Pitt Day of Giving raises more than $2.49 million, up 51% from last year as...
The fifth annual Pitt Day of Giving — a 24-hour fundraising initiative — took place all day Tuesday. This year’s PDoG raised $2,494,002, up about 51% from the $1,651,212 during last year’s event. These...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: Feb. 18-Feb. 24
Thursday, Feb. 181:14 p.m. Pitt police reported the possible theft of a package on the 3900 block of Forbes Avenue. 1:51 p.m. Pitt police assisted another agency with a stalking at Sutherland Hall.6:01...
View ArticleOakland construction projects discussed at Planning Commission meeting
Pitt’s institutional master plan, which will guide University construction for the next 10 to 25 years, officially began the City Planning Commission’s formal approval process Tuesday.Owen Cooks, the...
View Article‘The same fire’: Black students, faculty discuss diversity, activism on campus
Throughout Jack Daniel’s career at Pitt, he had many roles. But in each of them — whether it was as the first chair of Pitt’s Black studies department, the dean of students or the vice provost for...
View ArticleSGB slams board report advising slow fossil fuel divestment
Student Government Board slammed a report released last Friday by a Board of Trustees committee which advocated for a gradual divestment from fossil fuels.The report from the Ad Hoc Committee on Fossil...
View ArticleSparks fly as SGB presidential candidates clash at debate
The debate for the next Student Government Board president included heated conversations about prior SGB experience, Student Activity Fee funding and even one candidate pulling out their calculator to...
View ArticleOpinion | Biden must take a hardline on Saudi Arabia to save Yemen
The Arab Spring was a time of great optimism throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Following the quick toppling of authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt in 2011, similar anti-government...
View ArticleBoard votes to increase endowment transparency, continue gradual fossil fuel...
Pitt’s Board of Trustees voted Friday to adopt all of the suggestions recommended by its ad-hoc committee studying whether and how the University should divest its $4.2-billion endowment of fossil fuel...
View ArticleBoard approves pandemic appreciation resolution, DeJong as business &...
Pitt’s Board of Trustees took several actions at its Friday morning meeting, including approval of a resolution expressing appreciation for all the Pitt community has done to adapt to the ongoing...
View ArticleGallagher reflects on one year of COVID-19
At last February’s Board of Trustees meeting, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said Pitt was taking a “hope for the best, prepare for the worst” posture for what would soon be declared as the COVID-19...
View ArticlePitt adds 11 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday
Pitt added 11 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 10 students and one employee, between Tuesday and Thursday, with 20 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering last...
View ArticleYour guide to the 2021 SGB elections
After a hotly contested campaign, Pitt students will vote Tuesday for next year’s Student Government Board. Students will choose between three presidential candidates and 12 board candidates, vying for...
View Article‘Better than nothing’: Students reflect on last week’s Self-Care Day
For Peter Dadson, a first-year chemical engineering major, Pitt’s Self-Care Days are essential to maintain a healthy academic and social life — especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.“The upkeep of...
View ArticlePLRB dismisses grad union complaints, upholds 2019 vote against unionization
The Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board ruled in Pitt’s favor on Friday in an ongoing dispute stemming from the April 2019 election in which graduate students voted against unionization by roughly 40...
View ArticlePetition filed for conservator to take over South O rowhouses
Coming off of Route 376, one of the very first things that drivers see are the row houses at the corner of Bates Street and the Boulevard of the Allies — houses that are uninhabited, boarded up and...
View ArticleVision slate disqualified in Tuesday’s SGB elections, appeal underway
This is a breaking story and will be updated.With five hours until polls open in Tuesday’s Student Government Board elections, it remained unclear whether one of two slates with a presidential...
View ArticlePitt adds 8 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday
Pitt added eight new COVID-19 cases, composed of seven students and one employee, between last Friday and Monday, with 24 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report,...
View ArticleHarshitha Ramanan wins SGB presidency in upset for 2021-22 academic year
Harshitha Ramanan will serve as president of Pitt’s Student Government Board during the 2021-22 school year, after beating favored candidate Tyler Viljaste in Tuesday’s elections with 62.72% of the...
View ArticleNo significant increase in course withdrawals following introduction of new...
With a variety of learning formats — from synchronous to asynchronous and online versus in person, Pitt students, like many students worldwide, have found the past year very different.Pitt’s...
View ArticleShop2Help helps local businesses, food banks
Georgia Petropolis saw an opportunity in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to help both local businesses and community members in need.Petropolis, the executive director of the Oakland Business...
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