Pitt adds 30 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday
Pitt added 30 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 29 students and one employee, between last Friday and Monday, with 67 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering last...
View ArticlePitt clarifies new ‘G’ grade policy, professors and students voice mixed...
Even one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and after four and a half online terms, grading policies and student and professor accommodations remain hot topics among the Pitt community.Ilia...
View ArticleSGB continues action on resolutions, approves Lauren’s Promise resolution
Student government board president Eric Macadangdang addressed the recent spike in COVID-19 cases on Pitt’s campus in SGB’s weekly Tuesday meeting. Macadangdang said SGB is discussing safety...
View ArticleProfessors, students adjust to increased in-person learning
For Lingfeng Liu, a lab instructor at Pitt, the University’s move to Guarded Risk earlier this month was an opportunity to communicate more directly with her students.“I always miss the part where you...
View ArticleWomen panelists discuss finding a balance between work, personal lives during...
Jessica Isaac said she and many other women working during the COVID-19 pandemic struggle to take care of themselves and those around them as they’re facing burnout from the pandemic.“[If] you’re...
View ArticleCommunity members discuss proposed CMU construction projects
Carnegie Mellon University has several ideas for a renewed Institutional Master Plan, which directs campus growth, according to Bob Reppe, the senior director of planning and design at CMU. He said...
View ArticleLayers of loss: The way we grieve during a pandemic
According to Amy Degurian, a lecturer in the School of Social Work, grieving has significantly changed during the COVID-19 pandemic. She emphasized the difficulty in the grieving process during a...
View ArticlePitt to institute shelter-in-place Wednesday evening due to rising COVID-19...
Pitt will institute a shelter-in-place and move to the middle Elevated Risk posture at 9 p.m. Wednesday, the University’s COVID-19 Medical Response Office announced.The CMRO said in an email that the...
View ArticlePolice Blotter: March 25- March 31
Thursday, March 25Police recorded nothing in the crime log for Thursday, March 25.Friday, March 2611:44 a.m. An individual reported her package was missing on the 200 block of McKee Place. The incident...
View Article‘Once in a generation investment’: Biden proposes new infrastructure plan in...
President Joe Biden said in a Wednesday speech that he returned to Pittsburgh, after starting his presidential campaign in the City two years ago, to help rebuild “the backbone of America” with a new...
View ArticlePitt student founds third organization, mentors youth through chess
For some, chess is purely a form of entertainment. But for Ashley Priore, a junior English literature and political science double major, chess has a deeper meaning — one that she is determined to help...
View Article‘Freedom dreams’: Alicia Garza discusses Black Lives Matter, new book
Alicia Garza said the Black community should be represented in all facets of society and have their skills highlighted more often. Garza uses the phrase “Black Lives Matter,” a term she helped coin, to...
View ArticlePitt adds 54 COVID-19 cases since Tuesday
Pitt added 54 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 51 students and three employees, between Tuesday and Thursday, with 92 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering...
View ArticleGPSG shows appreciation for grad students through week of events
Pitt’s Graduate and Professional Student Government is showing its appreciation for grad students this week with its annual Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week. Malena Hirsch, president...
View ArticlePitt dental student creates product to fight tooth decay
The contribution of poor oral hygiene to tooth decay concerned Sohail Rana while studying at Pitt’s School of Dental Medicine, leading him to tackle this problem with technology.Rana, who is in his...
View ArticlePitt adds 48 new COVID-19 cases since Thursday
Pitt added 48 new COVID-19 cases, composed of 46 students and two employees, between last Friday and Monday, with 94 students currently in isolation. The University’s previous case report, covering...
View Article‘We needed to do something’: New SGB task force reviews tumultuous election
After this year’s tumultuous Student Government Board election, which left many Pitt students both confused and outraged, the board decided to dedicate a task force to prevent an equally turbulent...
View ArticleNew Pitt Disability Community creates a group for faculty and staff with...
Chloe Shearer was shocked upon being hired last November to find that Pitt did not have a faculty and staff community group for people with disabilities. So she took it upon herself to start one.“There...
View ArticleSGB encourages students to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines
Pitt Student Government Board President Eric Macadangdang opened the board’s Tuesday evening meeting by encouraging Pitt students to follow COVID-19 safety guidelines due to Pitt moving back to the...
View ArticleRestaurants, bars open up to 75% capacity following state rule change
For Gene Ney, the owner of the South Oakland bar Gene’s Place, April 4 was an exciting day. Ney, a Pitt graduate and part-time professor at Carlow University, can now allow customers to sit at the...
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