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Gallagher ‘strongly’ recommends, expects community to be vaccinated by fall,...
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said at Pitt’s Friday board of trustees meeting that while the University community can look forward to a more engaging fall semester, a fully normal academic year is...
View ArticleHealth restrictions, spirits lift as Pitt updates COVID-19 guidelines
As more and more people become vaccinated, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gov. Tom Wolf and Pitt administration are not only lifting their COVID-19 restrictions, but also Pitt...
View Article‘The greater social good’: Preparations underway for the Year of Data and...
From art to biology, calculus to cooking, Eleanor Mattern said everyone at Pitt utilizes and benefits from responsible data science, making it subconsciously interdisciplinary. “We’re all producing...
View ArticleWho’s who: Your guide to the big names at Pitt
Pitt is filled with students — just over 30,000, from all across the state, country and even the world. That makes it virtually impossible to remember everyone’s name, let alone all the “important”...
View ArticleCompass looks to further improve Pitt dining experience this fall
Pitt’s new dining contractor came to the University last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic — making for statistics distinct to a pandemic.Compass Group distributed 49,300 meals to students in quarantine...
View ArticleSenate passes annual funding bill, Pitt to receive flat funding for third year
The Pennsylvania state Senate passed Pitt’s annual funding bill on Friday, sending it to Gov. Tom Wolf’s desk. The University is set to receive flat funding of $151,507,000, which would be the third...
View ArticlePitt Climate Action Plan release moved to late summer, early fall as student...
For Abhishek Viswanathan, a member of Fossil Free Pitt Coalition, Pitt’s goal of carbon net neutrality by 2037 is far too late for meaningful action. Viswanathan is one of many students waiting for the...
View ArticleOPDC discusses water line replacements, Dawson Street lot
At the Oakland Planning and Development Corp.’s monthly public meeting on Tuesday, one Oakland community member asked a question that many wonder in the construction-filled neighborhood.“So...
View Article‘We can only be as healthy as our community’: Pitt Concern Connection...
When approaching creating a new resource for community members to submit concerns, Laurel Gift said Pitt “can only be as healthy as our community.” Gift, an assistant vice chancellor and head of the...
View ArticleCommunity members express concerns over plans for Bates row houses
After years of dealing with the series of boarded up and uninhabited Bates Street row houses, Oakland community members are making sure the pending owner of the parcel — Walnut Capital — has definitive...
View ArticlePitt to require unvaccinated students to comply with stricter health rules
Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said in a Thursday email that students who do not voluntarily provide COVID-19 vaccination records will be assumed as unvaccinated, and the University will require these...
View ArticleStudent security and transportation fee to increase for first time in 14 years
Not only will students see an increase in their fees for activities, wellness and recreation this fall, but there will also be an increase in the student security and transportation fee, following a...
View ArticleTuition hiked, next year’s budget to increase by 3%
Pitt’s roughly $1 billion education and general budget will increase by 3%, or $29 million, next year, following Tuesday morning approval from the budget and executive committees of the University’s...
View ArticleBoard committee approves new building construction on branch campuses, Alan...
The Properties and Facilities Committee of Pitt’s Board of Trustees held a public meeting last Thursday to discuss resolutions to construct two new branch campus buildings, as well as improvements to...
View ArticlePitt researchers discover possible new COVID-19 treatment
Pitt researchers were the first to identify a possible new treatment for COVID-19 — nanobodies.Pitt researchers published a paper in Science Advances detailing the idea of delivering nanobodies —...
View ArticleCarla Panzella named Pitt’s next dean of students
Carla Panzella will be Pitt’s new dean of students, according to a Friday morning announcement from Kenyon Bonner, the current vice provost and dean of students. Panzella, who previously served as...
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Pitt officials present Institutional Master Plan to City Council
Pitt officials presented an application for Pitt’s new Institutional Master Plan to members of Pittsburgh City Council at a public hearing Wednesday afternoon. Pitt previously presented its master plan...
View ArticlePitt faculty to vote on unionization beginning next month
After a years-long campaign, Pitt faculty will vote on whether to unionize beginning next month, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations board ruled Friday.The PLRB will mail ballots to all union-eligible...
View ArticlePitt to require COVID-19 containment measures for the unvaccinated
Pitt will require unvaccinated students and employees to take part in a series of strict COVID-19 containment measures this fall, Chancellor Patrick Gallagher said in a Friday afternoon email.These...
View ArticleNo, Sheetz is not coming to Oakland
If you go to Pitt, you know about the “Sheetz vs. Wawa” debate. While everyone has their own view as to which one’s better, one thing’s certain — a Sheetz is not coming to Oakland.Pitt students...
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