive vice president of the Student Government Board, announced at Tuesday evening’s SGB meeting that the Pitt police have once again pushed back its meeting with SGB to...
View Article‘A new normal’: Student health care workers share their struggles to balance...
Paige Ottaviano has been working as a transporter at UPMC Presbyterian during the COVID-19 pandemic. She said maintaining a full course load while waking up at 5 a.m. for eight-and-a-half-hour morning...
View ArticleStudents report ignored dietary restrictions in Pitt’s quarantine housing
For Emma Krapels, Pitt’s COVID-19 quarantine housing made her sicker than before she entered, but not from coronavirus. Krapels — who has celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder where eating gluten...
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Student startup founders navigate the small business world
Cameron DelGatto has taken her quarantine hobby to the next level.“I was really into jewelry making when I was a kid with all my cousins,” DelGatto, a junior communications and digital narrative and...
View ArticleCudd: Spring break eliminated, start of spring semester pushed back
The start of spring semester was pushed back a week from January 11 to January 19 and spring break was eliminated as part of a compressed schedule to increase safety during the COVID-19 pandemic,...
View Article‘Embracing joy’: Poetry workshop encourages positive thoughts, pursuing passions
Pitt students, faculty and staff worked to bridge the distance between passion and everyday life at a poetry workshop Thursday afternoon. Jasmine Green guided the workshop and described her experiences...
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